Pathfinder’s space opera spin-off is getting its own videogame, an RPG called Starfinder: Afterlight

Paizo’s tabletop RPG Pathfinder has made it into videogames several times, and while we don’t talk about the MMO, Owlcat’s CRPGs have done its flavor of crunchy classic fantasy justice twice now. Pathfinder’s science-fantasy spin-off Starfinder is about to take its turn being digitized in an upcoming videogame by Barcelona studio Epictellers Entertainment. Starfinder: Afterlight…

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OpenAI just raised another $8.3 billon in a funding round that values it at an unbelievable $300B, surpassing AMD, Coca-Cola, and General Electric

OpenAI’s business model is, at bottom, pretty simple. Sam Altman gets up on a stage somewhere, burbles a few lines about how AI is going to radically upend society and cure cancer, and then shareholders fall over themselves in a frenzied rush to thrust money upon this economic miracle-to-be. OpenAI sells subscriptions to users, sure,…

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Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors ‘specifically cited’ a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand

Two weeks after Valve confirmed it had removed a pile of NSFW games from Steam because of pressure from credit card companies—and one week after Itch.io followed suit—Mastercard has released a statement denying responsibility for the takedowns, saying it “allows all lawful purchases” to be processed through its systems. “Mastercard has not evaluated any game…

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THQ Nordic’s annual showcase event recap

THQ Nordic’s annual showcase event recap

THQ Nordic’s 2025 Showcase just wrapped, debuting new details on Tides of Tomorrow, Spongebob Squarepants: Titans of the Tide, Gothic 1 Remake, and more. Here is a breakdown of the upcoming titles.  ​​ The team at Tarsier, creators of Little Nightmares I & II, are creating an all-new horror adventure -Reanimal. The showcase gameplay trailer…

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THQ Nordic Gets You in the Game at 2025 Digital Showcase

Category: Games August 1, 2025 THQ Nordic Gets You in the Game at 2025 Digital Showcase Melanie Klose, Marketing Director, THQ Nordic Today at the annual THQ Nordic Digital Showcase Event, we gave gamers fresh looks at gameplay for several upcoming titles, including Reanimal, Tides of Tomorrow, The Eternal Life of Goldman, and much more….

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One of Elden Ring Nightreign’s returning Dark Souls bosses launches into the stratosphere halfway through the fight to hide that he gets replaced by a second, smaller guy

Prolific FromSoftware dataminer Zullie the Witch is back with another interesting piece of Elden Ring Nightreign esoterica: The version of Dark Souls 3’s Nameless King you fight on foot is different than the one riding the dragon, and FromSoft had to get creative with how it hides the transition. In the first phase of his…

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