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
Black Myth: Wukong smashes Palworld and Counter-Strike 2 to become the second most-played Steam game of all time less than a day after launch, and it's gaining on PUBG's gold medal
By Joshua Wolens published
News The people yearn for monkey business.
Dead Cells takes a bow with its 'final major update,' calling an end to 7 years of development that spanned 35 updates, 5 DLC, and 2 studios
By Joshua Wolens published
News More like The End is Here.
Silksong thirst is now so outrageously high that Geoff Keighley has to announce that it won't be at his show so people don't lose their minds
By Joshua Wolens published
News It won't be there. It was never going to be there. Please leave Geoff's inbox alone.
The Future Games Show at Gamescom promises Civ 7 deep dives and fresh Rings of Power news, here's how to watch it
By Joshua Wolens published
News All hosted by stars from Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto 5.
The Silent Hill 2 remake feels like the PS2 classic in a Resident Evil 2 remake wrapper, and you know what? That's not bad
By Joshua Wolens published
Not Your Mary In my restless dreams, I see that town in 4K 60 fps on Unreal Engine 5.
You can get 650 hours of classic RPG in Humble's latest bundle, featuring original Baldur's Gate, Pathfinder, and Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader
By Joshua Wolens published
News That's a month of your life sorted.
17 years on, Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis is a faithful remake that does little to save the expansion from its black sheep reputation
By Joshua Wolens published
change my answer Aigis in the hot seat.
A single character shows why Fallout: New Vegas is a classic
By Joshua Wolens published
Hail to the Chief Chief Hanlon is a quiet triumph in an all-time great RPG.
Arkane founder says Skyrim is an immersive sim, and Baldur's Gate 3 is 'immersive sim-adjacent'
By Jody Macgregor published
News The creative director of Prey and Dishonored should know.
Olympic heroes like Noah Lyles are going for the only gold that matters: The one in League of Legends
By Joshua Wolens published
News The reason I'm not an Olympic athlete is just because I'm more dedicated to my League career. That's all.
The Borderlands movie is such an irredeemable mess it had me longing for 1993's Super Mario Bros
By Joshua Wolens published
Maladapted Bad videogame movies just aren't fun if they don't inexplicably star Bob Hoskins.
Arkane founder was saddened by the closure of Arkane Austin, but says immersive sims aren't going anywhere: The studio is gone, but 'the people survive'
By Andy Chalk published
news Raphael Colantonio left Arkane in 2017, and is now working on something new at WolfEye Studios.
Warner Bros execs pine for the Hogwarts Legacy glory days as games revenue plummets 41% thanks to Suicide Squad's abysmal performance
By Joshua Wolens published
News If you're not a finance whizz like me: That's bad.
The next game from Dishonored co-creator Raphael Colantonio is a first-person immersive sim with a structure between Prey and Fallout: New Vegas—'We favour density over size'
By Joshua Wolens published
News They won't tell you the name, though.
I've never needed anything more than 'the world's first medieval electronic instrument,' a pre-Baroque beatbox that looks like a Pentiment/DJ Hero collab
By Joshua Wolens published
News Oh, to be a humble scriptorium monk, idling away my hours making the sickest liturgical beats.
Republican vice prez candidate JD Vance nurses a secret passion for Magic: The Gathering, says his wife
By Joshua Wolens published
News Finally, something we can agree on.
Larian releases Baldur's Gate 3 anniversary video celebrating the fans, and boss Swen Vincke says you ain't seen nothing yet: 'We're gonna take all of that energy and convert it into something new, something shiny, something big'
By Joshua Wolens published
News He's not wearing armour though, so what the hell.
Alan Wake 2 fan notices a sound cue gives the game away about its villain early on, Remedy sound dev gasps 'Finally someone noticed'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Scratch that.
Banned Twitch streamer Adin Ross gets Donald Trump on a Kick stream, gifts him a Rolex, then they sit together in a Trumped-out Cybertruck listening to Elvis' 'Can't Help Falling In Love'
By Joshua Wolens published
News I'd say this is the dumbest era in political history, but there's always tomorrow.
Lae'zel's actor shares the 'one and only audition' that got her the role in Baldur's Gate 3, featuring threats, bullying, and more urine drinking than I expected
By Joshua Wolens published
News What a game.
Rust dev is bored of paying Unity '$500k a year' to fix its engine and promises that his Garry's Mod successor won't hoodwink devs with fees
By Joshua Wolens published
News But Valve will need to approve it first.
Sega files mysterious 'Yakuza Wars' trademark right after Like A Dragon studio teases fans that the next game will leave them 'surprised'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Kiryu dating sim confirmed.
Maybe I shouldn't say this in a PC gaming outlet, but I had a great time after installing Malware
By Joshua Wolens published
Byte Club In fact, I'd recommend everyone at least give installing Malware a shot. What?
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