
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

Atlus promises it hasn't forgotten how to make new Persona games, says it's 'actively preparing for' something I'd bet money is Persona 6
By Joshua Wolens published
News Just in case you were a little dismayed to head back to Inaba.

The Witcher 3 once had a suicide mission ending 'inspired by Mass Effect 2,' a quest where Geralt joined the Wild Hunt, and a version of its vampire-focused Blood and Wine DLC without vampires
By Joshua Wolens published
News There are more than a few things on the cutting room floor.

GOG takes on the Steam Workshop with the official launch of one-click modding, and Skyblivion is headed to the store later this year
By Joshua Wolens published
News Hello modder, hello fadder.

The first published game from the Vampire Survivors' devs is a ludicrous hack-n-slash you control by mashing your keyboard and, oh, it's out right now
By Joshua Wolens published
PCGS 2025 You've got two options: Berserk or Die.

Excellent subnautical society sim Barotrauma just announced its first expansion, and it looks like we'll be able to build Rapture
By Joshua Wolens published
PCGS 2025 Always a good idea... right?

SkyRig is systems-builder for Factorio sickos set in the skies of a bulging gas giant
By Joshua Wolens published
PCGS 2025 And probably just as dangerous for your free time as that sounds.

The Outer Worlds 2 has a 'bad knees' perk that makes your old-man legs pop and alert enemies when you stand, and another that Obsidian fully admits makes the game 'pretty unplayable'
By Joshua Wolens published
News This is what I want my game designers thinking about and no, I am not joking.

Persona 4 Revival is officially real, giving us our first look at 4K Charlie Tunoku in a remake with a very angry original voice cast
By Joshua Wolens published
News And just like that, I'm 15 again.

Age of Mythology: Retold's Japanese mythology-focused expansion just announced it's hitting this fall
By Joshua Wolens published
Good luck, farm-girl.

'What if Blade was a witcher?' is the scary question asked as Blood of Dawnwalker from former CDPR devs announces 2026 release
By Joshua Wolens published
News How gruff can a protagonist get? Scientists aim to find out.

PC finally has its own Breath of the Wild killer, and it's indistinguishable from the Nintendo game except that you are a boy who is also a tire
By Joshua Wolens published
News You'd have to get up pretty early in the morning to spot the difference between Tire Boy and TOTK.

The secret stand-out of Sony's State of Play was the bizarre resurrection of Deus Ex's PS2 version
By Joshua Wolens published
News You take another step forward and here it is again, like your own reflection repeated in a hall of mirrors.

Russia says it won't arrest players after seizing the studio behind the Russian World of Tanks offshoot, accusing it of funnelling funds to Ukraine
By Joshua Wolens published
News Based on, charitably, very little evidence.

Bethesda remembers it just released an Elder Scrolls game, announces gameplay-focused Oblivion patch that addresses about 5% of player complaints
By Joshua Wolens published
News Not gonna lie, I was hoping for more.

CDPR says the Kingdom Come style of systems-heavy RPG is 'super great' and, when it comes to The Witcher 4's direction of travel, 'these are our next steps for sure'
By Rich Stanton published
News "I love Kingdom Come because of the realism and the feeling, the sense of humor."

No Man's Sky just got another mondo update and I think it's a management game now?
By Joshua Wolens published
News You're mayor now. No, you can't refuse.

'The problem isn't necessarily the yellow paint', says the Witcher 4 design lead, but its overuse: 'People see through the smoke and mirrors'
By Harvey Randall published
News You're always being guided, you're just annoyed when you realise it.

Epic cops to the Epic Games Store sucking for the 2nd time in a month as it proudly announces its money-hose has spaffed over $2 billion
By Joshua Wolens published
News Which has been pretty good for devs, at least.

This Final Fantasy Tactics-like RPG from former Octopath and Destiny devs lets you do the best thing a videogame can: Make a town look cooler while you rebuild it
By Joshua Wolens published
News Also vanquish your foes or something, I think.

How to watch the PC Gaming Show 2025
By Joshua Wolens published
News Featuring a much higher chance of us hurting ourselves with electronics than in previous years.

We just got a look at someone actually playing The Witcher 4 as CDPR promises 'the most immersive and ambitious open world Witcher game ever'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Our witcheress is all grown up.

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake is such a badly kept secret it's been leaked by a statue maker who just assumed we all knew it was coming
By Joshua Wolens published
News Whoops.

'The complexity of mods we can make just shot up big time': Oblivion Remastered modders breach a new frontier even without Bethesda support—making it play nice with Lua scripts
By Joshua Wolens published
News The mad lads have done it.
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