
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

Styx publisher Nacon files for insolvency just a week after we gave its latest game 82%, asks white-knuckling creditors to figure out what's next in 'a calm and constructive framework'
By Joshua Wolens published
News The studio says it's trying to "develop a credible and effective continuation plan."

Arc Raiders promises severe repercussions for cheating after Marathon twisted the knife on its recent woes: 'Serious infractions now carry stricter consequences'
By Joshua Wolens published
News What you gonna do when Arc comes for you?

GOG declares 'The future of preservation is decided by players who give a sh*t' after New Blood CEO expresses concern for the storefront's lifespan
By Joshua Wolens published
News Your library needs you.

The maker of Prototype and Simpsons: Hit and Run returns from the grave just months after an out-of-the-blue update broke Prototype's mods and added mysterious new credits
By Joshua Wolens published
News Which could all mean nothing, I suppose.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance's fractious creative director Daniel Vávra won't lead Warhorse's next game—It's not a 'breakup,' he's just making the Kingdom Come film
By Joshua Wolens published
News He's being replaced by a creative directorial hivemind of vets Prokop Jirsa and Viktor Bocan.

Todd Howard has 'softened' on remasters, but he's still 'anti-remake'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Although, let's be honest, Oblivion Remastered blurred the line between the two a little bit.

The Future Games Show returns this March with the voices of Lae'zel and Batman as hosts
By Joshua Wolens published
News Devora Wilde and Shai Matheson have a whole lotta news to share this March 12.

My favourite thing about Linux gaming will now automagically apply crucial fan patches to your Metal Gear installs, making it even easier than on Windows
By Joshua Wolens published
News Luxtorpeda is chugging along.

The new game from Disco Elysium's studio feels like the first Christmas after your parents' divorce
By Joshua Wolens published
Very Disco It ain't never gonna be what it was.

Fill out our quick questionnaire about your gaming habits and you could nab a $300 Amazon voucher
By Joshua Wolens published
Survey We hunger for your takes.

DayZ creator calls to 'normalize delaying games,' that consumers can show Xbox and Sony 'that delays are okay' and, oh, 'Personally: don't preorder games, folks. Commercially: please preorder games'
By Joshua Wolens published
News "It's the only way PlayStation/Xbox notice us."

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

Easy Anti-Cheat is coming to Rocket League, but Psyonix promises not to get all Fortnite with it and hose your Steam Deck and Linux installs
By Joshua Wolens published
News Small victories.

Our best RPG of 2024 is half off in the Lunar New Year sale, as are the adventures of Charlie Tunoku and countless other Sega series
By Joshua Wolens published
News Ending racism has never been cheaper.

After Microsoft couldn't keep its AI hands to itself, a notoriously complex Linux distro has started its long march away from GitHub
By Joshua Wolens published
News Gentoo's got places to be, and those places ain't GitHub.

NetEase breaks up with another western studio, but it refuses to die and instead 'remains motivated and deeply committed to the incredible game we’re building'
By Joshua Wolens published
News But if you happen to have several million dollars lying around, the devs would like to speak to you.

Surprise! Baldur's Gate 3 got a fresh patch. Unsurprise! It's vanishingly small, but at least it repairs some corrupted saves
By Joshua Wolens published
It's a treat just to see you in my newsfeed again, BG3.

Yakuza Kiwami 3's blunders have made it the worst-reviewed game in the series on Steam: 'Creatively bankrupt doesn't even begin to describe the current state of RGG'
By Joshua Wolens published
News "Even ignoring the casting of someone who sexually assaulted others on camera, this is an inferior remake."

You can pick up $1000+-worth of Fallout tabletop gubbins for $25 right now, with a portion going to the ACLU
By Joshua Wolens published
News That's a lot of gubbins.

Chappell Roan is a RuneScape sicko who absolutely loves the 'medieval synth sh*t' of its soundtrack
By Joshua Wolens published
News She's just like me, for real.

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 got its final big update, if you want to bolt 61GB of 4K textures onto MGS3 and, thank God, finally switch the cancel and confirm buttons in MGS1
By Joshua Wolens published
News That MGS3 texture pack sure looks AI-ey, though, don't it?

After just 2 years on sale, 7 '90s-era Jurassic Park games are getting delisted this March
By Joshua Wolens published
News Insert an appropriate Jurassic Park quote here (I've never seen Jurassic Park).

'5,000,000 Henrys' and they're all quite hungry: KCD2 has sold gangbusters since its launch last year
By Joshua Wolens published
News Jesus Christ be praised.
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