As a result of a „fake phishing notification,” the entire itch.io website was down for some time. The culprit is the toy ...

Indie game storefront Itch.io went offline early Monday morning after what it described as a bogus phishing report. While the ...

Popular toy maker Funko responds after the recent controversy involving Itch.io, which went offline for some hours earlier ...

Indie game haven itch.io taken down by Funko Pop and its "trash 'AI Powered' Brand Protection Software" according to itch ...

Update (Dec. 10, 2024): BrandShield has reached out with a statement regarding yesterday's situation around the takedown of itch.io: “BrandShield serves as a trusted partner to many global brands.

"I kid you not, itch.io has been taken down by Funko of 'Funko Pop' because they use some trash 'AI Powered' Brand Protection ...

In an official statement to their X (formerly Twitter) account, itch.io has shared that the indie game publishing site has ...

Funko and BrandShield have responded to claims made by Itch.io owner Leaf Corcoran about the site's outage yesterday, and ...

Independent video game storefront itch.io recently announced its next Creator Day for Nov. 29, Engadget reports. As such, all of the money you spend there this Friday will go directly to the ...

Itch.io hasn't yet addressed that inquiry directly, but one possibility is simply that generative AI is already in widespread use: 31% of respondent to a GDC study published earlier this year said ...

UPDATE 10/12/2024: Both Funko and Brand Shield have responded to the itch.io domain being disabled yesterday, though it's now back up and running. In a statement shared on social media ...

Funko has released a statement acknowledging their role in the takedown of itch.io but stopping short of apologizing.