Anne-Marie Ostler

Anne-Marie Ostler

Freelance Writer

Originally from Ireland, I moved to the UK in 2014 to pursue a Games Journalism and PR degree at Staffordshire University. Following that, I've freelanced for GamesMaster, Games TM, Official PlayStation Magazine and, more recently, Play and GamesRadar+. My love of gaming sprang from successfully defeating that first Goomba in Super Mario Bros on the NES. These days, PlayStation is my jam. When not gaming or writing, I can usually be found scouring the internet for anything Tomb Raider related to add to my out of control memorabilia collection.

Latest articles by Anne-Marie Ostler

Starfield FOV high FOV running through New Atlantis
How to increase your Starfield FOV

By Will Sawyer Last updated

Guide If you want to adjust your field of view in Starfield, there's a few ways to do it

Guide
Palworld
2 months after launch, Palworld is still averaging over 100,000 concurrent players a day on Steam even with the biggest content updates still to come

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

News Plenty of players are still spending time with their Pals

News
Helldivers 2 intro cutscene helldiver thumbs up
Helldivers 2 director asked players how to fight serial kickers, and the community's got one surefire way to humble toxic hosts: throw their samples in the abyss

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Players are fighting back against this unsporting behaviour in the best possible way

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Dragon's Dogma 2
Early Dragon's Dogma 2 scores put reviews far above the original and even its Dark Arisen revision as one of 2024's best RPGs

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news The sequel is off to a flying start

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A screenshot from Helldivers 2 showing a player shooting towards a huge explosion.
As fans praise the "unbelievable" and silly physics, Helldivers 2 director explains it's the result of "simulating everything and just accepting the outcome"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news The shooter's ragdoll physics are comedy gold

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Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2's first patch in over a year finally fixes a bug that players have been saddled with for over 18 months

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Update 1.32 means you no longer have to worry about getting stuck in stables

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Helldivers 2 factions
With 20 milliseconds to go, brave Helldivers 2 player clutches 45 Samples "outnumbered, surrounded, leg broken, out of stims" after a clown fiesta extract

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

News "A true hero of democracy"

News
Overwatch 2
Overwatch 2 was reportedly due to get story missions every 18 months

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Development issues and lacklustre sales could spell the end for story missions in Overwatch 2

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Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 Arthur Morgan and John Marston actors gatecrash a university class using the open-world cowboy game to learn about American history

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Imagine being the kid that didn’t show up for class that day

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Deus Ex Mankind Divided
For the first time, you can get underrated action-RPG Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for free on Epic Games Store

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Grab the stylish sequel for the grand sum of zero from now until March 21

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Destiny 2
Destiny 2 devs announce "big content update" Into The Light for April as the space MMO's forever season continues in the wait for The Final Shape

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news The upcoming content will be showcased in a series of livestreams starting next week

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
"I see consolidation to be the enemy of creativity," says former PlayStation chief Shawn Layden, as Jim Ryan says he was "thrilled" to sign Microsoft's Call of Duty deal

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "That was very important to us, and we're very happy to have done that deal"

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Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2's best mission is locked to lower levels, and democratic players really want to carry and raise the flag of Super Earth even on higher difficulties

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Fans reckon a bit of flag-raising would "really boost that morale on the harder missions"

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Dark Souls
10 years later, Dark Souls 2 is finally playable at 120fps thanks to modders

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news DS2FrameUnlimiter allows Scholar of the First Sin to run at higher framerates without speedup issues

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth hero Cloud shown against purple light
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says Queen's Blood expansions are "a possibility" following "very positive feedback" to the JRPG's best minigame

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news There could be more in store for the distracting deckbuilder

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Helldivers 2 intro man
Helldivers 2 players are preparing for the worst as clues suggest a classic enemy much bigger than Bile Titans could be about to rear its ugly head

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Series veterans think Arrowhead is about to add Hive Lords to the mix

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Aerith is surrounded by fire lanterns in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director wasn't expecting the RPG to reignite the 'yellow paint' discourse, but will "take on board the valuable feedback for future games"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "I didn't think that the 'yellow paint' would be something that would be discussed on social media"

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Baldur's Gate 3 Act 2
Baldur's Gate 3 Monk "that practices the Way of the Sticky Hand" forced to do the final fight alone after angering most of the RPG's cast by stealing one sword

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "They abandoned me and the fate of The Realms over one little sword"

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Starfield
Starfield players despair as the latest patch does away with a sneaky method for obtaining one of the best spacesuits early on: "It wasn't a bug; it was a feature!"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news The Mark 1 Spacesuit is now off limits until you're a master lock picker

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Dune Awakening
Departing from the books, Dune MMO confirms religions, but "Leading people on a holy war is not why you arrive on Arrakis"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "The player is not a messiah"

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The leader of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Team Star laughs menacingly
After 13 years, the 3DS is a retro console in a new Pokemon ad, and millennial Nintendo fans can't handle it

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "Can't we wait until a system is 20 years old before we do a childhood flashback scene"

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Zelda modder adds Tears of the Kingdom's best ability to one of the series' most iconic entries

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Want to use Ultrahand in Ocarina of Time? There's a mod for that

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Last Epoch
Last Epoch dev disables family sharing in its action RPG in an attempt to curb "significant" botting and real-money trading abuse

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Eleventh Hour Games says it will continue to explore options for supporting this feature in the future

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Larian Studios
Baldur's Gate 3 dev confirms the Xbox retail version will have 4 discs because the epic RPG was 500MB too big to fit on 3, but it "didn't make sense" to cut any content

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Larian wasn't lying when it said the Deluxe Edition includes "a f***-ton of discs"

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The Last of Us 2
The Last of Us director says Naughty Dog's next game is "really ambitious" and will be "really hard" to make

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news We can expect big things from the studio's next title, which may or may not be The Last of Us Part 3

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