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
![Alt Text: Orpheus stands facing the camera, his right hand held to his chin in thought. He is in a black jacket, with dark brown hair, and has black eyeliner running down his face. He wears a chain necklace and looks lost in thought. To his right is Hermes, slightly in the background, wearing their signature black cap alongside a yellow and black hoodie. They are also wearing a small bag, strapped across their front. A city street is visible behind them both, with some cars, a road, and tall buildings. It appears to be night.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fbeSYqFTNY5hHfhGdeVbKN-320-80.png)
Stray Gods will get a whole story DLC focused on Anthony Rapp's Orpheus
By Jonathan Bolding published
News A "new story" for the famous bard.
![Screenshot from Classic Marathon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qxNaX7GNMHFzY8Jg2tZeoU-320-80.jpg)
Bungie's first big hit, Marathon, is now free on Steam thanks to a fan revival that has Bungie's blessing
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity are coming next.
![Screenshot from DayZ Frostline: A Man in arctic survival gear stands in front of a steaming sulfur pot with a snowy volcano cone in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8punyBjrECWwqBEbvgjbq9-320-80.jpg)
DayZ's upcoming arctic expansion will let you freeze, burn, starve, and get eaten by zombies all at once
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Now that's innovation in videogames.
![Rauniot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GMrGy4S2dTb2Q483gHBdWD-320-80.png)
Check out this gorgeous, sepia-toned apocalyptic adventure set in northern Finland
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Point and post-apocalypti-click.
![Warhammer 40,000 wallpapers](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xMBFwEHzAY9bW2gxPzytsY-320-80.jpg)
Another year, another price hike for Warhammer miniatures
By Jonathan Bolding published
News In the grim darkness of the far future there is both inflation and the increased cost of materials.
![The Joker as he appears in a trailer for fighting game Multiversus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n9GrbfqTHtz85WKmzWsnvX-320-80.png)
Mark Hamill to return as The Joker in Multiversus
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It'll likely be the actor's last videogame laugh as the iconic crime clown.
![Apex Legends Season 21 Alter Art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QgvUZnYBR6PzJznZUV2tmd-320-80.jpg)
New Apex Legends trailer gets us another look at Alter, Season 21, and the return of solos
By Jonathan Bolding published
News New Legend Alter is the first overtly villainous character since 2020.
![Cogmind](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xWUtSPwxUNkcxJpuGCbtpf-320-80.jpg)
Robot roguelike Cogmind outlines three free expansions for its ultra-customizable scrapbots
By Jonathan Bolding published
News More ways to be a scrappy little bug inside the system continually reinventing itself.
![Halo Redshift fan mod Trailer Still](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GU6fv88WqTmvxggzC4Fubf-320-80.png)
Check out the trailer for this big, cooperative Halo campaign mod
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The Halo: RedShift campaign will work for Halo: Master Chief Collection.
![V Rising](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XiYc2XVRarFbNDDp7JVYH5-320-80.png)
Here's the launch trailer for V Rising's 1.0 version, releasing very soon
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Turn into a giant spider and murder people.
![Vault Boy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pXBfpVEbvMZcjzrtRtZbRA-320-80.jpg)
All four modern Fallout games catapulted into the most-played games on Steam Deck this past month
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Gee, we wonder why?
![Minsc and Jaheira in Baldur's Gate 3 hugging each other](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/28ZPJ5tZ9Jv49ddSUraSik-320-80.jpg)
Here's a Baldur's Gate 3 mod so that characters can hug each other
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Except for gnomes and dwarves and halflings.
![Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gWEJvktTJXuyvvMga5HgL-320-80.jpg)
Check out Oddsparks, which is something like Pikmin by way of Factorio
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Make little wooden friends, then put them to work making even more wooden friends.
![Forewarned](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uLXgB526aV5cz2jF26runU-320-80.jpg)
Get your friends for some horrific tomb raiding in Forewarned, which just hit 1.0
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Mummies, horrors, and snares. Oh my.
![Akatori](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/REzsDQLkE8uze4VnHNKfMJ-320-80.jpg)
Toss, perch on, and leap from your magic staff in the demo for action platformer Akatori
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Akatori: Chapter One is one of those free prologue demos that are so popular now.
![Brotato Abyssal Terrors DLC screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rR9hxg7XaxApgUr5DqcFun-320-80.jpg)
Brotato has a DLC and a free, 4-player local co-op expansion incoming
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Locked and Bro-ded.
![BioGun](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aJeeKquwp9PgwbV8yt42h7-320-80.jpg)
Metroidvania around a microscopic world to save dogs everywhere in BioGun
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction?"
![Ready Steady Ship](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qqCYpasv37hFE5eLZE7tse-320-80.jpg)
Here's a chaos co-op take on getting boxes off the shipping floor and out the factory door
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Read, Steady, Ship! is about moving packages with belts, robot arms, machines, and more.
![Ants Took My Eyeball](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AMDXwaVtAMRVfQo5iohQt5-320-80.jpg)
Slash and shoot your way through a procedural bug hole in Ants Took My Eyeball
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Of all the things to take...
![Tinkerlands: A Shipwrecked Adventure](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qHyadZCHrLQrj6wQExu6Gh-320-80.jpg)
Here's a free demo for upcoming survival crafting, monster-battling, town-builder Tinkerlands
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Tinkerlands: A Shipwrecked Adventure is a free prologue to the upcoming larger game.
![A snow covered pasture and village from city building game Of Life and Land rendered in a low-poly style with pastel colors.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2tj7JtMRUfrCjYzGg5ApsU-320-80.jpg)
Check out this town builder with a deep simulation of ecology and climate
By Jonathan Bolding published
News In Of Life and Land both your villagers and the local animals need water, food, and more to survive.
![Bellwright](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NFmY8nZZX6oAT2X9ffx6WT-320-80.jpg)
Town-building survival RPG Bellwright hits Early Access this month
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Build a town and overthrow an evil monarch in a low fantasy world.