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Andy Brown is the Features Editor of Gamesradar+, where he shares a lifelong love of games with delightful readers - that's you!

From strategy games to RPGs and shooters, Andy dabbles in a bit of everything. Just don't get him started on Total War, or his delightful two huskies.

Latest articles by Andrew Brown

The Outer Worlds 2 screenshot showing someone holding a two-handed weapon beneath a starry sky

"The shorthand is New Vegas in space": The Outer Worlds 2 directors double down on Fallout comparisons, and Obsidian isn't worried about setting expectations too high: "It's our pedigree"

By Andrew Brown Published 28 August 25

Interview Interview | Game director Brandon Adler and creative director Leonard Boyarsky discuss going all-in on Obsidian's classic formula, making fun of their boss, and moving in a different direction to Avowed

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Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail launch trailer screenshot showing the Warrior of Light, a man with tied-back brown hair and a sword, standing against a blue backdrop with clouds

Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail left the MMO's community fatigued and fed up, so Yoshi-P says devs are "planning to upgrade" new content that "can be enjoyed by a wide variety of different players"

By Anna Koselke Published 27 August 25

News Square Enix hopes to "provide more interesting experiences"

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A group of people gather in The Outer Worlds 2

The Outer Worlds 2 leads say RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 helped prove "people really, actually want these kinds of games" at a time where even Obsidian "had to prove ourselves all over again"

By Catherine Lewis Published 27 August 25

News "It's good to kind of bring that stuff to the forefront again"

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Obsidian is not screwing around with The Outer Worlds 2's Fallout New Vegas comparisons: "The critical path is maybe 10 or 15% of the total content"

By Austin Wood Published 27 August 25

News With the first game, Obsidian was quick to stress "this isn't New Vegas in space"

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The Outer Worlds 2 screenshot showing a large market with corporate advertisements

I've played The Outer Worlds 2, and forget what you know about the first game because this silly sequel already feels like a bigger and better RPG

By Andrew Brown Published 27 August 25

Big Preview | Killer writing and shockingly slick combat suggest Obsidian will deliver on the Fallout: New Vegas comparisons

Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.3 "finished that story" devs wanted to tell with Dawntrail, and Yoshi-P is "kind of glad and relieved" it's over as the MMO once again puts "the fate of the world" on your shoulders

By Dustin Bailey Published 26 August 25

News *stoic nod*

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I've just played 30 minutes of Pragmata, and if you ignore the piggybacking child, this is Capcom bringing its classic shooter formula to the very front

By Andrew Brown Published 22 August 25

Preview Gamescom 2025 | Part platformer, part shooter, all weird

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4's four campaigns are all "bigger than the campaign in the first Dawn of War," and thanks to the RTS's branching missions you won't even see all of it in one run

By Scott McCrae Published 20 August 25

News More like dawn of four campaigns

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Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War 4 screenshot showing armored orcs surrounded by the Autumn preview GamesRadar+ banner

Help me, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 is so good I've been replaying the same mission for 3 hours and pestering its devs who have "been studying the blade and bolter"

By Andrew Brown Published 20 August 25

Preview Preview | Instead of trying to reinvent RTS, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 proves the genre still rules

Preview

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 key art showing a vampire woman with her hands out stretched before a silhouette of a mysterious figure wearing a hat. The backdrop is full of a bloody mist and the moon hangs in the sky

I didn't dare to dream, but playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has convinced me this gloomy RPG is still worth waiting for

By Andrew Brown Published 19 August 25

Preview Hands-on preview | Two hours in this long (long, long) awaited sequel reveals a brilliant focus on writing, dialogue, and spooky Seattle

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I'm not saying PowerWash Simulator 2 is already my GOTY, but I just spent 2 hours using Witcher Senses to find dirt and it was the most satisfying experience of my life

By Andrew Brown Published 6 August 25

Preview Hands-on | Look, washing stuff is very satisfying

Preview

Battlefield 6 multiplayer gameplay showing a player firing their gun into players located below them

Everything announced in the Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal

