Alex Avard

Alex Avard

Former Features Writer

Alex is a former Features Writer at GamesRadar+, which once made him responsible for gracing the internet with as many of my words as possible, including reviews, previews, interviews, and more. Lucky internet!

Latest articles by Alex Avard

The Medium
Bloober Team talks The Medium delay, working with Troy Baker, and why its latest project had to be a next-gen exclusive

By Alex Avard Published

Features How Bloober Team's latest project is its most ambitious horror game yet

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World of Warcraft
"There was just a panic": Players, scientists, and Blizzard look back on World of Warcraft's Corrupted Blood Plague

By Alex Avard Published

Features How World of Warcraft's Corrupted Blood plague became a model for the fight against coronavirus

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Which PS4 trade in for PS5 offers are still available, and other options for getting rid of your old console

By Alex Avard Published

Features Looking for a PS4 trade in for PS5 deal? There are more ways than one to recycle your current-gen system

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New World
New World is as ambitious an MMO as you'd expect from Amazon Games, but we won't know its true potential until the other side of launch day

By Alex Avard Published

Features Hands-on with Amazon Game Studio's MMO in the wake of Crucible's collapse

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla
From Assassin's Creed Valhalla to The Last of Us 2, why the one-shot take is becoming gaming's new favourite storytelling device

By Alex Avard Published

Features Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and the continued rise of single takes in video games

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PS5
Don't let your PS5 and Xbox Series X overheat with these key things to know before setting them up

By Alex Avard Published

Features PS5 and Xbox Series X may have world-class cooling systems, but you still need to think about ventilation when setting them up

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Sony PS5 unboxing
The recyclable PS5 packaging is the first small step for a console generation that must reckon with gaming's carbon footprint

By Alex Avard Published

Features PlayStation's PS5 packaging reminds us that next-gen arrives at the beginning of Earth's most critical decade

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Watch Dogs Legion
Watch Dogs Legion review: "Royally shakes up the template with its Play As Anyone mechanic"

By Alex Avard Published

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Ravenholm, Vault 108, and the devilish brilliance of horror sequences in non-horror video games

By Alex Avard Published

Features Why I hate horror games, but love it when other games suddenly become horrifying

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The World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-expansion patch is a perfect opportunity for new players to discover Azeroth

By Alex Avard Published

Features Don't wait for Shadowlands: Now is the best time to start (or restart) World of Warcraft

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The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War beta's Fireteam mode continues the franchise's hard pivot into Battlefield territory

By Alex Avard Published

Features Call of Duty has been filling a hole where Battlefield used to live, and Black Ops Cold War is only further proof

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The Last of Us 2
The Last of Us Part 2's Rat King was inspired by God of War, Bloodborne, and Inside

By Alex Avard Published

News From Neill Blomkamp to Eileen the Crow, here's what inspired The Last of Us 2's Rat King

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The making of a Rat King: How Naughty Dog created its scariest foe in The Last of Us Part 2

By Alex Avard Published

Features Naughty Dog reveals the secrets behind The Last of Us Part 2's Rat King, and how it was brought to life

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Saw (2004)
Call of Duty: Warzone datamine reveals Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Saw crossovers are on the way

By Alex Avard Published

News You'll soon be able to dress up as Jigsaw and Leatherface in Call of Duty: Warzone

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The big World of Warcraft: Shadowlands patch is here, and you can try out its biggest addition for free

By Alex Avard Published

News World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-expansion patch goes live, radically overhauling the levelling system

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PS5
A Sony Bravia update is bringing PS5 compatibility to its smart TV

By Alex Avard Published

News Sony TVs are receiving an update to prepare them for PS5

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BioShock 2
BioShock creator Ken Levine's next game is a sci-fi RPG now in the "later stages of production"

By Alex Avard Published

News Ghost Story Games job listing suggest Ken Levine's next project is almost finished

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New Warzone map leak seemingly confirms it'll take place in a wintery Russian wonderland

By Alex Avard Published

News Here's your first unofficial look at the new Call of Duty: Warzone map, courtesy of Black Ops Cold War

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Borderlands 3 PS5 and Xbox Series X versions announced, and existing Vault Hunters can upgrade for free

By Alex Avard Published

News Borderlands 3 is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X in November for no extra cost

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Have you tried... adopting a gun-toting train for a pet in Torchlight 3?

By Alex Avard Published

Features Come for the hilariously inventive classes in Torchlight 3, stay for the promise of an ever evolving action-RPG

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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-expansion patch notes detail what to expect ahead of the full launch

By Alex Avard Published

News The full set of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-expansion patch notes are here

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From Crash Bandicoot to Tony Hawk, Activision's focus on franchise revival has made the publisher feel relevant again

By Alex Avard Published

Features Activision may be exploiting our nostalgia, but in doing so has spawned some its best games in years

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Black Ops Cold War
Black Ops Cold War will be the first Call of Duty game to have an FOV slider available on all platforms

By Alex Avard Published

News Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War beta will give you a chance to try out a brand new feature for consoles

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PS5
Someone in India already owns the PS5 trademark, and it's not PlayStation

By Alex Avard Published

News PS5 India release reportedly delayed by trademark conflict

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Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed Valhalla install size is surprisingly small, according to new Xbox store listing

By Alex Avard Published

News Assassin's Creed Valhalla is approximately 50GB in size, says Microsoft, but here's why we think it's probably a lot bigger

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