JB
WRITER · 155 PIECES INDEXED
Julian Benson
WRITES ABOUTAction 35%Adventure 26%Indie 19%Science Fiction 18%
BODY OF WORK
155
LAST 12 MO
147
REVIEWS
9
OUTLETS
3
EVENTS
2
COVERING SINCE
2015
CADENCE
~3 pieces a week, mostly news and features
147 PIECES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
Recent writing
16 OCT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·16 Oct
CD Projekt is in "a really dangerous place", says Anthem's executive producer, pointing to ballooning costs of making games of that scope and qualitynewsonCD Projekt
14 OCT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Oct
Rockstar 'union busting' tribunal extended to November 18th, meaning it will close just days before GTA 6's release datenewsonGrand Theft Auto VI
12 OCT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·12 Oct
This week in PC games: play a human-eating Katamari from outer space, take over a nature reserve in Planet Zoo 2, and battle Napoleonic body horror in Valor MortisnewsonPlanet Zoo 2 & Valor Mortis
9 OCT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·9 Oct
The Galaxies Showcase returns on October 15, with announcements from ZA/UM, Embark Studios, and Frontier DevelopmentsnewsonFrontier Developments, Embark Studios
25 SEPT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·25 Sept
Arc Raiders is testing a PvE mode because "a large and growing group" refuse to hunt each othernewsonARC Raiders
24 SEPT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·24 Sept
Following id layoffs, Quake Champions drops free-to-play nonsense and becomes a £9 game on SteamnewsonQuake Champions
23 SEPT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·23 Sept
Microsoft want to record your face and feed it to a generative AI, telling it to go off and design a game from your frownnewsonMicrosoft, FACE
17 SEPT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·17 Sept
Guild Wars 3 dev wants you to be able to take a break for months at a time and know you're "not going to be left behind"newsonGuild Wars 3
4 SEPT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·4 Sept
Lego Skylines' devs want your city's problems to be visible without digging into a stats screen, which means finding a "family friendly" version of showing homelessnessnewsonLEGO Skylines
3 SEPT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·3 Sept
"I'm a massive fan of Aliens, but it is a very different beast": Why Creative Assembly are still ignoring every movie but the original in Alien Isolation 2, despite heading planetsidenewsonAlien: Isolation 2
2 SEPT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·2 Sept
The adult game crackdown is "ridiculous for our art form", say Hellraiser devs, but they think they'll survive thanks to that Clive Barker associationnewsonClive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival
25 AUG
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·25 Aug
Rainbow Six Tactics transforms the demolition-driven Siege into a turn-based game while keeping the destructible environments, operators, and reconnaissance dronesnewsonRainbow Six
17 AUG
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·17 Aug
This week in PC games: survival horror in a waterlogged city, kaiju chaos in a destructible city, and old school GTA vibes in an isometric insurgency simulatornewsonInsurgency
12 AUG
2 pieces
Rock Paper Shotgun·12 Aug
Amazon are getting out of the MMO game, handing control of Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty to developers, but it won't all be smooth for playersnewsonArk
Rock Paper Shotgun·12 Aug
Saber admit Rideshare "Stimulator" features generative AI writing, but deny they replaced taxi game's lead writer with ChatGPTnewsonRideshare "Stimulator"
11 AUG
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·11 Aug
Mortal Shell 2 will let you lower its difficulty by making executions refill your health, or up the challenge by turning off the sunnewsonMortal Shell II
