
Joshua Wolens
One of Josh's first memories is of playing Quake 2 on the family computer when he was much too young to be doing that, and he's been irreparably game-brained ever since. His writing has been featured in Vice, Fanbyte, and the Financial Times. He'll play pretty much anything, and has written far too much on everything from visual novels to Assassin's Creed. His most profound loves are for CRPGs, immersive sims, and any game whose ambition outstrips its budget. He thinks you're all far too mean about Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Latest articles by Joshua Wolens

I tried to save the USSR in 1985 with a hip Gen Z leader and all I got for my trouble was a drunk population and total national bankruptcy
By Joshua Wolens published
USS-Argh It could've worked. It should've.

HoYoverse has revealed its next game and I think this is just auto-battler Pokémon
By Joshua Wolens published
News It's called Peekachoo. Totally different.

Total War: Warhammer 3 finally playable now someone's modded in an entire crab empire faction with its own mechanics, lore, and enormous crustacean units
By Joshua Wolens published
News It's been a long time coming.

You don't need to wait for SteamOS to ditch Windows: I've been running Linux for the past 2 months and the revolution is already here
By Joshua Wolens published
Wanna Be Like Sudo 1v1 me in SuperTuxKart.

My inner Morrowind sicko is howling over the new game from the Dread Delusion devs, a turn-based RPG where you play a theatre troupe fighting demons
By Joshua Wolens published
News I love it when people make games just for me.

Bethesda remembers it made Starfield, promises new 'space gameplay' in back half of random video that doesn't even mention Starfield in the title
By Joshua Wolens published
Starfield's fallen a ways since it was the most-wishlisted game on Steam.

The MMO granddaddy you've never heard of is celebrating its 35th anniversary, and it still pulls in 'a few thousand active players' and needs a staff of over 40 to run: 'We want to be able to survive for another 35 years'
By Joshua Wolens published
News GemStone IV feels like a glorious artefact of the internet of old, still somehow enduring.

Hideo Kojima questionably visits Saudi Arabia to drop the news that he knows just what Death Stranding 3 should be but he wants someone else to make it
By Joshua Wolens published
News A little iffy, Hideo.

Metal Gear Solid Delta devs would love Kojima to see how 'respectful' their remake is, but the big man himself has already said he's not touching it
By Joshua Wolens published
News Kojima's a busy man. There are so many celebrities he hasn't scanned yet.

Crusader Kings 3's new DLC has a release date and even more opportunities to be murdered spectacularly by your vassals
By Joshua Wolens published
News Hooray!

It's downright nuts how good this fan remake of Fallout 1 in Doom looks, and I'm begging Bethesda to take note
By Joshua Wolens published
News Only marginally more radioactive than the real Bakersfield.

How well do you know your hacking minigames? Put your wits to the test with our latest quiz
By Joshua Wolens published
Gibson-esque ./Quiz.

Photography puzzler Opus: Prism Peak might be the rare game to actually pull its Studio Ghibli vibes off
By Joshua Wolens published
Snap Say cheese.

'Will it be the same? No': Snake actor David Hayter says there's no way to copy Kojima's 'exact genius' in a future brand-new Metal Gear, but it could still be great in a nu-Batman way
By Joshua Wolens published
News "I look at the Metal Gear scripts, and I'm like, 'I could never do this.'"

Caribbean commie city builder Tropico is getting a new game featuring a 'reworked military system' and a new council of whiny citizens
By Joshua Wolens published
News You could probably use one to solve the other, there.

The best free games on Steam
By Joshua Wolens last updated
Updated! Nothing but the best free Steam games you can play right now.

Take-Two lawyers give Mafia nude mods the cement shoes treatment, DMCA projects that had the Don's daughter parading in the buff
By Joshua Wolens published
News Fuhgeddaboutit.

Wargaming is making a new World of Tanks for the Overwatch generation: A tank-y hero shooter with 'heroic tank gameplay'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Enough of this cowardly tank gameplay we've been forced to endure.

Why we're still playing Metal Gear Solid after nearly 30 years
By Joshua Wolens published
Snake Tales What a thrill.

Shenmue 3 is getting a dolled-up edition that makes John Shenmue more beautiful than ever before
By Joshua Wolens published
News Um.

Mafia: The Old Country is getting an open-world mode, which is weird because it already has one
By Joshua Wolens published
News Open².

Here's how to watch all the announcements and world premieres at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2025
By Joshua Wolens published
News I think it's cheating that you can see all this stuff without wading through a sea of gamers, personally.

Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4's story is inspired by the sale of Gearbox, then glazes over and says it's about where we as individuals want to be on the spectrum of anarchy to fascism
By Joshua Wolens published
News Which is just what I expect from the series with the pooping robot.
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