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
![xdefiant](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DtrQHA2UKnrxgQJLdgPTak-320-80.jpg)
As it struggles to find players, Ubisoft's XDefiant will give you $9 in funbucks if you log in a few times over the next couple of weeks
By Joshua Wolens published
News X gonna give $9 to ya.
![Chris Deering delivers a talk to students.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QQRX79MopNU3BtJwbgzkKc-320-80.jpg)
Former Sony prez says thousands of laid-off devs can just 'go to the beach for a year' and you can't blame greedy execs: 'Things jump out in front of you and you deal with them just like any game. So get over it!'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Chris Deering was SCEE president from 1995 to 2005.
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New fan-made engine makes Black and White playable on modern PCs, because god knows neither EA or Molyneux is going to do it
By Joshua Wolens published
News Which is the closest thing it's had to a release in years.
![A flush in Balatro](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hNTgyxVnZsNntjkMF8B4NC-320-80.jpg)
Global productivity to crash to zero as Balatro announces it's coming to phones
By Joshua Wolens published
News Capitalism is done.
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Scalpers swarm eBay as Concord kicks the bucket, charging punters up to $25,000 for physical copies of the PS5 edition—and some are spending hundreds
By Joshua Wolens published
News If it's not clear: Don't do this.
![star wars outlaws](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jKcrRvLMec4mZPwgBuRuQW-320-80.jpg)
Star Wars Outlaws director confesses being 'a little disappointed with the Metacritic' but says 'we're never going to stop improving it'
By Joshua Wolens published
News I am tapping the '73% is not a bad score' sign.
![A lineup of characters from Persona 2.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VTXbpaZHeYjyWek2Mz3RQ6-320-80.jpg)
Atlus lead says he'd like to do Persona 1 and 2 remakes, but you're not getting them any time soon
By Joshua Wolens published
News I say just release some light-touch remasters in all their glorious jank.
![Rami Malek's character in Until Dawn.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iZEEvzieWSRDpQ7BVdAvHK-320-80.jpg)
Until Dawn remake dev hit by bone-deep layoffs just a month before the game comes out
By Joshua Wolens published
News Ballistic Moon confirmed the news on LinkedIn.
![Uwe Boll, producer at the Mann's Chinese in Hollywood, California.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iuAesqr42DjxZfoHLWNzin-320-80.jpg)
Uwe Boll's $2.5 million Postal movie crowdfunder is a trainwreck, forced to abort after raising $850 and the game's devs say they 'have no f***** idea' who the people behind it are
By Joshua Wolens published
News Who could have seen this coming?
![The characters of Deliver At All Costs above a flaming pickup truck.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dPBGxtTQmdkCXfRjEWpErb-320-80.jpg)
This absurd delivery game where you can smash through buildings was my favourite game at an event where I also played the Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill remakes
By Joshua Wolens published
Still beats Hermes Deliver At All Costs is pure, simple fun.
![An image of Halsin, wildshaped into a bear, from Baldur's Gate 3.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EqDVAoEYX5swwb5sRcFn6h-320-80.png)
Baldur's Gate 3's bear sex scene was such an 'upward turn in momentum for the game' that its animator called his mum to show it off: 'She was like, that's weeeird!'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Should've pinned it to the fridge.
![Phil Spencer giving a talk on stage, wearing a t-shirt with an 'X' on it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dpz8ECHqvNrsbqEd6vFaoN-320-80.png)
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says he's made the 'worst game choice decisions,' letting exclusives like Destiny slip through his fingers
By Joshua Wolens published
News You know what they say: Hindsight is Xbox 360.
![Red Dead Redemption 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GSBu2mCETrikWB8qPGnCcG-320-80.jpg)
Arthur Morgan's voice actor has his own 'canon ending' for RDR 2, and the only thing he'd change would be pronouncing Colm O'Driscoll's name properly: 'Rockstar made me say it wrong. I told them it was wrong. They didn't care'
By Joshua Wolens published
News And no, he doesn't know if Red Dead Redemption 3 is coming.
![Elon Musk at the EEI 2023 event in Austin, Texas, US, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DqzyDeb9yQ7x8HqgLGpf8o-320-80.jpg)
The judge Elon Musk bizarrely called 'Brazil's Darth Vader' gives Twitter 24 hours to comply with court order or get shut down by the full power of his legal battle station
By Joshua Wolens published
News Musk's rivalry with Alexandre de Moraes appears to be reaching a breaking point.
![A close-up shot of Croc as he hops from platform to platform, surrounded by lava.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3bU6TmxwqBNAYZ6mihTHWU-320-80.jpg)
Dev studio returns 20 years after it stopped existing to remaster PS1 banger Croc, and it's destroyed my relationship with my colleagues
By Joshua Wolens published
News Respect Croc or get got.
![A close-up of Old Snake grimacing.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a6pdsV9MvoFKBVKehuMKqH-320-80.jpg)
I would bet money that Metal Gear Solid 4 is PC-bound after Konami tells fans they can 'probably connect the dots' about its inclusion on Master Collection volume 2
By Joshua Wolens published
News Nudge nudge, wink wink.
![Key art of Arco, showing a figure in a poncho leading a llama into the distance.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q5WQgDG2XYCRHsM5hJGjJk-320-80.jpg)
Your bad choices literally haunt you in fantasy western RPG Arco, which has quickly and quietly become one of the most interesting games I've played this year
By Joshua Wolens published
dig two graves It's the guilt that'll get you.
![Baldur's Gate 3 - Karlach the red horned half devil smiles while carrying an axe](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VgXsE2oup8yu8wjhEgVu93-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 YouTuber uncovers 15 minutes of fully voiced 'impossible' content, and it turns out Karlach's 4th-wall break is far from the game's only hidden scene
By Joshua Wolens published
News Mystra. The Weave.
![An image of Stardew Valley's Pam atop a blurry image of Peely from Fortnite.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uVNC5L7iaS9dZEWvzG4G6a-320-80.png)
Stardew Valley maker Eric Barone says he's 'trying to' score a Fortnite collab and knows just who he wants in the game: Pelican Town's smoky, middle-aged bus driver Pam
By Joshua Wolens published
News It's a match made in heaven.
![A close-up of Naked Snake's camouflaged face.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Zh5zXBPMbgGighBHJUWtb4-320-80.jpg)
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is exactly what fans want—a fanatically faithful remake that doesn't leave a hair out of place
By Joshua Wolens published
Patriot Games Not for honour, but for you.
![A blonde guy rolling dice](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JUXdbjGsjpPmzhhh5mhzxM-320-80.jpg)
Original Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says 'critique of capitalism was never the point' of the games and if anything they're about how 'war is inevitable given basic human nature'
By Joshua Wolens published
News But he doesn't mind if you take an anti-capitalist message away anyhow.
![A sawn-off shotgun rests in a crate of lemons.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MZuMWxDL5CBMz8bLeEzSe-320-80.jpg)
Mafia: The Old Country studio clarifies lack of Italian voice acting, says they're doing it in Sicilian for that real Mafioso 'authenticity'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Oof, Madone!
![HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 06: (L-R) Eli Roth and Randy Pitchford attend the after party for the "Borderlands" Los Angeles Fan Event at Dave & Buster's on August 06, 2024 in Hollywood, California.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eopmnPvZAtAP82wcGHmW6U-320-80.jpg)
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford predicted that the Epic Games Store would kill off Steam 5 years ago, now the internet is mocking him as Borderlands 4 comes crawling back
By Joshua Wolens published
News The lesson? Never tweet.
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