Jonathan Bolding
Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.
Latest articles by Jonathan Bolding
Build a big tower, get punished by God, in incremental clicker Microcivilization
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News Keep those adorable little bumbleheaded blobs alive, folks.
Monster Train dev cuts all the monetization from its tactical battler, Inkbound
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News No more battle pass, no more cosmetic purchasing.
I'm kinda liking this badly translated action roguelike where you can wield an extra gun with your butt
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Apocalypse Party is a solo or co-op action roguelike starring some familiar faces.
Next city-builder from the creator of The Settlers is looking pretty good in a new demo
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News Pioneers of Pagonia intends to be a beautiful, easy to play city builder with optional cooperative play.
Build some sick castles in the demo for fantasy survival game Enshrouded
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News This is the one the developers called "Valheim meets Zelda."
Unity CEO Riccitiello steps down, effective immediately
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News Now ex-CEO John Riccitiello has been the face of several business decisions unpopular with both developers and gamers.
Check out mindbending puzzles in The Talos Principle 2's specially made demo
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News It's not just the first bit of the final game.
Your whole life is secretly a deadly reality show in American Arcadia
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News Try the demo for a game where a man is condemned to death for bad ratings.
Upcoming RTS-RPG fusion dares to ask big questions like 'What if the Vikings were riding dinosaurs?'
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News Build a castle and don't get eaten by a T-Rex, seems simple enough.
Weirdo indie RPG Knuckle Sandwich will finally release in November
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News We previously described Knuckle Sandwich as "like Earthbound for adults."
Dave the Diver gets crabs and lobsters this month, among other new stuff, in its first content update
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News Dave forever.
Warfare MMO Foxhole is adding naval combat complete with huge multi-person ships
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News Gunboats, destroyers, battleships, and submarines will defend landing craft and construct portable harbors.
Cyborg immersive sim Core Decay still has those System Shock, Deus Ex vibes in a brand new trailer
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News Dark conspiracies and multiple approaches to objectives are the order of the day.
Colony sim Ascent of Ashes, by a former RimWorld mod team, will hit in November
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News Players will struggle to survive on a distant world after an apocalyptic conflict.
Check out free retro-RPG Moonring, made by an industry vet and Fable designer in classic Ultima style
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Dene Carter was a designer on Dungeon Keeper, Fable—and some real classics from the old days.
Try to remain calm but Factorio is adding elevated trains
By Jonathan Bolding published
News My god, it's full of stars.
Get in the robot, kill some space angels, in this turn-based tactical mecha battler
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Elements of base defense and deckbuilding make Arc Seed an interesting prospect.
Fallen Aces looks like pulp comics Dishonored in a new extended gameplay trailer
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Men trying to kill me? Get in line, pal.
Defend your interstellar factory when Dyson Sphere Program gets combat this December
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Your galaxy-spanning industries will never be quite safe again.
Updated Dwarf Fortress comes to Linux, fixes those pesky marksdwarves
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Adventure mode is next on the agenda for the devs.
Work an office job keeping sinners in hell via tower defense in Heretic's Fork
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Deckbuilding roguelike tower defense with a menu-driven metaplot.
Here's our first good look at Dragon's Dogma 2 gameplay
By Jonathan Bolding published
News A deep dive on gameplay as the Fighter, Archer, Thief, and Mage.
DDoS attacks were the source of Destiny 2's server troubles this week
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Nothing to do with a buggy patch or frankenguns, says Bungie.