Joshua Wolens

Joshua Wolens

News Writer

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 have modded the most exciting thing possible into GTA 5: Hard and soft credit checks and realistic personal finance

By Joshua Wolens Published

Los Santos Customs Money talk, wealth shoots.

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I have officially made Grand Theft Auto 5 good by turning it into a golf sim

By Joshua Wolens Published

Los Santos Customs GTA Tour.

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GTA 5's 'Become a celebrity' mod is almost weirdly fully featured

By Joshua Wolens Published

Los Santos Customs I wanna be a star.

Los Santos Customs
Microsoft hasn't marched Fable to the guillotine because it's 'vital to the DNA' of Xbox, says the game's director

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Hurting Fable would be like hurting the Xbox brand itself, to hear Ralph Fulton tell it.

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The Witcher 3 next gen update release times - Ciri and Geralt sitting
The Witcher 3 producer says it's scary to work with another studio on the game's expansion: 'I also think twice about leaving my baby with someone'

By Harvey Randall Published

News But, "there are people over there who are not me who take the best care ever of them."

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I am Mark Zuckerberg

By Joshua Wolens Published

Los Santos Customs What more do I have to say?

Los Santos Customs
Geralt fighting a big monster
The Witcher 3 'is not untouchable,' story director says of the upcoming expansion and remaster: 'I still find some places that I think maybe nowadays, I would do it differently'

By Andy Chalk Published

news CD Projekt is remastering its RPG masterpiece and rolling out a new expansion in 2027, and that means changes are coming.

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If you need proof The Witcher 3's new expansion is in safe hands, its lead writer literally wrote her thesis on Hearts of Stone: 'To probably prove to some of my professors that games are worthy'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Mission accomplished.

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The Witcher 3's story director says an ideal quest is 'constructed in such a way that the player puts the controller away, stands up, and starts walking'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "Then [the player] goes back, and then the player picks one of the choices."

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The Witcher 3 Remastered
CDPR wants to make The Witcher 3 Remastered feel like any other game released today: 'It's so easy to get used to these new improvements that it's hard to go back'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Geralt's glow up.

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Forget GTA 6, I have brought GTA 5 closer to being the true greatest game of all time: Hulk – Ultimate Destruction

By Joshua Wolens Published

Los Santos Customs Quit staring.

Los Santos Customs
Rideshare Stimulator trailer still - creepy looking dude side-eyeing out the window of his car
Saber CCO Tim Willits is still bullish on AI, but concerned about its environmental impact: 'Elon wants to put servers in space. That could be the answer, right?'

By Justin Wagner Published

News "I mean, it's funny, but why not?"

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Man in a gas mask.
GSC Game World says there's a reason it didn't give Stalker 2 more time in the oven: 'To make something better, you need to receive feedback, and this feedback should be fresh'

By Justin Wagner Published

News "Every developer would like to have an infinite amount of time, but … the market state is not very promising."

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Rideshare Stimulator trailer screengrab showing a man in the backseat of a car.
Saber CCO says the studio isn't changing up its comms strategy after recent controversies: 'There's always some dust up'

By Justin Wagner Published

News "The games will speak for themselves."

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Key art for Dwarf Fortress showing a trio of dwarves exploring a cave system; Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams.
Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams was amazed other devs had heard of his game the first time he went to a convention: 'I didn't know that anyone knew what we were doing'

By Justin Wagner Published

News "I try to have good moral qualities, but I am apparently subject to all forms of flattery and vanity and such."

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A Scarab Occult Terminator Sorcerer looks menacing in Space Marine 2.
Saber CCO Tim Willits blames layoffs on games industry overspecialization: 'Studios that have a couple hundred employees that work on one game are going to struggle'

By Justin Wagner Published

News "Why not take a risk?"

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I have filled GTA 5 with realistic Los Angeles snow

By Joshua Wolens Published

Los Santos Customs Chestnuts roasting on an open car-fire.

Los Santos Customs
I installed a mod that adds building interiors to GTA 5, at the low cost of deleting most of the map's exterior

By Joshua Wolens Published

Los Santos Customs You win some, you lose some.

Los Santos Customs
Alien: Isolation 2's Gamescom demo kept its cards close to its chest, but I'm definitely ready to be terrified again

By Joshua Wolens Published

Xenonaut Just, you know, give me a minute to collect myself.

Xenonaut
A smiling man in military fatigues
'Can I cry?': Stalker 2 devs say its 2.0 update's engine overhaul was a nightmare—but worth the effort

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News That's going to cause some anomalies.

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Zach Adams (L) and his brother Tarn Adams, cofounders of Bay 12 Games and cocreators of the single-player simulation game "Dwarf Fortress," pose for a photo at their home office in Poulsbo, Washington, west of Seattle, on December 9, 2022. - A cult favorite among indie game fans, "Dwarf Fortress" has been available for purchase on the Steam online store since December 6, a first for this title that has been distributed for free since its debut in 2006. The real-time management game, set in a medieval-fantasy world and involving overseeing a group of dwarves seeking to build a mighty fortress, has climbed to the fourth best-selling weekly title on Steam. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Dwarf Fortress co-creator says his life as a millionaire is 'basically like reattaining what my parents could do with regular jobs'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Tarn Adams lives in a house now. I bet that's nice.

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I modded GTA 6 leak-accurate car fuelling into GTA 5

By Joshua Wolens Published

Los Santos Customs It's a sim now. I'm a sim now.

Los Santos Customs
Dandelion from The Witcher 3
Doug Cockle believes Dandelion is Geralt's real soulmate in The Witcher 3, but 'in a very platonic way'

By Elie Gould Published

News Geralt x Dandelion ship = Gerdelion.

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A split image showing Henry Cavill from Netflix's The Witcher series, juxtaposed with Geralt from The Witcher 3 Remastered.
Was Geralt's voice actor inspired by Henry Cavill's take on him in The Witcher series? 'No, because we were first'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "I still haven't got a call for a cameo," says Dandelion VA John Schwab.

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Key art for Dwarf Fortress showing a trio of dwarves exploring a cave system; Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams.
Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Much to consider.

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