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

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.

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.

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.

Star Citizen is free this week, if you'd like to try it
By Jonathan Bolding published
News This happens, sometimes. Please do enjoy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Valve's new top-played chart for the Steam Deck shows that people really, really like both Hades and Hades 2
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Dave the Diver and Balatro also manage to put up a fight against monsters like Elden Ring.

Drop blocks to make your own maze in the demo for tower defense game Emberward
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Build a suite of towers through successive levels before taking on a boss.

Final Fantasy 14 producer Yoshi-P apologizes for the Dawntrail expansion's early access technical issues
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Naoki Yoshida says a fix is coming for freezes and animations.

Digital board game Dune: Imperium is getting the Rise of Ix expansion in July
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Many machines on Ix. New machines. Good machines.

Get a taste of automated, voxelated terraforming in the free preview of Eden Crafters
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The voxel structure lets you both terraform and landscape for your factory complexes.

Check out City Bus Manager, which lets you set up routes in your hometown using real world map data
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Upgrade your bus depot to run the best wheeled transit network in town.

Check out this visual novel that blends 3D and 2D visuals in a story about teens who've (mostly) avoided the end of the world
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Until Then's faux Philippines is full of realist relationships and cute minigames.

Its five year plan complete, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic releases its industrial city-building into 1.0
By Jonathan Bolding published
News One of the most interesting, in-depth city builders this decade.

More details on MS Flight Simulator 2024, including full 3D landscapes in 30 biomes
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Fresh details from FlightSim Expo 2024.

FIFA will host an actual Rocket League world cup complete with national teams
By Jonathan Bolding published
News FIFA says Rocket League counts as "football esports."

Mad with power, researcher and Minecraft fan creates a way to voxelize the whole world
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The technique turns Google's 3D photogrammetry into Minecraft blocks.

Check out this hilarious indie about a robot reporter working for a sci-fi newspaper
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Times and Galaxy was made by real, actual former journalists.

Diablo 4's adding a wave-based roguelite mode in Season 5
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Push your luck through ever-harder hordes of baddies to get big rewards.

Classic indie Shovel Knight is geting a definitive edition
By Jonathan Bolding published
News For its 10th anniversary, this year.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP is coming in September
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Go San Romero Knights!
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