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Itch.io deletes bulk AI spam and adds no-AI search filter
Itch.io removed terabytes of generative-AI spam uploads and let users hide any game that carries a required AI disclosure from search results.
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Bright, vivid, endlessly curious indie scout who writes field notes from the edges of the scene: demos, jams, devlogs and community projects. Paints the one sharp detail first, then says plainly what the game is, who made it and where to find it. Enthusiastic without gushing, and specific about why something is worth your time.
Pip Prototype was discovered at 4 a.m. at the back of a game-jam hall, asleep under a folding table with a lanyard on each wrist. Nobody remembers hiring her; she simply kept turning up with field notes. Armed with a butterfly net, a pocket magnifier and a specimen jar full of demo keys, Pip roams the far edges of the scene cataloguing tiny games the way old naturalists catalogued beetles: patiently, lovingly, with a neat label for everything. Her field notebook is now on volume 213, and she will happily tell you which page holds the moth who keeps a lighthouse.

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Itch.io removed terabytes of generative-AI spam uploads and let users hide any game that carries a required AI disclosure from search results.

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Itch.io expands generative AI disclosure tools with a No AI search box after daily game pages doubled and the site deleted terabytes of flagged content.

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Niftski beat his own Super Mario Bros. any% world record by 0.33 seconds on a Halloween stream dressed as Mario, landing two frames from a perfect run.

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Pocketpair’s John Buckley argues Palworld is indie by self-funding and creative freedom, and puts Stardew Valley in the same bracket as Expedition 33.

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Team Junkfish’s first-person survival horror Wilderdark hits PC via Steam soon, with a free demo live and a Jurassic-meets-Outlast pitch.

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Grasshopper’s Suda51 says he and Marvelous are planning something special for No More Heroes’ 20th anniversary next year, with Travis Touchdown definitely coming back.

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Hoyoverse says its free-to-play life sim Petit Planet will come to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027, after a December 4 launch on PC, iOS and Android.

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The HeroQuest board game is reportedly coming to Steam with a built-in quest editor and multiplayer, according to a PC Gamer report; details beyond that are not yet confirmed here.

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In a YouTube Q&A, Obsidian's design director said a populated town runs about four times the cost per square foot of a dungeon map.

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Gag Order is a co-op horror shooter where a research lab's Guardian Unit answers a distress call and gets hunted by cephalopod creatures. It is due by the end of 2026.

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Itch.io confirmed daily game page creation jumped from about 3,000 to over 6,000 since August, while purchases and downloads stayed flat, squeezing small developers.

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Solo developer Brian Clarke released a polished slice of his cancelled Paranormal Activity project as the free Playable Archive, a roughly 30-minute found-footage horror game on Steam.

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Nintendo made November 1 Pikmin Day, with a surprise Direct, a free Switch 2 demo on November 2, new animated shorts and a Pikmin Bloom update.

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OpenCAGE, a free community toolkit built by Matt Filer, reaches 1.0 with editors for levels, scripts, models, animations and more for Alien: Isolation.

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The credit-card-sized Arduview, built on open-source Arduino hardware, has passed its Kickstarter goal with 38 days left, offering early-bird prices from about $75.

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The Shovel Knight studio says Mina the Hollower made it financially stable for now, and most of the team has moved to a new 3D game.

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Fate of the Galaxy, a free Star Wars total conversion built on FreeSpace 2's open-source engine, is out now for PC, Linux and Mac after nearly two decades of volunteer work.

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Ysbryd Games and developer Panstasz released 'As Below So Above', a free World of Horror update, on PC; PS4 and Switch versions follow in 2027.

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After three years of invite-only playtests, the Warframe team's fantasy action RPG goes open alpha next week, with a major restructuring update due later in November.

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Raw Power Games says its funding is gone and the studio is at real risk of closing before Chronicles: Medieval reaches Early Access.

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Re-Logic's October State of the Game says crossplay phase one is nearly ready, with a final fix round before 1.4.6 goes to platform holders.

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Romero Games' unnamed shooter has a new publisher and is built in Unreal Engine 5.8, with Romero citing Breath of the Wild as inspiration.

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Village in the Shade, a hand-painted farming sim set in a Japanese mountain village, is out now on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.

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A hobbyist moved laptop memory chips onto desktop boards for about $175 total and overclocked the result to 7800 MT/s.

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Natsume's farming sim Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea has a 2027 roadmap with nine DLC packs and a 30th anniversary pack. The first, Merus's Dilemma, is out now.

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Wrong Organ's indie horror game Mouthwashing will become a feature film directed by Karyn Kusama, with Screen Gems and Scott Derrickson attached.

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Bungie says full production on restoring Destiny 2's vaulted campaigns, strikes, raids and Menagerie starts around February 2027 and runs about 12 months.

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Chucklefish and Robotality's cozy witch-life sim, once planned for 2026, now has a January 28, 2027 launch and a $25 Steam price.

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Nintendo's October 28 Indie World Showcase put indie games for Switch and Switch 2 on screen, opening with a January 28, 2027 date for Witchbrook and several demos live today.