Jonathan Bolding

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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

A factory on a junk-covered planet in Factorio: Space Age.
Factorio's expansion is setting record high player counts yet again so I'm expecting the world's IT infrastructure to collapse and innovation to stagnate any day now

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News This has to be a statistically significant portion of the world's engineers, admins, and coders.

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Images of the Constitution bolt-action rifle in Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 gave players a deliberately awful, crusty rifle from 1903 but they love it because they can bayonet charge bugs like sci-fi Waterloo

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News The developers at Arrowhead are up to their old tricks.

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ColdRidge
ColdRidge, the game about cowboys doing 4x-style exploration, hits release

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News It's made by two Amplitude vets who worked on the Endless series.

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Fantasy world
Gear up to explore some sky whales, build a few towns when survival crafter Towers of Aghasba releases next month

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News "Nurture withered lands into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity" alongside some friends.

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Blood on the Thames
Weird aesthetics abound in point-and-click cosmic gothic Blood on the Thames

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News "Find clues, interrogate suspects, and turn over every stone to learn the truth behind your husband's death."

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Someone in an orange jumpsuit looks at an incoming tidal wave.
Build and automate little terraforming factories in open world survival game Eden Crafters

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News One of its big features is a malleable voxel landscape for you to shape.

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Webfishing
Here's an adorable, cozy little multiplayer chatroom fishing game

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News In Webfishing, you "relax and fish (on the web!)".

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Guy looking in mirror
PSA: Silent Hill 2 remake has a soft lock glitch at the end of Brookhaven Hospital

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News Fans are spreading the word.

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A pre-production mockup Image of The Smurfs: Roleplaying Game
There's going to be a Smurfs tabletop roleplaying game which is either an incredible or horrible idea

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News Jury's still out.

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A space platform composed of many and varied parts in the game factorio.
The final trailer for Factorio: Space Age teases some sick looking planetary adventures

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News Compared to the 2016 trailer it may as well be Factorio 2.

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Mechwarrior 5: Clans
Mechwarrior 5: Clans review: The best that handling a BattleMech has ever felt

By Jonathan Bolding Published

CLASH OF CLANS The venerable mech sim innovates with Mechwarrior 5: Clans.

CLASH OF CLANS
A small army surround a structure in Thronefall, which sports a very minimalist art style.
Check out the micro-strategic base defense action of Thronefall

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News It's now out of early access.

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A view of destruction game Teardown from third person
Incredibly, you can now play Teardown in third person

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News A huge, surprising update.

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Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode 1 - Jedi Power Battles
Y2K beat em up Star Wars: Episode 1 - Jedi Power Battles is back for some inexplicable reason

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News Of all the games to get a re-release...

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A starship trooper points into the camera while being attacked by bugs on all sides.
Starship Troopers: Extermination brings its chaotic 16-person bug fights to a 1.0 release

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News There are piles and piles of persistent bug corpses to enjoy.

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Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution screenshot
Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution tosses mechs into the French Revolution, but doesn't toss out the history

By Jonathan Bolding Published

Mobile Suit Jacobin It's the French Revolution, but with mechs (but definitely still the French Revolution).

Mobile Suit Jacobin
Murder mystery adventure game
The Case of the Golden Idol has done so well that it's getting a free definitive edition upgrade

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News The Case of the Golden Idol Redux has two years of improvements and overhauls.

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Grunn
Grunn is a very normal gardening game that is not a horror game at all

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News No horror here, no sir.

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The Planet Crafter Planet Humble DLC
Survival hit The Planet Crafter terraforms a whole new world in its first DLC

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News One of Steam's best-reviewed survival craft games gets better.

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Here's a charity bundle with a ton of World of Darkness tabletop RPG books

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News ...and board games, if you're in the US and Canada and Australia and New Zealand.

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Reforj
The team that made Minecraft console edition is now making their own blocky builder

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News Reforj uses a new proprietary engine.

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Two laser beams narrowly miss a mech
Strategic robot carnage intensifies as autobattler Mechabellum hits its 1.0 release

By Jonathan Bolding Published

news The full release brings a ranking system and competitive seasons.

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Flatulent Ape Congalala as he will appear in Monster Hunter Wilds.
Monster Hunter fans are excited because a big farting ape is returning for Monster Hunter Wilds

By Jonathan Bolding Published

news That is not an exaggeration.

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Dead Estate ensemble photo with gun-wielding characters posing in front of undead monsters
Roguelike horror shooter Dead Estate will get its final update in October

By Jonathan Bolding Published

news After four years of continuous development.

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Woman with black and white corpse paint and elaborate headware looking toward camera eyes obscured in Mork Borg
Check out this Death metal action RPG based on stylish tabletop game Mörk Borg

By Jonathan Bolding Published

news "The world's loudest tabletop RPG brings ruin to video gaming."

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