Jonathan Bolding
Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.
Latest articles by Jonathan Bolding
If you ever wanted a game about digging a hole, A Game About Digging A Hole is a game about digging a hole
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Just a real big hole in your backyard.
Nearly 19,000 games released on Steam in 2024
By Jonathan Bolding published
News You probably didn't play most of them.
Unlikely hit Nier: Automata has now sold over 9 million copies
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Absolute vindication of one studio's creative vision.
Some madperson briefly, beautifully recreated the corrupted blood plague in World of Warcraft Classic
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The in-game pandemic killed millions and was studied by scientists. It briefly came back.
Don't stress, Epic Games says you can still unlock Fortnite's Xbox-exclusive Master Chief skin
By Jonathan Bolding published
A previous announcement to the contrary was a mistake.
This year John Romero declared that 'gib' is pronounced like 'giblet' and it's the gif debate all over again
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Why you gotta do us like this, man?
Turns out that Balatro, like Tetris before it, can only be 'finished' by scoring so high it crashes the game
By Jonathan Bolding published
News When the score turns from a number to nan, you win.
The outtakes from that live-action Balatro trailer are unhinged
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Put a man in clown makeup and everything gets weird real fast.
Per tradition, more restricted military material has leaked on War Thunder's forums for the holidays
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It's Eurofighter Typhoon documents again.
Amazon's Secret Level series will serve up a second anthology of game-inspired shorts
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Secret Level has been renewed for a second season.
Ubisoft says that Assassin's Creed Shadows' ninja will be 'the fastest Assassin' it's ever done
By Jonathan Bolding published
News And apparently she'll do that one run. You know. The ninja one.
With Mimimi closing shop, Hooded Horse will take over publishing for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The superb stealth-strategy game will remain available via this long-term publisher.
Stardew Valley patch fixes swears but you still can't get divorced
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Sometimes bugs mean we get to run weird headlines.
Pilot a submarine, clean up evidence, swim for your lives in this latest blend of horror comedy and chaos co-op
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Murky Divers has you retrieving corpses after the horror movie has already happened to someone else.
Ahead of its January launch, one of the best city builders around is getting a free demo that 'allows you to play endlessly' with some of the new features coming next year
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The release will feature entirely remade game modes and a visual overhaul.
Take your friends airship scavenging and moth fishing above a ruined earth with the co-op update to Forever Skies
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Plus, handcrafting and orbital drops.
Rogue Trader gets a fat patch adding and reworking cutscenes, voiceover, and more
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Owlcat cements their reputation of providing long-term support to their single-player RPGs.
Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is free on Epic and I bet you, like me, are suddenly much more interested in it
By Jonathan Bolding published
News I've heard they have both rocks and stones in this game.
Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 gets a really, really big patch adding full control of enabled content
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Extreme weather during missions should be considerably less extreme now.
Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop is a spaceship repair roguelite with excellent animation and a naughty sense of humor
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "That weird little fox-headed fella will fix the universe"
You'll be able start 'almost every, if not every' quest in Obsidian's Avowed in multiple ways, so you can feel safe wandering around doing whatever
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "We want to just constantly foster that sense of exploration, wanderlust"
Get to Work is a game that finally asks the question: 'Can you climb the corporate ladder if you have rollerblades strapped to your hands and feet?'
By Jonathan Bolding published
News You're very fast and the corporate world is made of ramps.
Soulframe shows off a new teaser trailer and a cool giant wolf to hang out with
By Jonathan Bolding published
News By "giant" we mean "big enough to ride."
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