Alan Wen

Alan Wen

Video games journalist

Alan Wen is a freelabce journalist writing about video games in the form of features, interview, previews, reviews and op-eds. Work has appeared in print including Edge, Official Playstation Magazine, GamesMaster, Games TM, Wireframe, Stuff, and online including Kotaku UK, TechRadar, FANDOM, Rock Paper Shotgun, Digital Spy, The Guardian, and The Telegraph.

Latest articles by Alan Wen

Making Eternal Strands;

How Eternal Strands' complex chaos was made possible

By Alan Wen published

Game director Frederic St. Laurent and CTO Louis Tremblay discuss using Unreal Engine 5's tools and artistic choices.

Video Game Design
Making indie game Mythmatch, a cartoon girl and greek mythical monster fight

Making indie game Mythmatch - finessing 2D animation to tell diverse stories

By Alan Wen published

Creative director Moo Yu reveals this contemporary interpretation of Greek mythology isn't just cosy Hades.

Video Game Design
Asterism indie game

How hand-crafted indie game Asterism mixes digital art and papercrafts

By Alan Wen published

Solo dev Claire Moorwood made her dream game using Unity.

Video Game Design
Best VR games I played in 2024; game screens from Quest 3 and PSVR 2 games

The best VR games I played in 2024, including Batman: Arkham Shadow, Vendetta Forever and a surprise PSVR 2 entry

By Alan Wen published

From new releases to worthwhile updates, it's been a surprising year for VR.

Entertainment
Song In The Smoke: Rekindled review; a person draws a bow and arrow to shoot a creature

Song In The Smoke: Rekindled review: a physical and fun reworking of a VR classic

By Alan Wen published

Can you survive in Song In The Smoke: Rekindled's PSVR 2 realistic wilderness?

Gaming