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A U.S. appeals court has upheld a temporary restraining order that prevents OpenAI and Jony Ive's new hardware venture from using the name "io" for products similar to those planned by AI audio ...

IO Interactive has had some big things to celebrate this fall, from The Game Award nomination for its much-anticipated James Bond game “007 First Light” to the 25th anniversary of its “Hitman” ...

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The latest Steam Next Fest began this week, showcasing a wide range of upcoming titles. And as has become a trend, publishing platform indie.io has several titles featured. To celebrate, it has ...

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On Thursday, indie gaming platform Itch.io began re-indexing some of the adult content it had delisted last month amid pressure from conservative groups and payment processors over its hosting of NSFW ...

Earlier this month, digital PC game storefronts like Steam and Itch.io began to delist numerous adult games under pressure from major payment processors. Today, the IGDA – a decades-old independent ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Update: In a post on Bluesky, Itch.io responded that Mouthwashing has not been indexed since well before the recent sweep of NSFW games. "This game ...

Both Steam and Itch.io have become the targets of a new campaign to censor certain adult games online, but the latter has gone well beyond even what anti-porn advocates say they were aiming for with ...

The UK games industry trade body UKIE has provided a statement to GamesIndustry.biz regarding the recent removal of adult games from the Steam and itch.io platforms. Last week, itch.io said it had ...

Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has “deindexed” adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them from its browse and search pages. In an open letter addressed to ...