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

Last year's best climbing game was also a horror game, and it gets a big anniversary update today

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Going up?

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This is not a drill: All-timer weirdo game Deadly Premonition now playable on Linux as of Valve's most recent Proton beta, plus 17 others and your EA library (until EA breaks it again)

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Zach, did you hear that?

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Kingdom Come 2 director welcomes LGBT award nomination, then spends around 175 words explaining that it doesn't make him 'woke'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News O dull old world, that has such people in it.

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After 7 years, Metro 2039 brings us a voiced protagonist, old friends turned Nazis, and 'a much darker tone'

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News The latest game in the Metro series will directly channel its Ukrainian devs' experiences in Russia's invasion.

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Here's when Pragmata releases in your timezone

By Joshua Wolens Published

Moon Unit Some old-school shooting fun in 2026.

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Halo composer Marty O'Donnell welcomes Trump endorsement in Nevada Congress race, despite previous statements that Trump is an 'idiot' he loathes

By Joshua Wolens Published

News A lot can change in politics.

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Roblox to introduce new kid accounts in its quest to appear less of a child safety nightmare

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News It wants to "become the world’s healthiest platform for users of all ages."

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15 more Disney games delisted from Steam, including the original Star Wars: Dark Forces and 1997's Outlaws

By Joshua Wolens Published

News That's 29 games delisted following another bout in January.

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Stalker 2 just got a free pre-DLC to gird you for its first actual DLC

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Sealed Truth is now unsealed.

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Epic is reportedly cooking up a Disney extraction shooter, and suggestions staff are lukewarm on it are 'not reflective of the ambitions of the Disney collaboration'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News I predict a playerbase so cutthroat it makes Escape From Tarkov look like a teambuilding retreat.

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Bethesda's ex-marketing VP says Skyrim was its first game to make other studios scared of it: 'You have to be concerned about us if you think you're going to win game of the year'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News The fear of Todd, they call it.

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Crimson Desert does what other games do backwards and that's why it's a beautiful freak of nature, says imsim vet at Arkane Lyon

By Joshua Wolens Published

In most games, for example, your character starts out already knowing what a goat is.

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Dave's gaming PC on his desk
Where does your PC live? There is obviously one correct answer, can you pick it out?

By Dave James Published

Poll Don't hide your gaming light under a bushel. Or a desk.

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Creature battling in No Man's Sky Xeno Arena.
No Man's Sky's latest update is a whole new Pokémon-style creature-collection and battle system that's 'an entire multiplayer game all of its own'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News No Man's Sky's journey to becoming every game proceeds apace.

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Kliff flying in the air with a hooded cape.
Crimson Desert players are visiting space and finding that Pearl Abyss modelled a really weird amount of it

By Joshua Wolens Published

News One small step for Kliff, repeated several thousand times.

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Sony will put you through a 2-stage job interview for the chance to get scanned into Gran Turismo 7 and other games

By Joshua Wolens Published

News They're dreaming bigger than ears over there now.

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OG Persona fans beg Atlus for a remake, Atlus says best I can do is a surprise rebrand and a phone case

By Joshua Wolens Published

News They're doing this on purpose, I think.

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There's nothing 'euro' about 'eurojank,' says Stalker dev—after all, what are some of the 2000s' best RPGs if not beautiful all-American jankfests?

By Joshua Wolens Published

News He's got a point.

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Videogames are more of a rich guy's hobby than ever, says analyst, and that's 'leaving a whole portion of the market to Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Arise, ye gamers from your slumber.

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The best non-Hitman game from Hitman's devs wouldn't have happened if it didn't blow EA execs' minds and 'low expectations' with a hocus-pocus demo powered mostly by dreams

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Sometimes you just have to believe.

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Baldur's Gate 3 had romance system ambitions that got killed by 'time constraints,' like a 'friendship' alternative for the companions you don't smooch

By Joshua Wolens Published

News On the plus side: confirmation the writers have read your fan-smut.

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Fallout megamod maker says there were 'moments of uncertainty' about how okay Bethesda was with it, but gives props to Todd for staying cool about the whole thing

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Leave the mod squad on their tod, says Todd.

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Even after ZA/UM's messy breakup, the writing team still has a cadre of sad communists—but you won't have to play Zero Parades as one if you don't want to

By Joshua Wolens Published

News But I will, though. Just so you know.

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Shadowheart and Lae'zel's Baldur's Gate 3 romance came naturally because their writers realised they 'were writing the same story from different directions'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Green alien lady, goth cult lady: tom-ay-to, tom-ah-to.

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Baldur's Gate 3 writer says its Dragon-Agey rep system is there to stop you totally breaking the NPCs, but it 'becomes a dice roll' at points to keep romance natural

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Work smarter, not harder. Still insanely hard, though.

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