Joshua Wolens

Joshua Wolens

News Writer

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

Garret from Thief.
Oh hell yes, Nightdive's next delicious remaster treat is Thief

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News 4K moss arrows just like I always dreamed.

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Mr Magpie presides over a used guillotine.
Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game is Minesweeper but a deckbuilder where you're trapped in a horrible murder-lift

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Much like the lifts at PC Gamer's office.

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Soldiers in Wardogs.
Wardogs looks like Battlefield with a persistent economy, and I'm fascinated by the consequences

By Joshua Wolens Published

News It's a (war)dog eat (war)dog world.

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Knightly keyart showing numerous armoured figures.
Wardens of Avalon is knightly ARPG with an intriguing touch of… wait, city repair?

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Together at last.

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A lineup of heroes in AfterQuest.
AfterQuest is a classic RPG roguelite where everyone's got oodles of lore—even your enemies

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Hear my tale before you slay me. Or after. After works too.

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Key art for Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions
Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions lifts off June 11, and my plan is to immediately try to deform a planet out of existence

By Joshua Wolens Published

news Not because it is easy, but because it is… funny.

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The gambling fridge in Sated.
Sated is a grimy cooking roguelike about preparing meals for biblically accurate horrors beyond knowing, and I'm signed up already

By Joshua Wolens Published

News I never go anywhere without my sentient gambling-addict fridge.

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Serious Sam Shatterverse keyart.
Serious Sam: Shatterverse brings together 25 years of Sam in an absurd bloodsoaked roguelite

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Bagsy portly Sam.

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A die dressed in wizard robes falls through the sky.
Spellsided is a strategy RPG where you play a hyper-customisable dice, and your challenges are 'a puzzle of your own design'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Roll for initiative.

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007 First Light's Land Rover ads cross the line from product placement to late-night infomercials

By Joshua Wolens Published

Car Talk Dunrovin'.

Car Talk
I stop looking for 5 seconds and now Crimson Desert has pinball and a rideable wyvern

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Sure. Fine. Why not?

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Persona 4 remake news feels all-but inevitable, but a little rating weirdness means I wonder about Golden content

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Great vegetables.

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I never change weapons in RPGs, which means I've made Obsidian director Josh Sawyer's life a living hell when it comes to making cool armour systems

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Sorry, Josh.

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Future Games Show Summer Showcase logo.
Here's how to watch the Future Games Show's 40 games and 10 world premieres on June 6

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Without going anywhere! Seems like cheating.

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So long suckers! I am leaving to drink heavily and repair cheap cars in Poland

By Joshua Wolens Published

News In the '90s, specifically.

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The action-RPG our editor was excited enough to fly to China for just got a 50-day delay

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Phantom Blade, uh, 50. Days. Sorry, I should've thought of a joke before I started writing.

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Morrowind modder returns to remake a 20-year-old epic—a beloved 'Discworld, not Monty Python' project that's 'unexpectedly lore-friendly'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Rise and shine.

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Part of me wishes we could see the Subnautica 2 the devs scrapped: The Dwarf Fortress of ecosystem simulators

By Joshua Wolens Published

News But given it's sold a gajillion copies, they probably made the right move.

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Congratulations to the Paralives community for immediately making its most popular mod something called 'Parapenis'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News It does roll off the tongue, you've gotta admit.

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Gabe Newell reportedly snapped 'What the f*** do I pay you for if that's your opinion?' at Valve lawyer pushing for more content moderation on Steam

By Joshua Wolens Published

News So I guess we know where Gabe stands.

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Yet another rad gaming tool parts ways with Microsoft

By Joshua Wolens Published

News I'm Luxtorpedoeing outta here.

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007 First Light review: A fun Bond plot doesn't make up for a workaday third-person action game

By Joshua Wolens Published

James Bland IO awkwardly welds together two schools of game design.

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James Bland
Hey PC Gamer, where's your 007 First Light review?

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Dr No code.

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GamesRadar's dispatch from BitSummit Punch 2026 is live now: Here's how to watch

By Joshua Wolens Published

News The nature of the goodies is currently top secret.

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I solved the Strait of Hormuz crisis with videogames, simply by creating an even bigger Strait of Hormuz crisis

By Joshua Wolens Published

Strait Story Put me in for the FIFA peace prize.

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