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Justin Wagner

Justin Wagner

Justin first became enamored with PC gaming when World of Warcraft and Neverwinter Nights 2 rewired his brain as a wide-eyed kid. As time has passed, he's amassed a hefty backlog of retro shooters, CRPGs, and janky '90s esoterica. Whether he's extolling the virtues of Shenmue or troubleshooting some fiddly old MMO, it's hard to get his mind off games with more ambition than scruples. When he's not at his keyboard, he's probably birdwatching or daydreaming about a glorious comeback for real-time with pause combat. Any day now...

Latest articles by Justin Wagner

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Web port wizards produce browser versions of Half-Life 2 and Portal

By Justin Wagner Published 27 June 26

News The right game in the wrong window can make all the difference in the world.

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Riot teases League of Legends Classic, with a full reveal coming in two weeks

By Justin Wagner Published 27 June 26

News "Is it season one? Is it season four?"

Sjoerd De Jong

Former Unreal Engine 'lead evangelist' Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games, says the industry is reaching a 'pivotal' moment that he must 'come to terms with'

By Justin Wagner Published 21 June 26

News "After 27 years of Unreal Engine, and 12 years at Epic Games and Unreal Engine I have decided to move on."

Morrowind

One of the best ways to play Morrowind just got better with improved scripting support for magic mods and a host of crash fixes

By Justin Wagner Published 21 June 26

News OpenMW's 0.51.0 version has hit the proverbial shelves.

Wendy and Wilson running with a spider egg in Don't Starve Elsewhere

Don't Starve Together hits new concurrent player count peak a decade after release

By Justin Wagner Published 21 June 26

News Don't Starve's eatin' good.

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Data analyst finds 'AI stigma' on Steam can reduce the number of reviews a game gets by around 53%—and the reviews it does get are more negative

By Justin Wagner Published 21 June 26

News "For high-potential games, the 'AI stigma' is real and severely punishes developers who otherwise would have succeeded."

Brutalist bullet hell FPS Luna Abyss

The team behind bullet hell FPS Luna Abyss just got laid off, less than a month after the game's release

By Justin Wagner Published 20 June 26

News Another deluge of layoffs in a year full of them.

Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer still - meathead in shades and backwards ball cap riding a chopper

The videogame market is as big as ever, with PC leading growth—global games revenue surpassed the $200 billion mark in 2025

By Justin Wagner Published 20 June 26

News Market analyst Michiel Buijsman reckons GTA 6 will be 2026's "defining commercial catalyst."

An elf in a forest draws his bow

Former Dragon Age writer says AI could make gamedev 'frustrating as hell': 'How are we going to train up the next generation of devs if we eliminate every entry-level task?'

By Justin Wagner Published 20 June 26

News Part of the sales pitch for AI is that it can carve out tedious 'busy work.' Should it?

Art of a man gazing into an astral rift in Stellaris.

Stellaris celebrates 10 years (and a new DLC) with a free weekend and a 70% discount

By Justin Wagner Published 20 June 26

News The sci-fi strategy game is getting on in years, but it's no less active.

Guild Wars 3 concept art

Guild Wars 3 is 'significantly more' of an MMO than the first game, but that doesn't mean it's like GW2: 'All three of our games can coexist as different experiences'

By Justin Wagner Published 19 June 26

News GW3 is definitively an MMO, but ArenaNet says it won't play like either of its predecessors.

Bobby Prince sits in front of a PC, smiling for the camera.

Bobby Prince, the legendary composer behind Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, has died

By Justin Wagner Published 19 June 26

News Prince helped define the sound which characterized the early FPS, as well as classic PC games like Catacomb 3-D.

Three sheep with big guns in Palworld.

Palworld studio says 'gamers don't want' AI in their games: 'It feels like everyone who is super gung-ho about it isn't from the industry'

By Justin Wagner Published 19 June 26

News It's not the first time Pocketpair's John Buckley has spoken out against the tech.

The new NBA game's street balling is strong, but it's way too sweaty for its own good

By Justin Wagner Published 15 June 26

Alley-oops Ice cream, ice cream!

A blobby stick-figure person painted blue hides against a blue wall as another stick-figure person walks through a doorway.

Hide-and-seek game where you paint your body to blend in sells a million copies in four days

By Justin Wagner Published 14 June 26

News Meccha Chameleon is the latest indie smash hit centering silly multiplayer antics.

The Jailer from World of Warcraft: Shadowlands holds a super ominous ball of shadow energy in is mega-evil hand.

Blizzard sues to kill another World of Warcraft private server for 'large scale, egregious, and ongoing infringement of [its] intellectual property'

By Justin Wagner Published 14 June 26

News Project Ascension is in the MMO studio's sights.

A group of aliens in Spore.

Spore devs say the evolution game's previews were more ambitious than what they were actually making, and they 'built a fantasy in people's minds that was unachievable'

By Justin Wagner Published 14 June 26

News The evolution sim that was never meant to be.

Lamball from Palworld as it stands in a grassy area and looks surprised

Nintendo's legal battle with Palworld looks shakier than ever: It may only get '$30,000 chump change' if it wins at all

By Justin Wagner Published 13 June 26

News It looks like Pocketpair will come out of this largely unfazed.

A group of anime-esque medieval soldiers stand in front of castle walls.

'Make some noise': Vanillaware reportedly wants more of its games on PC, but it's up to the publishers

By Justin Wagner Published 13 June 26

News The studio behind Odin Sphere and Unicorn Overlord "totally wants" more of its games on PC.

Crimson Desert Sigil of Valor - Dog

New Crimson Desert patch lets you hoard 100 pets and gives you more chainsaw access

By Justin Wagner Published 13 June 26

News More pets, more chainsaws. What else are videogames for?

A passenger pointing over a driver's shoulder in Crazy Taxi

Generative AI 'was only used as a reference,' Crazy Taxi creator says: Artists would 'look at that generated image and draw the actual thing'

By Justin Wagner Last updated 8 June 26

News I don't think this really improves the situation.

Xbox's big pitch for the future sure involves a lot of going backwards

By Justin Wagner Published 7 June 26

Opinion The recent Xbox Games Showcase was a parade of revivals seemingly hoping to stoke the flames of console rivalry.

sea of thieves bury booty update

Sea of Thieves will get custom games and machinima creation tools

By Justin Wagner Published 7 June 26

News A saltier sort of sandbox.

An image from AION 2 by NCSoft

Aion 2 producer says it's good to have 'friendly competition' with Guild Wars 3 'during this period where MMOs are struggling'

By Justin Wagner Published 7 June 26

News Guild Wars 3 isn't the only NCSoft-published MMO on the horizon, with Aion 2 gearing up for global release.

Michael Meyers standing in the middle of the street in Halloween: The Game

Halloween teases single-player slash 'em up campaign in grisly new trailer

By Justin Wagner Published 6 June 26

News Taking shape.

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