The itch.io website is offline, with the blame placed squarely on Funko. In a tweet, the indie game marketplace alleged that Funko, best known for its Funko Pop figures, used “some trash AI ...

Indie game storefront Itch.io went offline early Monday morning after what it described as a bogus phishing report. While the game store’s servers were still online during the outage ...

Popular indie game platform itch.io says its domain was briefly taken down for a few hours Monday morning thanks to an "AI-driven" phishing report spurred by the company behind Funko Pop figures.

Gaming platform itch.io was shut down after what it calls a “bogus report” from the creators of Funkopop. The web-based gaming store front was temporarily offline on Monday (9 December) because of ...

Itch.io is a criminally under-explored repository for independent games. It showcases work by established creators and new developers alike. Horror is a particularly popular genre on the platform ...

He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. itch.io spent hours completely offline on Sunday night — and the indie game marketplace placed the blame on an ...

Funko and BrandShield claim they were not responsible for causing itch.io to go offline. The companies say they only targeted a page imitating Funko Fusion, and that the platform's service ...

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.

The 2024 itch.io Takedown refers to an incident in which the indie gaming-oriented digital distribution website itch.io had its domain suddenly revoked by its registrar sometime around December 8th, ...

The entire itch.io website has been taken offline, and it’s blaming toy manufacturer Funko. According to a thread posted on its official X account, itch.io says the whole site has been taken down by ...

Itch.io is back online after being down for several hours yesterday amid claims that its domain had been disabled after a "phishing report" was filed against it by Funko, using "AI-powered" brand ...