By Andrew Brown last updated 31 July 25

News It's looking like a return to the glory days of Battlefield

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10 years later, Old School RuneScape is still the best MMO I've ever played – and seeing over 200,000 people jumping on reminds me why I fell in love with it in the first place

By Andrew Brown Published 31 July 25

Opinion Opinion | Come on in, the water's low-res

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After 50 hours in Oblivion Remastered, I'm replaying Fallout: New Vegas and rekindling my nuka-copium dreams of Fallout 5 returning to the series' RPG roots

By Andrew Brown Published 28 July 25

Opinion Opinion | The man in plaid fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed

Opinion

A screenshot of players fighting an armored demon in Painkiller while purple chains wrap around our view

I'm lukewarm on Painkiller's co-op reboot, which says a lot because letting me shoot stakes at demons should make it a guaranteed GOTY

By Andrew Brown Published 24 July 25

Hands-on Hands-on | Anshar Studios' upcoming shooter feels a little under-cooked, but it's still got a few more months to shape up

Hands-on

A top-down view of a crowd of people circled around a dead body on an ornate tiled floor

Square Enix's new murder-mystery shooter Killer Inn can't decide if it wants to be Clue or Counter-Strike, but it taught me that sniping is way easier than lying

By Andrew Brown Published 23 July 25

Hands-on Hands-on | Think Among Us, except you can buy a gun

Hands-on

Ghost of Yotei screenshot showing Atsu sitting by a campfire with a guest, who is next to a sleeping horse

"Frankly, it's just so dang convenient": Ghost of Yotei's new camping trips are an answer to traditional RPG mechanics like fast travel

By Kaan Serin Published 19 July 25

News And a way to show off the sequel's "way bigger" vistas

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Steam Deck OLED with game library on screen sitting on woodgrain desk

After 3 years of holding out, I finally bought a Steam Deck thanks to the same logic I used to talk myself out of a Switch 2

By Andrew Brown Published 18 July 25

Opinion Opinion | Four blissful days of handheld PC gaming prove I made the right choice

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Ghost of Yotei directors aren't worried about Assassin's Creed Shadows comparisons, they think it's "great" when they see more games like theirs: "We're big fans of feudal Japan"

By Issy van der Velde Published 17 July 25

news They're just glad to see more games

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Ghost of Yotei gameplay showing Atsu sitting on her horse between bright pink cherry blossoms, looking at a distant fortification built against a mountain

I asked Ghost of Yotei's creative directors all of my burning questions, and I don't want to get your hopes up but Sucker Punch's sequel sounds like feudal Red Dead Redemption 2

By Andrew Brown Published 17 July 25

Interview Interview | Sucker Punch's Nate Fox and Jason Connell dive into everything we saw at Ghost of Yotei's latest State of Play

Interview

A screenshot of Total War: Warhammer 3 showing grave guard soldiers jumping out of a siege tower beneath a grey sky

After 2,537 hours of playing Total War: Warhammer, I'm almost ready to say goodbye to Creative Assembly's best strategy series

By Andrew Brown Published 14 July 25

Opinion Opinion | The end is in sight for the Old World – but what's next?

Opinion

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) screenshot showing Darth Vader walking through a hangar flanked by two stormtroopers

I've spent 11 hours fighting AI in EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2, and it's taking me back to the glory days of PS2 skirmish modes

By Andrew Brown Published 8 July 25

Opinion Opinion | Lower stakes don't always mean less fun

Opinion

6 years too late, I bring lukewarm takes: Death Stranding rules, and we should all play more games outside of our comfort zone

By Andrew Brown Published 3 July 25

Opinion Opinion | Is not liking a game the worst thing in the world?

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The Witcher 4 is learning lessons from CDPR's past: no fetch quests, an eye on Cyberpunk 2077's fan-favorite characters, and devs who "care about the art we're making"

By Andrew Brown Published 26 June 25

Interview Interview | Narrative director Philipp Weber opens up on the importance of consequences and "trusting your gut" when it comes to storytelling

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