Austin Wood

Austin Wood

Senior writer

Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.

Latest articles by Austin Wood

Persona 4 Revival screenshot of Yukiko looking at floating tarot card
"I think we have to do" Persona 1 and 2 Remakes, says Persona 4 Revival producer

By Austin Wood Published

News But how do you remake Persona 2?

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Sean Murray in a grey hoodie
Sean Murray doesn't care how much money No Man's Sky DLC would've made, and "it doesn't matter"

By Austin Wood Published

News "Every player that we have is going to experience this"

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Cult of the Lamb protagonist with red eyes
If you want to see what's actually ruining games, read Devolver Digital's bid to go private

By Austin Wood Last updated

News Infinite growth and satisfying shareholders doesn't make good games, it turns out

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Demon Lord: Just a Block
Creator of one of the highest-rated new roguelikes on Steam says Dark Souls-style story was key

By Austin Wood Published

News Their deceptively simple action-strategy game's launch went "way beyond my wildest expectations," dev says

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Baldur's Gate 3 companion Lae'zel grimacing
Larian reveals 10 Baldur's Gate 3 endings and scenes that almost nobody has seen

By Austin Wood Published

News Minthara comes up a few times, too

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Ellie in The Last of Us Part 2
PlayStation users are treated like renters but charged like owners, say Mexican politicians

By Austin Wood Published

News Digital games can also be revoked, the pair argues

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Karlach uses her fire powers to light a cigar in Baldur's Gate 3
"Baldur's Gate 3 is now cancelled": Larian's own stream smacked down for being too sexy

By Austin Wood Published

News "Oopsie"

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Jon Bellamy on a blue background
After promising less invasive microtransactions, RuneScape dev adds one-time-use microtransactions

By Austin Wood Published

News Jagex quickly changed the terms of the new items after player uproar

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Monster Hunter Wilds tamer smiles at sunlight
Capcom is selling Monster Hunter Wilds with the energy of a man paddling up a waterfall

By Austin Wood Published

News Capcom would very much like to move more copies of Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance

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The Sims 4 screenshot of a man in a blazer
EA and games like The Sims and Battlefield are officially owned by Saudi Arabia and private equity

By Austin Wood Published

News The EA deal is done

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Larian CEO Swen Vincke in a santa hat
The biggest Baldur's Gate 3 save scummers slammed quicksave over 1,400 times in one go, Larian says

By Austin Wood Published

News I honestly thought this number would be higher

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Baldur's Gate 3 Minthara, a drow with pale purple skin and light blonde hair, smirks as her face is covered in blood splatter
Larian just released a bunch of Baldur's Gate 3 stats, and 9,122 of you need to be jailed

By Austin Wood Published

News I need an answer

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Sir, We Have an Orc Problem art showing stampeding green orcs
After earning $1 million on Steam from a game that took 4 months, devs hit Valve's "chocolate tier"

By Austin Wood Published

News It took "exactly 1 week"

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GTA 6
"I wouldn't have time to make the game while playing GTA 6," Danganronpa dev says of new game delay

By Austin Wood Published

News "It was inevitable that we moved the release time"

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Halo 3 Believe ad showing figurine of Master Chief
Xbox 360 games are reportedly coming to PC this year as Microsoft prepares disc-to-digital feature

By Austin Wood Published

News Disc-to-digital Xbox games are seemingly coming very soon

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Escape from Tarkov soldier aiming gun silencer at camera
"This is the end": Single Player Tarkov is shutting down amid a messy trademark situation

By Austin Wood Published

News A future team is welcome to "continue from where we left off"

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Donkey Kong Bananza DK flying around a whirlwind
Gaming hardware costs have gone up 16% in 2026, says US analyst, and it's reportedly getting worse

By Austin Wood Published

News Samsung was one of three RAM manufacturers accused of fixing prices in a lawsuit

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Rubinite character Ruby in red water
An "extremely challenging" action game is spreading like fire on Steam, with nearly 1,800 reviews

By Austin Wood Published

News More games like this, please

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Gordon Freeman in Half-Life on orange background
Dev ports Half-Life to the PS1, asks Valve if it's cool with that, and says he may "make it public"

By Austin Wood Published

News "Not an emulator and not a demake"

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Genshin Impact 5-star character Constellation selector menu
Genshin Impact 7.0 livestream reveals nine more 5-star characters for the Constellation selector

By Austin Wood Published

News Wriothesley is an easy pick

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34% of PS5 discs and 50% of Xbox Series X discs are junk without a download, research finds

By Austin Wood Published

News "We let them relabel a purchase into 'licensing'"

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Ghost of Yotei protagonist's eye seen through straw hat
How a Ghost of Yotei developer spent years making his own hit Steam game at Sucker Punch

By Austin Wood Published

News "They're very supportive"

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Satya Nadella and Jensen Huang on grey and black backgrounds
Games AI veteran says it can be useful, but we've made mountains out of ChatGPT's molehills

By Austin Wood Published

News "This is a five-alarm fire"

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Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach
We won't get "the next FromSoftware" or "another Remedy or Larian" at this rate, warns veteran dev

By Austin Wood Published

Features Interview | "It's like waiting at the door for a package you've never ordered"

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Skyrim
The Skyrim-inspired username "fus_ro_dah" was used as evidence to imprison an innocent man

By Austin Wood Published

News "His conviction rested on the internet username being attributed to him," an appeal decision reads

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