
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

In a relatable bout of impostor syndrome, Clair Obscur actor Charlie Cox says please give all the credit to mocap actor Maxence Cazorla after he nabs a Game Awards nom
By Joshua Wolens published
News It's not the hours in the booth, it's how you use them.

Disappeared survival horror Cold Fear magically returns in GOG's immortal games lineup, with 4K, crash fixes, and support for modern controllers
By Joshua Wolens published
News Joined by Ubisoft's 2012 I Am Alive, no less, which it turns out is alive.

Microsoft spits in God's face with Xbox-style Crocs that cost $80 and the sum total of your dignity
By Joshua Wolens published
News We were given this whole planet, and look what we've done with it.

Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart actor Jennifer English has advice for AI pushers: 'Don't'
By Joshua Wolens published
News "Mistakes are beautiful."

Estimates peg Valve as a capitalism fusion reactor, making such ungodly money per employee that it's no wonder Gabe Newell bought all those yachts and the whole damn yacht company
By Joshua Wolens published
News But bear in mind estimates are all we have to go off until an accountant leaves Valve's books in a bar.

Udo Kier, star of Red Alert 2 and Hideo Kojima's OD, dies aged 81: 'There will never be another like him. Udo, rest in peace'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Kier's career spanned movies, TV, games, and even music videos.

Skyrim's hardest quest is raising my Fat Idiot Son
By Joshua Wolens published
Sonless Sky That's not a judgment. That's literally his essence.

Ubisoft says AI is 'as big a revolution for our industry as the shift to 3D,' its magical AI NPCs are out of prototyping, and you bet it's got 'all our studios' working with the tech
By Joshua Wolens published
News Oh. Good.

Ubisoft hasn't exploded or been bought by Tencent: Its finances were delayed because of maths nerds, AC Shadows is 'Overperforming', and it's got one upcoming game you don't know about, thank you
By Joshua Wolens published
News All that sound and fury signified nothing, it turned out.

Just Cause dev Avalanche closes its Liverpool studio, its 3rd in just over a year
By Joshua Wolens published
News With 31 people laid off.

Where Winds Meet has the most buckwild 'mounts' I've ever seen: Getting chased by jaguars, standing on a goose, or just cranking a normal run animation to turbo-speed
By Joshua Wolens published
News Can't stop; jaguar will eat me.

I spent years on a journalism degree to tell you Homer's nipples have leaked in Fortnite
By Joshua Wolens published
News It was all building to this.

Old School RuneScape just got its first new skill ever and players are psyched about it, apart from the guy the game accidentally branded 'Morbid Loner'
By Joshua Wolens published
News It's a, uh, badge of honour.

You can pick up the System Shock remake, SS2 remaster, detective imsim Shadows of Doubt and more in a $20 bundle right now, and if you already own some of them you can trade them in for something else
By Joshua Wolens published
News Shame about the name, though.

Here's how to watch Clair Obscur, KCD2 and others jostle for GOTY at the Golden Joystick Awards 2025
By Joshua Wolens published
News Audentes fortuna iuvat, you know.

Mass Effect 3 redeemed to glory as modder puts its ME1-style elevator back in
By Joshua Wolens published
News I wrote elevators in the headline for the benefit of my American brothers, but from this point on it's strictly lifts.

Russia just added Stalker dev GSC to its no-no list of 'undesirable organisations', sobs that Stalker 2 promoted 'Ukrainian narratives' and 'aggressive Russophobic content'
By Joshua Wolens published
News The Prosecutor General's Office accuses GSC of "promoting Ukrainian narratives."

Ex-Square Enix suit says you can whine all you like, but 'Gen Z loves AI slop' and everyone and their grandma is already using it
By Joshua Wolens published
News "The upcoming generation of gamers are Bane in Dark Knight Rises saying 'You merely adopted the slop, I was born in it.'"

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

Stalker 2 has faction wars now: Enemies 'can expand control over new territories' in its 1.7 jumbo patch that also adds mega-hard mode and makes hiding in bushes meaningful
By Joshua Wolens published
News Freedom vs Duty. No, literally.

2005 survival horror shooter ups and vanishes from Steam suspiciously soon after entering Nightdive's orbit
By Joshua Wolens published
News Cold Fear stone-cold vanished.

Dispatch is set to hit its fantasy 'Bull case' 3-year sales target in just 3 months, and players have gone gaga for its episodic release structure
By Joshua Wolens published
News Turns out old-fashioned TV was onto a good thing.

Before The Witcher 3 launched, CD Projekt was terrified that Batman: Arkham Knight would flatten it with its Batmobile: 'They're just gonna roll over us'
By Rick Lane published
News "I still remember how bombed we were."
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