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'''.io games''' or '''IO games''' are a genre of free, [[Multiplayer video game|online multiplayer]] [[Browser game|browser games]] that gained popularity with the success of [[Agar.io]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-14 |title=A brief history of "IO" games {{!}} PacoGames.com |url=https://www.pacogames.com/blog/brief-history-of-io-games |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=PacoGames |language=en}}</ref> The games are usually characterized by simple graphics and gameplay in a free for all multiplayer arena. The term ".io" comes from the .[[.io|io domain]], which was originally assigned to the [[British Indian Ocean Territory]]<ref>{{Citation |title=IDN Code Points Policy for the .IO Top Level Domain |url=http://www.nic.io/IO-IDN-Policy.pdf |access-date=2005-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218074147/http://www.nic.io/IO-IDN-Policy.pdf |archive-date=2005-12-18 |url-status=dead |publisher=NIC.IO}}</ref> but became popular for game developers due to its short and memorable nature. |
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Thousands of .io games exist, and many of them have been subject to controversy for both political use and lack of moderation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Castello |first=Jay |last2= |first2= |date=2018-02-22 |title=The rise and rise of .io games |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rise-and-rise-of-io-games |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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The .io domain was delegated by the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] to British entrepreneur [[Paul Kane (entrepreneur)|Paul Kane]] in 1997 together with the [[Country code top-level domain|ccTLDs]] [[.ac]] ([[Ascension Island]]), [[.sh]] ([[Saint Helena|St Helena]]), and [[.tm]] ([[Turkmenistan]]).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bridle |first1=James |title=.IO: British Indian Ocean Territory |url=http://citizen-ex.com/stories/io |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702173249/http://citizen-ex.com/stories/io |archive-date=2 July 2021 |access-date=2 August 2021 |publisher=Citizen Ex}}</ref> The first subdomain was registered under .io in 1998, when [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] registered the domain levi.io.<ref>https://www.whois-search.com/whois/levi.io</ref> |
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