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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 ...

007 First Light is the upcoming action-adventure from Danish developer IO Interactive, the studio behind the famed stealth series Hitman. But just how were the James Bond video game rights secured?

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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 ...

Itch.io, the indie gaming store that recently pulled all NSFW games from its site, is beginning the process of “re-indexing” adult games. At the moment, this is only affecting free games, and the site ...

Indie game marketplace Itch.io has debunked claims that horror game Mouthwashing has been deindexed as a result of a crackdown of NSFW content, stating that the title hasn't been appearing in searches ...

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 ...