Articles by Joshua Wolens, News Writer

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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.

Articles by: Joshua Wolens

Belgium, Brussels, European Commission, European flags at Berlaymont building

EU court rejects Valve appeal against €1.6 million fine for 'geo-blocking' Steam games, says policy existed to protect publisher royalties and 'the margins earned by Valve'

By Joshua Wolens published 29 September 23

News The court likewise had no time for Valve's insistence that geo-blocking was pro-competitive, actually.

A close-up of Darth Revan from the KOTOR Remake teaser trailer.

The Knights of the Old Republic Remake is either dead or about to become more powerful than you can possibly imagine

By Joshua Wolens published 29 September 23

News Sony has gone Order 66 on KOTOR Remake marketing on its social media.

xQc unboxes a rare Gungir AWP in Counter-Strike 2.

xQc nabs around $30K of rare Counter-Strike 2 skins in buckwild run of luck on the game's first day

By Joshua Wolens published 28 September 23

News A hat trick of rare factory perfects.

A close-up of Dante from the Devil May Cry anime series on Netflix.

The Netflix Devil May Cry anime that Adi Shankar is working on 'so the jabronis in Hollywood don't f*** this one up too' finally has a teaser

By Joshua Wolens published 28 September 23

News Shankar is probably best known for his work as showrunner on Netflix's Castlevania series.

Jim Ryan, president and chief executive officer of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., speaks during a press event at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020

Another console dad hangs up his spurs as PlayStation boss Jim Ryan announces he's retiring from Sony next year

By Joshua Wolens published 28 September 23

News Ryan oversaw the launch of the PS5, the purchase of Bungie, and was a thorn in the side of Microsoft's Activision acquisition.

An ordinator stands imperiously in Tamriel Rebuilt.

'Coups, schisms, near-death experiences': The scarcely believable 22-year development of a Morrowind mod older than the game itself

By Joshua Wolens published 27 September 23

Worldbuilding Tamriel Rebuilt has some stories to tell.

Horizon Forbidden West becomes a lot less forbidden to PC users next year

By Joshua Wolens published 27 September 23

News Sony's not letting up in its quest to put PlayStation exclusives on PC (after a reasonable period of time).

Cyberpunk 2077's redemption arc leads to the highest Steam player count since its disastrous launch

By Joshua Wolens published 27 September 23

News It's Steam's fifth most-played game and also its current bestseller, too.

Gale, a wizard with long brown hair and a goatee, looks unimpressed at the camera in Baldur's Gate 3.

Baldur's Gate 3's latest patch has introduced a 'very frustrating, borderline unplayable' glitch that makes companions dump their inventories on you

By Joshua Wolens published 26 September 23

News The shared stash system is sharing too much.

An image of V putting up his hand to Reed, a stern agent from Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

CD Projekt is putting your Cyberpunk 2077 mods on ice to make sure they don't wreak havoc with Phantom Liberty

By Joshua Wolens published 26 September 23

News The studio wants to give modders a chance to update their work to be compatible with the DLC.

Millennia is a new 4X coming with Paradox's backing, but is this Civ-like too Civ-like?

By Joshua Wolens published 21 September 23

history buff I got a chance to try out the game at this year's Gamescom.

PDX agents assembled around a table in The Nameless Mod.

14 years later, the Deus Ex mod that's a better sequel than Invisible War gets a massive overhaul

By Joshua Wolens published 13 September 23

News The Nameless Mod 2.0 is here.

Old School RuneScape punishes innovation, prevents player from using their own severed toe to skirt anti-botting rules

By Joshua Wolens published 13 September 23

News All I'm saying is it should be fine according to a strict reading of the TOS.

Ubisoft's sweatier Call of Duty-like has been pushed to an uncertain date after failing console certification: 'Like a lot of things with this game, we have not chosen the typical route'

By Joshua Wolens published 12 September 23

News XDefiant hasn't passed muster for at least one of the console makers.

You have nothing to fear from CO2 in Starfield: no matter how much you sprint or how much you're carrying, it'll never kill you

By Joshua Wolens published 12 September 23

News I wish someone had told me this 29 hours ago.

Diablo 4 Sorceress surrounded by undead monsters

Blizzard bigwig seems to offhandedly confirm Diablo 4 is adopting Destiny's expansion model

By Joshua Wolens published 6 September 23

News Rod Fergusson mentioned Diablo 4's "annual expansions" in a chat with Dexerto.

Tony Soprano superimposed over an image of one of Starfield's barren planets.

Starfield players are using its character creator to fulfil mankind's historic dream of sending Tony Soprano to space

By Joshua Wolens published 6 September 23

News And plenty of other celebrities, too.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor continues its long road to redemption with a patch that brings DLSS support and good old 'Various bug fixes'

By Joshua Wolens published 5 September 23

News What fixes are they? Never you mind.

Starfield has already got a 'potato mode' mod to help you run it on machines from 1969

By Joshua Wolens published 5 September 23

News Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a spaceship.

Image for Bethesda says most of Starfield's 1000+ planets are dull on purpose because 'when the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there' but 'they certainly weren't bored'

Bethesda says most of Starfield's 1000+ planets are dull on purpose because 'when the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there' but 'they certainly weren't bored'

By Joshua Wolens published 5 September 23

News Exploring is supposed to be a reward in itself.