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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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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, … Read more

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 … Read more

Most months at least have one or two, but August 2025 is truly the month of videogame remakes and remasters. Two of those repackaged classics make our list of monthly highlights: Gears of War: Reloaded and Metal Gear Solid Delta. Coincidentally, it’s also a pretty big month for games with “Gear” in the title. As … Read more

Whether you need a little Wordle help, a lot of Wordle help, or every last piece of advice you can get your Wordle-loving hands on, you’ll find it here. Click straight through to any section that catches your eye, or take your time with a casual scroll through our August 2 (1505) hints. Whatever happens … Read more

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 … Read more

I don’t know exactly why, but the idea of setting up trade routes is like catnip to me. Little horse-drawn wagons? Shipments of lumber or wool or vegetables? Resources trundling between cities? Yeah, I’ll play a game where that happens. Let Them Trade, as you can probably guess from the title, is all about that … Read more

Death Stranding 2 is stuffed with all sorts of ridiculous cameos, but one of the most bizarre inclusions is extremely popular Japanese-speaking vtuber Usada Pekora. Even though it’s no surprise at this point to see Hideo Kojima find a way to insert his favorite celebrities into his games, the CEO of the company Pekora streams … Read more

It’s been six years since 2K Games confirmed that BioShock 4 was in development at newly formed studio Cloud Chamber, and despite all that time passed it sounds like we’ve got a lot of waiting left. A new Bloomberg report says the in-progress game recently failed a review by 2K executives, leading to the removal … Read more