
Justin Wagner
Justin first became enamored with PC gaming when World of Warcraft and Neverwinter Nights 2 rewired his brain as a wide-eyed kid. As time has passed, he's amassed a hefty backlog of retro shooters, CRPGs, and janky '90s esoterica. Whether he's extolling the virtues of Shenmue or troubleshooting some fiddly old MMO, it's hard to get his mind off games with more ambition than scruples. When he's not at his keyboard, he's probably birdwatching or daydreaming about a glorious comeback for real-time with pause combat. Any day now...
Latest articles by Justin Wagner

Where do survival games go from here? Atmosfar's answer is a sci-fi road trip
By Justin Wagner published
PCGS 2025 The self-described "sky-high survival odyssey" just announced an early access release window.

If you yearn for 2006, steel yourself for Gears of War: Reloaded's multiplayer beta this coming weekend
By Justin Wagner published
News If you've got Game Pass or Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, you're already in.

Channel your inner Fist of the North Star in combo-obsessed beat 'em up, Spirit X Strike
By Justin Wagner published
PCGS 2025 The Wasteland has all sorts of problems, but none that can't be punched.

Train-hopping PvP sandbox Enginefall has a truly ambitious premise and I can't wait to backstab all my friends in it
By Justin Wagner published
PCGS 2025 Ever wonder if you'd get mutinied?

A-freight of the dark? I'm already spellbound by Spooky Express, an adorable puzzle game about trains and also vampires
By Justin Wagner published
PCGS 2025 A gruesome caboose awaits you in Spooky Express's monster-staffed theme park.

Drum up an army in the demo for Ratatan, a roguelike rhythm game with huge Patapon vibes heading to Early Access
By Justin Wagner published
PCGS 2025 Catch rhythm fever and take down giant bosses to the music.

Mad Max one second, Cyberpunk the next—Terminull Brigade is looking like every roguelike everywhere, all at once
By Justin Wagner published
PCGS 2025 The co-op looter shooter comes bearing a kaleidoscopic palette.

Invincible VS is the second amazing-looking superhero tag fighter to crop up in the last three days
By Justin Wagner published
News A guy's head explodes into gore in the first 20 seconds of the trailer.

Dontnod's next game looks like Uncharted's platforming bits as its own thing, in space
By Justin Wagner published
News The reveal trailer looked worlds apart from the studio's choice-driven adventure games.

I can see why Devolver dedicated its whole show to Ball X Pit: It's like Atari's Breakout meets Vampire Survivors and the demo is curing my roguelike fatigue
By Justin Wagner published
News Ball X Pit is the latest slice of zany genre riffage published by Devolver Digital.

A noir take on Yakuza is love at first sight: Stranger Than Heaven's reveal trailer is a head scratcher but I'm already in
By Justin Wagner published
News Project Century finally has a name, though it's set in a different World War than last year's teaser.

Atomic Heart 2 is coming and it looks like an open-world genre mashup of a bunch of other sci-fi dystopias
By Justin Wagner published
News The retrofuturistic shooter is back with more color and more Freddie Mercury.

Forget Divinity: Original Sin 3: For its Baldur's Gate 3 follow-up, I implore Larian to revisit its okayest game
By Justin Wagner published
Stop booing me I'm not talking about Ego Draconis. Even okayer than that.

Honoring its Pride Month tradition, Tell Me Why is free to keep until the end of June for the fifth year in a row
By Justin Wagner published
News The award-winning self-discover 'em up from Dontnod is waiting to be claimed.

This underwater city builder had me more emotionally invested in my corals than SimCity does in my human citizens, and you can try it at the next Steam Next Fest
By Justin Wagner published
News Trade those traffic meters for filter feeders in Life Below.

The Game Informer archive just got upgraded with its entire backlog, so go experience the eye-melting world of '90s game advertising
By Justin Wagner published
News Must pop. Must bust. Or else I'm dust.

After a year and a half of updates, WoW Classic's Season of Discovery is finally winding down in favor of something new: 'We need to get in the proverbial kitchen and cook'
By Justin Wagner published
News Season of Discovery servers aren't shutting down any time soon, but the team is moving on.

This narrative thriller takes place in a fictional '80s OS, and the devs obsessed over keeping just the right amount of old school jank: 'We did retain the dial-up modem'
By Justin Wagner published
News Vice Undercover introduces the world wide web into the already harrowing world of Reagan-era drug control.

Pick up the Left 4 Dead games for cheaper than a pack of gum in the new Steam sale that's all about zombies, and also vampires
By Justin Wagner published
News Sink your teeth into some spooky classics.

NetherRealm says it's done releasing major updates for Mortal Kombat 1: 'Our team … needs to shift focus to the next project'
By Justin Wagner published
News Bug fixes and balance passes aside, the studio is moving on less than two years after the game's release.

Elden Ring Nightreign director says the game was built for squads of three and 'doesn't collapse if it's a solo player,' but admits that duos have gone 'kind of overlooked'
By Justin Wagner published
News It might take two to tango, but ideally you're open to a third if someone brings up Elden Ring.

The original Space Marine is getting a re-release with 4K and crossplay, and the orks wear all black now for some reason
By Justin Wagner published
News The Codex Astartes does support this action.

This 'stealthvania' is like if Prince of Persia never gave up on 2D and narrated your every move
By Justin Wagner published
news The Siege and the Sandfox wants you to feel every roll, dodge, and dive.

Publisher who resurrected lost pirate game Captain Blood says it's 'a 3 or 4' by today's standards, but that's half the fun: 'All its charms, all its flaws, all the vibes are from that era'
By Justin Wagner published
Better late? Don't bother with the rose-colored glasses. This is 2011, note for note.
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