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
![Avowed screenshot](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XrYfkKMeyoVMdLacEWbdHf-320-80.jpg)
Obsidian went back and made Avowed's combat 'more juicy' because we all collectively winced at its underwhelming first showcase
By Joshua Wolens published
News It's a shame PCG doesn't do itemised review scores because you just know I'd be giving that gameplay a "juicy" rating.
![Watch Dogs](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dFFaCY6c8AqAQdSCgiPwmn-320-80.jpg)
Who wants a Watch Dogs film? Too bad, you're getting one anyway
By Joshua Wolens published
News To be fair I also regularly announce commitments I only hazily remember a decade later.
![A small Master Sword replica compared against a ruler, measuring 6 inches.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bcDSE83C3ERqjBX4AP9sAF-320-80.png)
UK man imprisoned for 4 months after walking up to cops wielding 6-inch Master Sword
By Joshua Wolens published
News Anthony Bray will also have to pay a victims' surcharge of £154.
![Chris Redfield fights a zombie in 1996's Resident Evil.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pwrksahcSY9y8WDsMMoFL4-320-80.jpg)
I spent the last week roaming the Spencer Mansion and I'm here to tell you not to sleep on the new GOG release of 1996's Resident Evil
By Joshua Wolens published
Resurrected Imagine an old game, but good.
![Let Me Solo Her](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yvbC7hqxL87tpctgHYbCRg-320-80.png)
Let Me Solo Her adds fashion icon to his resume as Star Wars showrunner credits 'Elden Bling' for the design of The Acolyte's villainous Sith
By Joshua Wolens published
News Warrior, hero, star of the catwalk.
![Larry the cat as depicted in Roblox.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p6HkNjbkNRyzH89ioRxSWn-320-80.png)
The BBC dons its game dev cap to combine 2 things I fear and don't understand: The UK General Election and Roblox
By Joshua Wolens published
News Politics? In videogames?
![Jade and friends sneak about a secret base.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/skVwDjbx2hdpWi6EgWuxnY-320-80.jpg)
The Beyond Good and Evil remaster settles 20 years of debate over Jade's parentage in a new prequel tie-in sidequest
By Joshua Wolens published
News Can't wait to find out more in Beyond Good and Evil 2, due any day now.
![Baldur's Gate 3 - Karlach in her starter gear at camp](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BGDFMfjSBLK9Dv3goWbGCc-320-80.jpg)
Race to uncover the Bigfoot of Baldur's Gate 3 cutscenes hots up as YouTuber dangles $500 carrot in front of anyone who can find it
By Joshua Wolens published
News You can use it to buy one and a half collector's editions.
![Resident Evil 1 zombie](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ge3Tfs9EyFxR6JhCSNn8tV-320-80.jpg)
GOG is bringing the original Resident Evil trilogy back from the dead, and to digital PC storefronts for the first time
By Joshua Wolens published
News Feeling pretty itchy tasty right about now.
![Jade equips a disc-launching glove.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dhXpZfNP8YAEbpjaUcufpH-320-80.jpg)
Beyond Good and Evil's remaster is the easiest way to play the game in 2024, just a shame it's also the ugliest
By Joshua Wolens published
Old and Jaded Less is more.
![Keyart for League of Legends' Vampire Survivors-like Swarm mode, showing heroes battling a horde of enemies.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pVvUNL5f2DQjfKuS8yS5eS-320-80.jpg)
Riot unveils League of Legends' summer event and, by jove, I think that's just Vampire Survivors
By Joshua Wolens published
News I mean that as a compliment.
![Artwork created by CD Projekt of Geralt slaying Mohg, from Elden Ring.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4TkPrAscMnceJxxzk4M6Pj-320-80.jpg)
CD Projekt sends in Geralt to help its devs kill Mohg as it congratulates Shadow of the Erdtree on eclipsing Witcher 3's record review scores
By Joshua Wolens published
News Even Blood and Wine has fallen under Erdtree's shadow.
