Articles by Phil Iwaniuk, Contributor

Ad creative by day, wandering mystic of 90s gaming folklore by moonlight, freelance contributor Phil started writing about games during the late Byzantine Empire era. Since then he’s picked up bylines for The Guardian, Rolling Stone, IGN, USA Today, Eurogamer, PC Gamer, VG247, Edge, Gazetta Dello Sport, Computerbild, Rock Paper Shotgun, Official PlayStation Magazine, Official Xbox Magaine, CVG, Games Master, TrustedReviews, Green Man Gaming, and a few others but he doesn’t want to bore you with too many. Won a GMA once.

Articles by: Phil Iwaniuk

Six years of PUBG – celebrating Erangel, the most important map of the decade

By Phil Iwaniuk published 15 April 23

PlayerUnknown’s fictional isle has become an industry-changing hangout space for us all.

Counter-Strike 2 vs. Overwatch 2 - the dos and don’ts of making an online multiplayer sequel

By Phil Iwaniuk published 14 April 23

The main learning? Good business sense and good creative ideas are totally at odds with each other.

A man wearing a colorful shirt and a headset plays a generic fantasy game on an Intel NUC 12 mini PC connected to a dual-screen setup.

E3 can be the beating heart of the games industry – it just needs to reinvent itself

By Phil Iwaniuk published 11 April 23

It doesn’t have to be goodbye for the famous LA games conference.

Jurassic Park: Trespasser walked so that Half-Life 2 could run

By Phil Iwaniuk published 1 April 23

Critically panned upon release in 1998, the pioneering dino adventure is now a cult classic.

15 years after it released, STALKER is having a moment right now – this is why

By Phil Iwaniuk published 1 April 23

GSC’s post-apocalyptic shooter is finally getting the recognition it always deserved.

Prodeus goes 1.0 – a retro shooter that makes Doom Eternal look like Ooblets

By Phil Iwaniuk published 31 March 23

Old and new collide artfully in Humble Games’ FPS Prodeus which has left early access and is now available in its full form.

best new games: Forspoken protagonist Fey looking at you, something magical hovering above her outstretched hand

The one design change that could have turned Forspoken into a great experience

By Phil Iwaniuk published 31 March 23

A little less interactive cinema and a little more Half-Life might have seen Forspoken on GOTY lists.

Silent Hill 2 looks in safe hands, but is the franchise?

By Phil Iwaniuk published 30 March 23

Bloober Team will nail the remake - but that’s not enough to save Silent Hill

Forget about ray tracing – physics is how gaming will take its next big leap forward

By Phil Iwaniuk published 30 March 23

We’re getting closer to achieving incredibly realistic behavior in real time. But what does it mean for interaction in games?

A player is kitted out in unique armor in the Elden Ring Colosseum Update trailer

Elden Ring one year later - is it still the best game FromSoftware ever made?

By Phil Iwaniuk published 29 March 23

With 12 months to better get to know it, what’s 2022’s juggernaut really like?

Hot Wheels Unleashed is the best racer on Game Pass that you’ve never played

By Phil Iwaniuk published 29 March 23

The bizarre tale of a motorbike sim studio’s breakout success in toy town.

best battle royale games: a female Fortnite character fleeing from attack

Two years after PS5 and Xbox Series X, we’re still not in the next generation

By Phil Iwaniuk published 28 March 23

How the supply chain breakdown stunted the games industry’s growth

This F1 mod includes every single season in the sport’s history - and one man did it

By Phil Iwaniuk published 27 March 23

F1 Challenge VB covers seven decades of F1 racing, and it’s all the work of one fan.

Call of Duty turns 20 - how the blockbuster FPS keeps evolving over two decades later

By Phil Iwaniuk published 18 March 23

Press ‘read more’ to pay respects

I'm more excited for this Skyrim mod than The Elder Scrolls 6

By Phil Iwaniuk published 10 March 23

Skyblivion, a mod that will bring Oblivion’s world of Cyrodil to Skyrim, now has a release window. But will it release before The Elder Scrolls 6?

A man's hand holding an Asus Tug Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti against a white spotlit background

The ridiculous saga of Nvidia's RTX 4070 Ti launch

By Phil Iwaniuk published 20 February 23

Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Ti launch has been a farce – here’s why.

The Day Before isn’t the kind of game we should be celebrating

By Phil Iwaniuk published 3 February 23

A derivative game made by a studio with a mysterious ‘volunteering’ philosophy – we can do better.

Despite being way off in its predictions about 2023, Perfect Dark remains a classic

By Phil Iwaniuk published 29 January 23

The interstellar war might not have happened, but Rare’s stealth-action hybrid, Perfect Dark, still remains relevant over 20 years after its release.

The death of Moore’s law, and why it’s actually a good thing for games

By Phil Iwaniuk published 28 January 23

The decline of Moore’s law may have doomed the economy but it may lead to better video games.

The completely un-scientific process of reviewing a videogame

By Phil Iwaniuk published 14 January 23

Thanks to print, websites, YouTube, and podcasts, videogame reviews have changed a lot over the years.

I’ve become obsessed with a simulation of the Titanic

By Phil Iwaniuk published 26 December 22

Games can help us preserve history like no other medium - and this one’s proof of that.

Here’s everything that happens when you lose your 118-hour Forza Horizon 5 save

By Phil Iwaniuk published 24 December 22

Lost your progress at the Horizon Festival? Head into the chillout tent and we’ll brief you.

The best games to play this Christmas now you’ve finally got a moment’s peace

By Phil Iwaniuk published 23 December 22

You're finally out of work and sweater-bound. So here's the best games to load up and revisit this Christmas.

You can't ignore the debt single-player games owe Call of Duty campaigns

By Phil Iwaniuk published 1 December 22

Modern Warfare 2 fights - and wins - wars on several fronts, but Call of Duty’s continuing campaign work is crucial

Pentiment shows how much freedom Fallout's devs have under Microsoft

By Phil Iwaniuk published 23 November 22

The RPG legends can pursue whatever passions they choose - so long as they deliver a Skyrim-beating blockbuster, too.

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