Latest articles by Joshua Wolens
Rebellion CEO seems kind of awed by major studios making massive videogames: 'How do you organize a game that has 2,000 people working on it?'
news Rebellion makes big games, but not that big.
Rebellion CEO says Evil Genius 3 could happen but wonders 'what else could we do with it other than a base-building game?'
News "The idea of simulation games with emergent properties is very much part of what we do."
Rebellion CEO puts the studio's recent avoidance of layoffs down to control of scope and cost: 'Sometimes we say, guys, this game's too big'
News "We don't want to hire and fire people all the time."
Half-a-dozen 2000AD games were in the works before fizzling out: 'The games you get to see are a tiny representative of the number that get started—sadly'
News "The option is still open to people."
Starfield promises it still exists as silence drives fans to space-madness, but it mostly just annoys everyone: 'They are deliberately choosing not to communicate more'
News In space, no one can hear you say nothing.
Sniper Elite CEO reckons Swen Vincke is right to snarl at short-sighted publishers: 'You could argue that their business at senior level isn't making games… their business is managing their shareholders' perceptions'
News "There are horror stories of people having external producers saying, 'Look, you just need to make fewer bugs'."
As a Stalker sicko, the 2 hours I just spent with Atomfall have made it one of my most-anticipated games this year
Fall-Nowt Dei gratia, rads.
After 31 years in games, Persona director Katsura Hashino just got a 'Newcomer Award' and $5,000 from the Japanese government
News Maybe time works differently in Japan.
Brace yourself for Discord to get worse: Reports swirl that the company is in talks with bankers about opening itself up to shareholders
News Late capitalism, but make it quirky.
US Justice Dept announces $10 million bounty on at-large 'hacker-for-hire' cabal it says targeted China critics, religious missionaries, and the Treasury
News 12 alleged hackers are accused of targeting US organisations in a campaign dating back to 2013.
Steam users react ecstatically to update that lets them access their heaving game notes via the web, also it fixes Monster Hunter Wilds video recording
News Take note.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's March patch brings zoomer haircuts for Henry and the return of the hardcore mode that can kill you before the game even starts
News In case regular KCD2 wasn't immersive enough for you.
It launched upside down and on fire, but busted and brilliant Stalker 2 has attracted 6 million players to the Zone in the last 3 months
News Love wins.
Kingdom Come 2 and Avowed have revealed to me the grand unified theory of game design: A good game is when you can steal back the money you just spent at a shop, a bad game is when you can't
Grand Theft Imagine me descending from Sinai with this on a tablet.
3 years later, GTA 5’s Enhanced edition finally comes to PC, and it’s somehow 22GB smaller than GTA 5 Cool Original flavour
News Who stole the rest of GTA 5?
I became a domestic terrorist to steal a lightbulb in the best immersive sim I've played this Steam Next Fest—and it isn't even a Next Fest demo
News Peripeteia's first challenge is pronouncing its name.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
News Look, I'll just be happy to get another isometric game even half as good as Deadfire.
