On April 27th, 2015, a 19-year-old Brazilian developer announced Agar.io on 4chan. Within weeks, Agar.io became one of the most-played games on Miniclip and quickly found its way into the hands of ...

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Created by Jeff Kinney, the mastermind behind "Diary of a Wimpy Kid", Poptropica is an online adventure where children explore different islands, each with its own mystery to solve. Players become ...

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 ...

Arras.io is a fan-made sequel to the 2D MassiveMultiplayerOnline game Diep.io. The gameplay is similar to the game it’s based on; at the start of the game, the player controls a simple Tank, and can ...

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 ...