
Justin Wagner
Justin first became enamored with PC gaming when World of Warcraft and Neverwinter Nights 2 rewired his brain as a wide-eyed kid. As time has passed, he's amassed a hefty backlog of retro shooters, CRPGs, and janky '90s esoterica. Whether he's extolling the virtues of Shenmue or troubleshooting some fiddly old MMO, it's hard to get his mind off games with more ambition than scruples. When he's not at his keyboard, he's probably birdwatching or daydreaming about a glorious comeback for real-time with pause combat. Any day now...
Latest articles by Justin Wagner

Co-op hit Split Fiction now holds three Guinness World Records that seem destined to be won specifically by co-op hit Split Fiction
By Justin Wagner published
News Hazelight's acclaimed run of co-op hits is apparently smashing records.

Look how they've massacred my boy: The newest Pac-Man game will have mechs, airdashing, and a 'dark sci-fi' story
By Justin Wagner published
News Shadow Labyrinth invites players to "become the apex predator."

Tired of Call of Duty's crossover skins? Hash it out in Black Ops 6's upcoming weed-themed extravaganza featuring 'joint operations' and Jay and Silent Bob
By Justin Wagner published
News Grab a few buds and light up the battlefield.

Former Bethesda dev went indie in part because of Fallout 76's noxious reception: 'If you put out a game that people don't like, the internet's gonna treat you like you're clubbing baby seals'
By Justin Wagner published
News Everybody's a critic.

Studio Ghibli AI image trend floods social media, cheered on by OpenAI and denounced by critics as an insult to Hayao Miyazaki
By Justin Wagner published
News A heart's a heavy burden indeed.

Cozy gamers rejoice: Witchbrook finally has a release window, and yes, you can fly around on a broom with your friends
By Justin Wagner published
News The Stardew Valley-reverent life sim about a magic school just got a new trailer and aims to release later this year.

Path of Exile 2 director isn't worried about ARPG competition, in part thanks to seasons: 'So long as people are willing to come back and play our game for a month four times a year, then I'm good'
By Justin Wagner published
News This town is big enough for the two of us.

The team behind Shredder's Revenge has a Marvel beat 'em up on the way with a whopping 15 characters and unsurprisingly gorgeous pixel art
By Justin Wagner published
News Now featuring Richard Rider and however many inches of Venom.

What will we do at the end of the world? If MMOs are any indication: mostly what we already do, plus a lot of dancing
By Justin Wagner published
🕺 It's hard to envision our last days on the big blue marble, but I've already said goodbye to worlds aplenty.

One year later, City of Heroes' officially recognized fan server has me praying it's the future of dead MMOs
By Justin Wagner published
Heroic Who says you can't go home?

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s getting a new roguelite wave defense mode that sounds a whole lot like a souped-up take on Killing Floor
By Justin Wagner published
News Mortis Trials will see players stack unique buffs over 12 waves of heretic-slaying carnage.

Seekers of Skyveil, the MOBA—extraction shooter mashup, is shutting down less than a month after release: ‘We have no choice but to bring this short journey to an end’
By Justin Wagner published
News Developer Elodie will close its doors the same day it sunsets its ambitious debut game.

REPO dev says it wasn’t actually inspired by Lethal Company, and started as a singleplayer cleaning game: ‘It was nice, but far from what REPO is now’
By Justin Wagner published
News A new developer vlog spills the beans on the game’s solo origins, as well ideas for future updates.

Monster Hunter Wilds' first free update will feature 'a whole host of new additions' and a majestic water wyvern for players to blow sky high
By Justin Wagner published
News Bubble blowing double-baby Mizutsune is finally en route to the Forbidden Lands.

Wield a brinerevolver as a brinehunter in Abyssus, the briniest ‘brinepunk’ shooter this side of the Mariana Trench
By Justin Wagner published
News A new trailer shows off the co-op roguelite’s gunplay chops and teases an upcoming demo.

If you were worried Onimusha 2 won’t be hard enough, I have great news: Hell mode is here to ruin your life
By Justin Wagner published
News The long-awaited remaster finally has a release date, and a new mode that the game’s own director is struggling to get through.

The Finals new season is here, toting permanent team deathmatch and a giant minigun
By Justin Wagner published
News Season 6 comes bearing balance changes, Power Shift changes, and more.

Bloober Team’s new horror label just unveiled an isometric survival horror game straight out of a comic book: ‘Avoid the Horned Man at all costs’
By Justin Wagner published
News I Hate This Place adapts an Eisner-nominated comic book and is set to release later this year.

You can finally try out Old School RuneScape’s first new skill in nearly two decades right now
By Justin Wagner published
News If you voted for shamanism like I did, you’ve got a boatload of consolation prizes in store.

Balatro's LocalThunk isn't 'trying to pull a Banksy', he just 'wanted to be left alone to make his game'
By Justin Wagner published
News According to his publisher, LocalThunk’s anonymity is less about artsy obfuscation and more about minding his own business.

The warframe with a guitar that shoots fire is out today alongside a bunch of metalcore-inspired skins, cementing Warframe's spiral into Y2K madness
By Justin Wagner published
News Techrot Encore is here, so get out your wallet chains and CD binders.

Arrowhead’s CEO got a call from PlayStation when he said players could save their money and wait to buy Helldivers 2 until the servers were fixed: They ‘asked me what the f*** I’m smoking’
By Justin Wagner published
News It’s said you should always be closing, even on Super Earth.

The United Nations asked Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead if it'd give a talk on psychological manipulation: ‘Could we brainwash an entire community to fight for a fascist state? … Would we be okay with that? Turns out, yeah’
By Justin Wagner published
News Players’ eagerness in the fight for Super Earth begs the question: are we the baddies?
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