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
Hooray! You can now 'voluntarily amputate your own limbs' in the last major update before full release for the best roguelike out there
By Joshua Wolens published
News Caves of Qud's Creatures of the 7th Plague update is a big one.
After Sonic raced up the box office charts, Sega wants to bring Persona and Yakuza to the big screen and Roblox too
By Joshua Wolens published
News Sega wants its series on the silver screen and the black mirror.
Embracer has laid off 5% of its workforce since its $2 billion mystery deal crumbled to dust
By Joshua Wolens published
News CEO Lars Wingefors addressed shareholders in a meeting earlier today.
If they won't let Eidos do it, build your own Deus Ex in Shadows of Doubt's incoming modding update
By Joshua Wolens published
News Detective! There's been a mod-der!
I revisited some of the worst games PC Gamer has ever reviewed to try to find something nice to say about them
By Joshua Wolens published
PCG30th A whole lot of bad games came out these last 30 years.
Jar-headed Elden Ring hero helps 5,000 players beat the game, but not the one you're thinking of
By Joshua Wolens published
News LetMeSoloThem, not to be confused with LetMeSoloHer or LetHerSoloMe, says they've helped a whole bunch of players overcome the Elden Beast.
No one liked Twitch's Hype Chat feature, so it's being killed off just 5 months in
By Joshua Wolens published
News People were not hype about Hype Chat.
Companies were offering a single dollar for Hitman dev IO Interactive when Square Enix was looking to offload it
By Joshua Wolens published
News There's a parallel universe out there where things went much, much worse for our favourite chrome-dome assassin.
Here's how to watch the 41st annual Golden Joystick Awards
By Joshua Wolens published
News The videogame Oscars are back.
CRPG renaissance on hold as one of our most anticipated games gets a last-minute delay to next year
By Joshua Wolens published
News I'm expecting a name change to Fixed Roads.
'Very Handsome and Beautiful Withers' Baldur's Gate 3 mod turns your camp's ugly skeleton into a bone-ified sex symbol
By Joshua Wolens published
News Be right back, scratching "Mr Joshua Withers" over and over into my pencil case.
Old School RuneScape players upend a 16-year-old minigame when they realise the cops can't possibly arrest all of them
By Joshua Wolens published
News The game's devs say "Keep it going!"
We almost had an Adam Jensen-voiced protagonist in Starfield before Bethesda changed its mind
By Joshua Wolens published
News Andreja and Sam Coe's actors were once set to be the female and male player character voices.
Rockstar officially announces GTA 6 reveal in December
By Joshua Wolens published
News Try to remain calm.
Xbox sparks dev revolt with new AI writing partnership: 'Lots of people are going to get fired, games will get worse, and C-suite will get millions'
By Joshua Wolens published
News "Another f****** strike is coming."
5 years after trying for a 'Valve-Counterstrike moment' with Fortnite, the Epic Games Store still isn't turning a profit
By Joshua Wolens published
News But don't worry, it's all part of the plan.
Vampire Survivors' next update adds a mini-campaign mode as well as what's always been missing: 'A whole bunch of deep lore lmao'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Finally, a chance to get hands-on with that rich Vampire Survivors lore.
Ubisoft puts Far Cry 6 out to pasture before the inevitable next one, announces no more updates but online will continue
By Joshua Wolens published
News Rumours earlier this year suggest the company is working on both multiplayer and single-player Far Cry projects.
A mobile dev is taking a chance on one of PC's most hardcore genres: a realistic military sim
By Joshua Wolens published
News Madfinger Games looks like it's coming for ARMA's crown with Gray Zone Warfare.
I put Doritos' new noise suppression tech to the test across 5 separate crisp brands and was appalled by the results
By Joshua Wolens published
News Much as I wish I could, I cannot recommend Doritos Silent for your next online gaming session.
2023 gets even better for Morrowind fans as Skyrim port project gives a spooktacular look at its magical leprosy village
By Joshua Wolens published
News Don't mess with Morrowind fans. We have a devastating inability to let go of things that happened over 20 years ago.
Cities: Skylines 2 devs are investigating faster patches and a fix for the 'huge' packs of abandoned feral dogs
By Joshua Wolens published
News Don't fix what ain't broke, I say.
Who even needs Bloodborne on PC when the full-fledged kart racer demake just got an imminent release date?
By Joshua Wolens published
News Let us cleanse these foul street racers.