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A month after Microsoft pulled the plug on an in-development MMO at ZeniMax Online Studios, new studio head Jo Burba has posted an update promising that The Elder Scrolls Online remains safe and secure. “Please allow me to assure you, the ESO community, that the game isn’t going anywhere, and the studio is continuing to…
After teasing the idea of paid subreddits for “exclusive content or private areas” last year, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a thread discussing the company’s latest earnings call that work on the feature has been sidelined (via The Verge). Instead, Reddit is prioritizing its existing strengths—like being one of the few ways to still…
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…
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,…
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…
The Spartans have annoyed Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution, and now the ancient world is filled with monsters and undead. Unfortunately, this demonic deity is after your head, too. No need to stress, though: Titan Quest 2 (the sequel to 2006’s mythological ARPG) is a pretty chill time, and it just snuck out in…
During yesterday’s Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal showcase, DICE producer Jeremy Chubb said the studio wanted to return to the “atmosphere and grit that made Battlefield 3 and 4 iconic games,” but “needed to take that aesthetic to an entirely new level.” Based on the content of the 23-minute presentation, it seems like EA is measuring…
For a certain kind of FPS fan, Battlefield 6‘s big multiplayer reveal is hitting at the perfect moment. Call of Duty is firmly in its slop era, leaving DICE and co. with an opening to be the only big-budget FPS around that doesn’t devolve into a clown show of ugly premium skins like CoD’s Beavis…
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…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the decision in the Epic vs Google lawsuit, which began in 2020 and in late 2023 found that the Play Store and associated payment systems are monopolies. What does Epic co-founder and CEO Tim Sweeney think? “Total victory in the Epic v Google appeal!“ Google can still…