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

Rollin' Rascal
Tired of waiting for a new Sonic adventure, these devs basically made their own – and it's tripled its Kickstarter goal at $150K

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Rollin' Rascal is bringing high-speed platforming action to PC and Nintendo Switch

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Palworld
With Palworld's best gold-farming tool nerfed into the ground, players are making torture devices instead

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news The survival game's next best money-making method is super effective but far from ethical

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Ufouria: The Saga 2
After 33 years, an underrated NES Metroidvania gets a direct sequel from the same developer, now with a roguelike spin

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

News Ufouria: The Saga is back and more adorable than ever

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Greedfall 2
Greedfall 2 trailer offers some fantasy RPG goodness, complete with a boss who'd look at home in a Dark Souls game

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

News The ambitious follow-up is coming to Steam Early Access this summer

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Pokemon Legends Z-A
Pokemon Legends: Z-A reveal trailer hints at a Nintendo Switch 2 release

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "Releasing simultaneously worldwide in 2025"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director wants the Remake dev team to stay together even after Part 3: "I do really hope to continue to foster this type of environment and grow"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Naoki Hamaguchi hopes the team remaking Final Fantasy 7 work on more games together in the future

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Palworld
Palworld's latest patch obliterates the survival game's best gold-farming method, sending min-maxers straight back to the drawing board

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "Goodbye nails. You were our only hope"

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Palworld
Palworld tycoon has kept the survival game running "since launch" some 900 hours ago to farm a million gold off a honey farm: "Almost scared to look at the hours played"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news One fan has been very slowly turning honey into money in Pocket Pair's Pokemon-like sensation

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Dragon's Dogma 2
Dragon's Dogma 2 director on giving players a fighting chance against the RPG's giant enemies: "You have to have ideas for gameplay that goes beyond basic one-to-one combat"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "It is very difficult to design gameplay for fighting a massive enemy while letting the player feel they are on an equal footing"

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Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 dev now focused on improvements and returning to its "original plan" after the shooter celebrates its first weekend without server issues

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Creative director Johan Pilestedt promises "many exciting things" are on the way

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Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2's engine was "discontinued" 6 years ago: "Our crazy engineers had to do everything, with no support"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Helldivers 2 lead reveals the shooter was built on an engine that no longer exists

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says reaching over 90 on Metacritic was "one of our goals" as the RPG sequel's review scores surpass Remake

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "This wonderful result was only possible thanks to the entire development team’s hard wok and dedication"

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Nightingale
After a 'Mixed' start on Steam, new survival game from Mass Effect and Dragon Age boss pulls out offline mode to win fans back

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "We misjudged what some of you were looking for in your experience"

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Assassin's Creed Mirage screenshot showing Basim launching into an assassination
Assassin's Creed Mirage's new update finally adds permadeath mode

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Full Synchronization Challenge is "the ultimate test of your assassin skills"

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Halo 3
Halo 3 player discovers every single rock in one of the game's most memorable levels is the same rock: "I can't keep this knowledge to myself anymore"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "It's just one rock rotated, scaled, and moved around"

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Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered
Tank controls are fine, but Tomb Raider Remastered's modern camera and controls are proving problematic

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "I tried the modern scheme and couldn't get over a lot of choices they made there"

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Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2's player-made comedy comes from the lead's many years playing D&D: "It always ends with us crying of laughter"

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "The players manage to turn everything into a farce"

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Xbox cloud gaming
Xbox Cloud Gaming "should" finally allow you to stream games you own this year

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Microsoft is aiming to roll out support for owned games in 2024

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Halo 3: ODST
Former Halo devs say they pitched dozens of spin-off games, including a rumored ODST game similar to Helldivers 2

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "We must have pitched 20-30 game ideas that would have totally worked in the Halo universe"

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No Rest for the Wicked
After releasing some of the best Metroidvanias in the business, Ori dev shows off its very different action RPG

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news No Rest for the Wicked looks dark and punishing in new gameplay footage

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Baldur's Gate 3 party stands overlooking on a cliff
Baldur's Gate 3 and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 win big at DICE Awards 2024

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Larian's RPG has been crowned Game of the Year yet again

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Bethesda Softworks
Xbox boss Phil Spencer isn't ruling out Starfield ever coming to PS5

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "I don’t think we should as an industry ever rule out a game going to any other platform"

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Minecraft
One extremely dedicated Minecraft player has spent 12 years constructing their own incredible fantasy kingdom

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news Linard has been working on the Kingdom of Galekin all by themselves since 2012

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Deathloop
Deathloop and Dishonored developers reveal the effort they go to guide players without using that immersion-breaking yellow paint

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news The folks at Arkane prefer more subtle methods to having players follow the yellow paint road

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Baldur's Gate 3 Act 2
Baldur's Gate 3 dev shows off Patch 6's new kissing animations with steamy smooch between Shadowheart and Lae'zel

By Anne-Marie Ostler Published

news "I suppose you've earned it"

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