![Dragon Age: Inquisition art](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TYDs2JknnCPSNFWK8Li4Ej-320-80.jpg)
You can grab all 3 Dragon Age games and all their DLC for a measly 10 bucks on Steam right now
By Joshua Wolens published
News Specifically, you can. I spent all my money on bad lattes and snacks.
![A vast landscape with a crashed spaceship in Dune: Awakening.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kFf7sej9GiBNnxrnXQRxzH-320-80.jpg)
Dune: Awakening is threatening to turn me into a survival MMO guy after a lifetime as a devoted videogame hermit
By Joshua Wolens published
Spicy Take The spice must flow.
![Jade from Beyond Good and Evil in her remastered, 20th anniversary form.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5yzgNXiYfuvPxjexk83w9n-320-80.jpg)
After accidentally releasing its Beyond Good & Evil remaster, Ubisoft has now accidentally announced it
By Joshua Wolens published
News I'll believe it when I'm actively playing it, and maybe not even then.
![A bizarre, high-contrast close-up shot of Daniel from New Vegas' Honest Hearts DLC.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x8ZnoQADQd9ohv4ByocPnc-320-80.jpg)
Fallout: New Vegas modders come fully unglued in a race to see who can do the stupidest possible thing to a missionary's hat, and it's lasted nearly a month so far
By Joshua Wolens published
News "Daniel has weaponized his hats. God save us all."
![Going toe-to-toe with the Exus boss.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kZktgoAE4WwK2DUJHmpjU9-320-80.jpg)
Hyper Light Breaker brought back all my memories of Dark Souls' greatest boss, and it instantly became one of my favourite demos at Summer Game Fest
By Joshua Wolens published
Boss rush Live, die, repeat.
![Box art for the original Resident Evil, showing a man with a weird face holding a shotgun.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hULez5ZfuPysKYqqycS8CU-320-80.jpg)
A PEGI rating for the OG 1996 Resident Evil has me once again preparing to enter the world of survival horror
By Joshua Wolens published
News I may need to clear off a few whole megabytes of space for this one.
![People gaze outwards toward a sunset.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mH5h5HBT252HmQxDW2BxSQ-320-80.png)
Hours after cancelling its only game, Paradox shutters its 24-person Life by You studio
By Joshua Wolens published
News Paradox Tectonic has followed Life by You into history.
![Doing a kickflip in Skate Story.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6FvKnf98VJyPkRDjfJ9qmV-320-80.jpg)
EA's Skate might have Tim Robinson, but the skating game where I played a demon on a quest to eat the Moon is my most anticipated Tony Hawk-like this year
By Joshua Wolens published
Gnarly as hell Skate Story finally answers the question: Which circle of Hell would Bucky Lasek descend to?
![Darius - an armoured warrior with a huge greataxe.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zG7uxT4WYFFMH7frnmWee9-320-80.jpg)
Senior Riot devs say the League of Legends playerbase is getting older, with fewer newbies jumping in: 'Candidly, it's not the same situation it was 10 years ago'
By Ted Litchfield published
news It's a common problem in long running live service games: how do you onboard new players into something this complex?
![Gallica and the protagonist from Metaphor: ReFantazio.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VzC9UmBpZN8zKuCLeTcb8K-320-80.jpg)
Metaphor: ReFantazio feels like a fantasy Persona where no one was allowed to say no to the art team
By Joshua Wolens published
Persona-ly Speaking Atlus finally asks itself the most powerful question in gaming: What if we made it British?
![Doom: The Dark Ages screnshot](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s9KFCMssBqURzNJs8jCY83-320-80.jpg)
Our 13 favorite games from the 2024 summer gaming showcases
By Tyler Wilde published
best in show After seeing what felt like hundreds of games, we've picked a few that really stood out.
![Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xdbgp4pDwCuLFHYCvH6MUc-320-80.jpg)
Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but finds it mind-boggling some still take it at face value: 'My grandfather fought against the Nazis, and it's not a pro-war film—Everybody f***ing dies!'
By Rich Stanton published
news "Quentin Tarantino talked to me for five hours about why Starship Troopers is one of the best movies ever made."