Joshua Wolens
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

EA just released source code for a bunch of old Command and Conquer games, and added Steam Workshop support to bangers like C&C 3: Tiberium Wars
By Joshua Wolens published
News How could I expect a source code release by my own forces?

Elite Dangerous just implemented an entire system colonisation mechanic, in case you really want to get off this planet
By Joshua Wolens published
News Who could blame you?

Metro 2033 dev pulls a reverse Fight Club twist: It's been two companies this whole time and one of them is changing its name and making a sci-fi shooter in a dystopian South America
By Joshua Wolens published
News Created by Nicolas Winding Refn, in case that headline wasn't enough of a ride for you.

This 'overwhelmingly positive' Steam Next Fest autobattler demo feels like someone bolted a Path of Exile-style map onto Halls of Torment, and I fear for my future productivity
By Joshua Wolens published
News Conquest Dark joins a host of other autobattlers that devour my free time.

With remake rumours swirling, Persona 4 fans are ecstatic while P1 and 2 fans have crossed the horizon of despair
By Joshua Wolens published
News Some folk have all the luck.

Fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim has a new video, looks amazing, is set for release 'this year,' and I struggle to imagine the rumoured official Oblivion remake doing much better
By Joshua Wolens published
News You've got your work cut out for you Todd.

There's hunger at Obsidian for a Pillars of Eternity Tactics game after Avowed, says studio design director Josh Sawyer, but it doesn't sound like it'd get that Baldur's Gate 3-size budget he was fantasizing about
By Joshua Wolens published
News Look, I'll just be happy to get another isometric game even half as good as Deadfire.

XCOM's creator wants to know where XCOM 3 is just as badly as you do: 'I'm sure there's an audience for it'
By Joshua Wolens published
News You and me both, Julian.

Done with apocalypses, the new game from XCOM creator Julian Gollop is a bright, Brutal Legend-style action-strategy inspired by Pikmin and Clash Royale
By Joshua Wolens published
Call Your X Chip 'n Clawz vs The Brainioids has aliens, but that's where the XCOM comparisons stop.

I got murdered by the ancient Swiss in this life sim about being Julius Caesar's top guy
By Joshua Wolens published
News Which is an issue, yes.

George RR Martin says there's 'talk' of an Elden Ring movie but he might not be involved because, ah geez, he's really gotta write this Winds of Winter book
By Joshua Wolens published
News At this point, he's gotta be as upset at the delays as you are.

GTA 5's next-gen update finally has a March PC release date a mere 3 years after it prettied-up the console versions
By Joshua Wolens published
News The rays? Traced. The storage? Direct.

Survival MMO Dune: Awakening launches in May and I am way more excited about it than I thought I'd be
By Joshua Wolens published
News Kwisatz Haderach, give the dog a bone.

13 years on, Ubisoft adds Steam achievements to the one mainline Assassin's Creed game you can't actually buy, but not the updated version you can
By Joshua Wolens published
News Prioritisation is an artform.

Delta Force's Chinese developer says it doesn't 'have an opinion' on the American military and just wants to create 'fun and meaningful gameplay' with its campaign based on the very real Battle of Mogadishu
By Joshua Wolens published
News *slaps roof* You'd be amazed how little politics we can cram in this baby.

Good boy modders fix Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's worst issue—all the dog treats rolling away when you're trying to feed Mutt
By Joshua Wolens published
News Finally playable.

The best free games on Steam
By Joshua Wolens last updated
Updated! Nothing but the best free Steam games you can play right now, conveniently divided into singleplayer and multiplayer categories.

GTA 3 almost had us obeying traffic laws before Rockstar yanked it out, and if you're wondering if GTA 6 will bring it back: 'I'm sure they'll realize it's a bad idea'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Nothing red can stay.

Bethesda refuses to announce that Oblivion remaster to spite me specifically, so I'm consoling myself with this gamejam based on its terri-brilliant persuasion wheel
By Joshua Wolens published
News Admire, joke, coerce, boast.

The new game from The Witcher 3's director revives the best tradition of Morrowind by letting you kill off 'really important NPCs'
By Joshua Wolens published
News I choose to persist in the doomed world I've created, thanks.

Mass Effect 3 didn't have music like Vigil or Suicide Mission because composer Jack Wall had a spat with Casey Hudson: 'Casey was not particularly happy with me at the end'
By Joshua Wolens published
News All rise for the national anthem: Mass Effect 2—Normandy: Galaxy Map / Scanning Themes (1 Hour of Music).mp4.

Don't get rid of your starting horse in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2—there's a secret perk that makes her the best in the game
By Joshua Wolens published
News I can fix her (she is a horse).

If you've ever wished Phoenix Wright was a witcher then do I have the game for you
By Joshua Wolens published
G-g-ghosts Shocking no one's done it before, really.
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