
Katie Wickens
Having been obsessed with game mechanics, computers and graphics for three decades, Katie took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni and has been writing about digital games, tabletop games and gaming technology for over five years since. She can be found facilitating board game design workshops and optimising everything in her path.
Latest articles by Katie Wickens

The Gods are dead and Death is your only master in Gods, Death & Reapers, a chaotic hack-n-slash extraction looter now accepting alpha playtesters
By Katie Wickens published
news Death is but the beginning.

Check out this game that's definitely About Fishing and not anything creepy or untoward at all
By Katie Wickens published
news Reform submerged fragments of an uncomfortable mystery.

Now's the time to relive classic MMO Guild Wars, which just got a big 'Reforged' overhaul
By Katie Wickens published
news Now verified for Steam Deck.

Atmospheric thriller When Sirens Fall Silent has an in-trailer twist that's really messing with my head
By Katie Wickens published
news Giving the sirens a voice will come at a high price.

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core makes it into our top 25 Most Wanted games list, teases not-yet-officially announced fifth class
By Katie Wickens published
news For Rock and Stone!

City builder and creature collector Tamer Town shows off autobattling and Manor Lords-style plot planning
By Katie Wickens published
news Tamer Town battle and build mechanics revealed.

Witchspire is another exciting upcoming game in the 'yes, of course I want to be a witch and join a coven and befriend a cool familiar' genre
By Katie Wickens published
news Who says I can't opt for a party consisting solely of magic users?

Hellraiser: Revival director thanks The Council for 'their depravity and generosity' as it's named our 17th Most Wanted game
By Katie Wickens published
news Uncover the true beauty of suffering with your pal Pinhead.

Witness gargantuan mech fights in this desert survival game that's giving The Electric State meets Death Stranding
By Katie Wickens published
news Bond with your giant mech friend this sun-baked masterpiece of a game

Elven colony sim DarkSwitch just got an official release date, so buckle up for cable cars and airships as you erect your treeside utopia
By Katie Wickens published
news The beacons are lit.

Upcoming action RPG Queen's Domain looks like just the thing for fans of classic FromSoftware games
By Katie Wickens published
news No hand holding here, just good ol' hack-and-slash fun.

Upcoming adventure game Epoch Reset has awakened the Steins;Gate stan in me with its time-bending shoujo storyline
By Katie Wickens published
news Complete with android repair mini games and timeloop mechanics.

Soulmask release window revealed as the gravity-defying Shifting Sands DLC trailer airs during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted
By Katie Wickens published
news Don the mask of Anubis as you fly across the land in an immense Solar Barque base.

Sable creative director's new studio aims to make games sustainably rather than 'trying to make loads of money off one big hit project'
By Katie Wickens published
news Eteo working on a new project, as well as a cool-sounding game design theory newsletter.

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes' new trailer reminds us that resource management only gets you so far—we have to fight with giant lasers to save humanity
By Katie Wickens published
news Play God then, uh, wash your hands.

Killing Floor 3 just got a major update with Season 2: Operation Breakout, reintroducing the Stalker we've all been waiting for
By Katie Wickens published
news Tear it up in the jungle with the latest update

Lunar Strike is a thoughtful, combat-free, speculative sci-fi survival game that's heavily grounded in real science
By Katie Wickens published
news Is memory worth saving?

Cairn finally has a release date, so get ready to scramble your way through this atmospheric climbing game
By Katie Wickens published
news Setting a new bar for climbing games.

Eldritch horrors grasp your frail teammates' minds in Neath, an upcoming tactical roguelike RPG where you also control the enemy
By Katie Wickens published
news In Neath, there are no heroes.

Cure the world by raining blood in Ex Sanguis, a ruthless, turn-based roguelite battler
By Katie Wickens published
news Catharsis comes to those who oppose the stasis.

For a cozy, floof-filled co-op survival experience, complete with terraforming mech suits, Animalkind is just the game I didn't know I needed
By Katie Wickens published
news Boop your pal's noses from the safety of a giant mech.

I am already falling in love with every alt NPC in Grave Seasons, the upcoming farming sim that ranks at number 24 in our Most Wanted games list
By Katie Wickens published
news A supernatural killer is on the loose but I'm more caught up about who I'm going to be romancing.

Atmospheric indie platformer Memories in Orbit is a haunting, robot-infested metroidvania with deep and dastardly lore to uncover
By Katie Wickens published
news Be the memory they could not erase.
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