Jonathan Bolding
Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.
Latest articles by Jonathan Bolding
![A player points a rusted sub-machine gun at a swarm of zombies outside ruined buildings in 7 Days to Die.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j4iwZqKp4jhQ36stSiSdjb-320-80.jpg)
After 3,878 days in early access, zombie survival game 7 Days to Die finally releases
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Significantly more than seven days to develop.
![The handsome, dateable personification of a vacuum cleaner from dating sim Date Everything. He is wearing plastic-like armor and has vacuum attachments in his belt.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B3be5JynEQa2Fg2mp9sVL4-320-80.jpg)
Date Everything is a dating sim with 100 fully voiced household objects to woo, such as a smoke alarm and a cabinet
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Staring at this trailer in open-mouthed awe.
![Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Varric looks concerned](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fDJHNqMbctKXMyQBrgVQSK-320-80.jpg)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is Steam Deck verified, though we still don't know the system requirements
By Jonathan Bolding published
News …or how well it'll perform on a Steam Deck..
![The Boner Brothers on their bone motorcycle and sidecar from Motordoom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xixhb8j3AaWvMH5CjTqvuL-320-80.jpg)
Motordoom is a 'freestyle-sports roguelite horde shooter' about skeletons on motorcycles
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Hell yeah it's the Boner Brothers.
![Blizzard's orc statue](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wv3uy8J27ciJcB4gtANXzg-320-80.jpg)
Blizzard's World of Warcraft team has unionized
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The entire 500-person team will be covered by the union.
![concord](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3AvFMAKJ42CVmHE8EVTEF-320-80.jpg)
Sony hero shooter Concord will not have a battle pass: 'You own Concord, Concord doesn't own you'
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "Just playing the game" should yield meaningful rewards, says the studio.
![Over the shoulder view in Space Marine 2. Captain Titus fires his weapon into a very large swarm of enemies below.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r6vpeb8ceDYUBoTSaHJ4Rh-320-80.png)
I cannot get enough of the swarming tyranids in Space Marine 2 videos
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Everywhere you look it's like someone kicked open an ant mound.
![A bedroom with an old-fashioned PC.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gXMUVs6Kwk2bWyqVLvAVHS-320-80.jpg)
Here's a free walking sim about cryptid investigation that's dripping with early 2000s vibes, complete with fake forums
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Loving the crisp pictures from that 640x480 digital camera.
![Soldiers shooting at stuff with laser weapons](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cWdutqVYgBcC8PgAk5MAdR-320-80.jpg)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 comes to Game Pass this week
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Every game mode from Modern Warfare 3 will show up.
![Forgotten Mines screenshot.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KziiM3JwwDk9e9CdgMEUKL-320-80.jpg)
The developers of this new micro-tactics roguelite RPG say it's 'small in scale, grand in depth'
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Reclaim your dwarf mines from goblins and demons in Forgotten Mines.
![ColdRidge screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Yjv2zsbXkANpAywW5GtDue-320-80.jpg)
ColdRidge is a cowboy exploration game that's like playing just the exciting first turns of a Civilization campaign
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Former devs on Humankind and the Endless series go indie with ColdRidge.
![A circuit with Japanese characters on it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oCH3QXUjqjTYMLYNEsJGS5-320-80.jpg)
Here's a game that combines jigsaw puzzles with arithmetic problems to great success
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Plus, the music is good and there's a cute cat mascot.
![Man in gas mask with fire behind holding old fashioned grenade aloft](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RggwSXuVdvdezaQV5LwCyG-320-80.jpg)
Conscript is an old school survival horror game where the horror is just that you're in World War 1
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Which is pretty horrific, to be fair.
![Orcs Must Die Deathtrap heroes walking away from explosion](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mz34HTsSS8exK8mX4NM2tm-320-80.jpg)
Orcs Must Die's next entry will bring a roguelite twist next year
By Jonathan Bolding published
news The veteran indie series is coming off a fairly successful 2020 release.
![The Crust, an automation game set on the moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/69HjpnALhbVcz7aQa2HgsC-320-80.jpg)
I got a little too into sorting my rocks in this game about a drone factory on the moon
By Jonathan Bolding published
Crusty "O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon" — Romeo and Juliet.
![Magical Delicacy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w69A3yXp8xZX7pEmfZo35Z-320-80.png)
Get ready to cook and explore at the same time in wholesome metroidvania Magical Delicacy
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Saute a few spells, while you're at it.
![Screenshot from Double Dragon Revive featuring brothers Billy and Jimmy up against a purple-wearing enemy in martial arts combat](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9jnrVLu9akCeFpYT6hgWFj-320-80.jpg)
Double Dragon Revive promises a refresh of the venerable beat 'em up in 2025
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It's from Yuke's, who usually make the WWE games.
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Looks like Journey to the Savage Planet is getting a sequel
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Job postings from a reformed original team point towards yes.
![Image of ten spaceships for Star Citizen's July 2024 free fly event](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K5DX5Ji5t5PwC4qforgrSY-320-80.png)
Star Citizen is free this week, if you'd like to try it
By Jonathan Bolding published
News This happens, sometimes. Please do enjoy.
![A pixel art garden from videogame HOrticular](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J5EsChHJ9VvFtrc6MiiTAb-320-80.jpg)
Tend a cozy garden and stave off corruption, with the help of some cool gnomes, in Horticular
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Lay out paths, attract animals, and house transient gnomes.
![Giant tentacled thing grabs a seagoing vessel in Besiege: The Splintered Sea](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CoTbLzperzgG3fXkHDuJW5-320-80.jpg)
Besiege's watery expansion will get a patch adding new missions, giant sharks, tentacled horrors of the deep
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Besiege: The Splintered Sea took the stuff-building sandbox to the waves.
![Image of several fantasy monsters in succession: A large moth, an oozy cube, a frog in a robe, a skeletal lady, a floating eyeball-mouth monster, and a giant rat.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e9ZW6KK92cC7TeEbrhRS6g-320-80.jpg)
Here's a game where you're a fantasy dungeon's put-upon janitor
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Clean and rearrange the chairs in the dining halls, please.
![A vault dweller following a dog through the wasteland](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aY3vXfgXTLiEa5PUJmwGcL-320-80.jpg)
Guy who mapped Skyrim's rivers decides to follow Fallout characters home after dismissing them
By Jonathan Bolding published
news With markedly different findings for companions and generic NPCs.