The year is 2043
Hate sites like The Bore and kiwifarms have long been shut down by legislation in the late 2030s, with some users migrating their activity to Discord Z servers
However, resetera remains
Cerium passed ownership of the forum to SweetNicole in 2025, citing "I can't take it anymore, no paycheck is worth having this fucking around in your periphery for all time"
Most former moderators have either passed away of preventable diseases or distanced themselves from the site after Red Mercury was made a mod
Through a variety of high profile releases and smart deals THQ Nordic has absorbed several other gaming companies, including Activision Blizzard and Bandai Namco
Over the years THQ Nordic has rebranded itself several times, first to Nordic Namco Entertainment and now currently known as Nfinite Media Entertainment
Reinhard Pollice is 62 years old and still employed as PR manager at Nfinite Media Entertainment
Tales of Credunzia, The 27th game in the Tales series, is released
At the top of its resetera thread, a mod note is posted
Friendly reminder that the publisher of this game was once caught mailing child pornography to 8 US senators, and did nothing to punish those responsible; please keep this in mind during any discussion of their games
The thread is short-lived, one member posts "game seems fun" and is promptly banned for supporting a hate group