Latest articles by Joshua Wolens
The guy responsible for the whole battle engine in Total War since Rome 1 had 'never worked writing game code' when he got the assignment
News Scott Pitkethly, uh, hit the ground running.
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain is out of 'semi-retirement' and back at Obsidian
News Cain? On games?
Let It Die: Inferno promises it used AI 'that observes copyright laws' and isn't 'modeled after any human performers,' so please don't be mad at it
News After controversy, Supertrick has detailed exactly where, when, and how Inferno uses AI.
Rockstar co-founder finally settles ancient debate: GTA is NOT as good as Charles Dickens
News I can now sleep easy.
Fallout season 2 won't pick a canon New Vegas ending: '15 years down the line, every faction might think they won'
But also, it was for sure Yes Man.
If the nukes drop, Todd Howard says he's signing up with the Brotherhood of Steel
News Come on, not the Elvis guys?
As NetEase pledges to 'replace' a No Man's Sky model in its survival MMO, Sean Murray says they played themselves because the asset's busted anyway
News One weird trick to foil thieves.
Avowed says sorry gang, no fall update this year, but to make up for it the devs are rolling together a bunch of features into a ball and putting them out in February
News As the old saying goes, fall back, February… forward?
Google's toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don't blame me for clickbait like 'BG3 players exploit children'
News With the power of AI, data centres the size of a kolkhoz can now write clickbait instead of underpaid journalists at struggling websites.
Hideo Kojima will make furry criminals regret their words and deeds as a mole who is also a cop in Zootopia 2
News All those words I just wrote are true.
Helldivers 2 cuts its install size from '~154GB to ~23GB' in a beta you can opt into now, defeating liberty-hating storage reqs with 'no functional differences' between versions
News And now I need to know how many of the other storage-hogs on my hard drive could do this.
Swen Vincke unable to utter 'giant Withers naturals' as Baldur's Gate 3 celebrates its 3rd Christmas with large rabbits, Baldstarion, and a 1996 Lada Riva
News That's all D&D, to me.
Dispatch being 'basically a live-service game for a month' did gangbusters, but leads say don't expect to copy it and get the same result
News "If you think episodic alone is going to be the thing that dictates success for you, then good luck!"
Rockstar co-founder compares AI to 'mad cow disease,' and says the execs pushing it aren't 'fully-rounded humans'
News Dan Houser probably won't be asking ChatGPT for help with his next game.
My life's a mess, but I picked up a set of $16 drawer organisers for Cyber Monday and now it's only a mess metaphorically
Cyber Monday Sort your life out.
Fine, if I can't upgrade my RAM without selling a kidney, I'm gonna finally get an OLED monitor for $650 with this 321UP Cyber Monday deal
Cyber Monday Think of the colors.
Great news: Yakuza Kiwami 3 will let you improve Kiryu's 'Daddy Rank'
News Should be max right from the start to be honest.
The AI slop-hose comes to Let It Die as its surprise sequel reveals 'voices, music, and graphics' shaped by the tech
News "AI-generated content has been used and then edited by our team."
Assassin's Creed Shadows has no plans for more expansions like Claws of Awaji, a first for the series in its modern form
News But expect "sparse" yet "chunky" updates to come.
Original Yakuza 0's getting delisted from Steam on December 8, but you can tuck away a GOG copy for 45% off right now
News We're through the looking glass.
Obsidian says The Outer Worlds 2 isn't a deliberate critique of capitalism, which is even more ridiculous than the time Fallout's co-creator said that isn't either
News What's better than a thoughtful analysis of history? How about a vague shrug of the shoulders?
Galaxy Princess Zorana is like if you made BG3 passive checks into a whole game, a great tale of political intrigue, and will give you like 4,000 ways to die embarrassingly
News What more could you ask?
The fantasy RPG that started as a viral AI-made video is 'free of AI-generated content,' pledges its maker
Shores of Vaelithar was made by humans. It promises.
