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

Thanks, Valve: a set of Counter-Strike 2 Cologne Major stickers now costs nearly $20,000
By Austin Wood Published
News Individual stickers can go for more than $1,000

Destiny 2 lead says the final update won't just fade out: "Yes, we get to say goodbye"
By Austin Wood Published
News New Monument of Triumph trailer is both heartwarming and a twist of the knife

Final Fantasy and Star Wars have the same problem, says ex Square Enix exec: fans are getting old
By Austin Wood Published
News "If you don't think this is Square Enix's issue with the Final Fantasy IP and aging, I have a bridge to sell you"

This game took over Steam and was accidentally given away for free, now devs say it will be removed
By Austin Wood Published
News Pico Park: Classic Edition will be removed from Steam

After deciding it's "not an MMO," Dune: Awakening is adding a single-player mode
By Austin Wood Published
News "The map never resets and your buildings are never wiped"

CD Projekt Red veteran answers for the crime of The Witcher 3's Skellige and its question marks
By Austin Wood Published
News In and out, Geralt – a nice 20-minute adventure

God of War Laufey announced, new game starring Kratos' wife Faye gets 20 minutes of footage
By Austin Wood Published
News A new God of War game is "coming soon"

PlayStation showcase brigaded by Destiny 3 hopefuls as petition crosses 338,000 signatures
By Austin Wood Published
News Destiny 3 cries flood the State of Play chat

Retro RPG promising "the largest single-player RPG world since Daggerfall" sells 3 million copies
By Austin Wood Published
News Kenshi has come a long, long way

Saving the studio, Mina the Hollower sells 300,000 copies in 3 days
By Austin Wood Published
News "I feel a big fire lit to close that gap"

After a $2 billion mess of layoffs, new Embracer CEO hopes trust in the company "is improving"
By Austin Wood Published
News And Embracer is not necessarily done with acquisitions

After CD Projekt Red announced an expansion for Witcher 3, over 29,000 Steam players booted it up
By Austin Wood Published
News Check in on ol' Roach, why don't ya

Capcom did not expect people to like the Pragmata reveal so much, and kind of regrets doing it early
By Austin Wood Published
News But "that helped boost the spirits of the dev team"

Valve's Gabe Newell argued gamers "have enormous choice" when grilled over Steam's alleged monopoly
By Austin Wood Published
News "Valve does not have a policy or practice of dictating prices to third-party software developers on other platforms"

Why Pragmata disappeared for 6 years, and how Capcom built a new IP while the industry imploded
By Austin Wood Published
Features Interview | Pragmata director Yonghee Cho's trip to the moon

13 years in, Old School RuneScape is winning the war against MMO bots
By Austin Wood Published
News "The Day the Bots Disappeared," cry OSRS players

Former Destiny 2 boss won't say "Destiny 1 remaster," but suggests it might not be a good idea
By Austin Wood Published
News "Opportunity costs are high if you are people or cash constrained"

Pragmata leads love when you say it feels like a PS3 game, because that was a great time for games
By Austin Wood Published
News "Honestly, it's a huge compliment"

Don't expect a Witcher 4 expansion: CDPR says "it would be difficult" to make extra content
By Austin Wood Published
News The Witcher 5 and 6 hopefully won't be too far behind

One Bloodborne player has spent 3,500 hours helping people with one of FromSoftware's hardest bosses
By Austin Wood Published
News The Orphan of Kos had it coming

Destiny 2's final update sounds so good that it just makes the game's death hurt even more
By Austin Wood Published
News All-new Distortion events brings welcome change to Destiny's open world

Viral dev tells players "don't buy this game" on Steam yet because it's about to go on sale
By Austin Wood Published
News "Save a couple bucks for a coffee or a compressed air duster for your keyboard"

An artist from some of my favorite Japanese games spent 6 years on a mountain making a D&D RPG
By Austin Wood Published
News "No generative AI was used at any stage."
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