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

Steam personal calendar gallery of games
Valve made it roughly 15 times harder for indie games to reach a coveted Steam ranking

By Austin Wood Published

News If you aren't checking your Steam calendar, you should be

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PlayStation Monitor with DualSense on charging hook and Ghost of Yotei gameplay on screen.
Instead of putting its games on PC, Sony seemingly wants to escape its reputation with peripherals

By Austin Wood Published

News Can I interest you in PC peripherals?

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Genshin Impact character Sandrone using digital monitor
Epic Games CEO says "Steam charges such high fees" that companies like Genshin Impact maker skip it

By Austin Wood Published

News More of the company's games may come to Steam, too

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Subnautica 2 character surprised
Subnautica 2 devs win: Krafton will pay the whole team "significantly more" bonuses than planned

By Austin Wood Published

News Krafton and Unknown Worlds' lawsuit orbited a $250 million earnout

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Butcher's Creek enemy in welding mask
Iron Lung and Dusk creator says using generative AI is a great way to say "'I don't give a f***'"

By Austin Wood Published

News "Right now I see it as a complicated machine for generating subpar stock photos, buggy code"

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LONA female character with dark blue hair
Attack on Titan studio reveals new anime led by Spy x Family and The Promised Neverland vets

By Austin Wood Published

News LONA sounds like the near-future sci-fi I crave

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Marvel's Blade with fangs exposed
Xbox could cancel Marvel's Blade and close Arkane in July bloodbath, report says studio may be sold

By Austin Wood Published

News Blade is reportedly over budget and delayed

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Arc Raiders player in reaver bandit armor with face paint
"When Arc Raiders was at its peak," Embark was burning 30 terabytes of data per day tracking players

By Austin Wood Published

News Arc Raiders is decidedly past its peak, but still generating tons of information

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Guns of Eschaton hero with six arms holding skulls and revolvers
The "final game" from Half-Life 2 and Dishonored's late art director has been revealed

By Austin Wood Published

News Viktor Antonov's "final vision" will be completed

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Stray Gods character holding energy orb
Generative AI is a "plague," says Dragon Age vet David Gaider: "It's not ready for prime time"

By Austin Wood Published

News "Honestly, what does it help with?"

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Portal 2 robot with portal gun
Company admits Steam Machine Companion Cube case made without Valve's permission was pretty stupid

By Austin Wood Published

News Over 1,000 hours of engineering went into the Steam Machine Companion Cube case

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GTA 6 character in sunglasses
Fans respond to GTA 6 price reveal by pre-ordering the $100 Ultimate Edition for free with MS points

By Austin Wood Published

News All you have to do is buy other stuff or suffer the wrath of Bing

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Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 squid character wincing
As Epic Games CEO blasts Valve over Steam AI disclosures, dev makes them even more noticeable

By Austin Wood Published

News Browser plugin makes spotting AI games on Steam much easier

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Elden Ring
What it's like beating Elden Ring twice a week for 4 years: "The greatest game that's been made"

By Austin Wood Published

News Playing FromSoftware's best RPG for a living takes you to some weird places

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Persona 6 appears on Steam, Atlus and Sega accidentally say something interesting for once

By Austin Wood Published

News More classic Persona mechanics look to be back

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Slay the Spire 2
Slay the Spire 2 lies about its RNG, rabid fan declares in 6,600-word essay

By Austin Wood Published

News Randomness in Slay the Spire 2 may be a lot more predictable than we thought

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Echoes of Aincrad anime characters
The new RPG for Sword Art Online feels shockingly close to the legendary anime

By Austin Wood Published

News Echoes of Aincrad looks deeply SAO-coded, for better and worse

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Grand Theft Auto 6 official cover art
GTA 6 pre-orders open this next week, Rockstar reveals cover art but still won't give us a price

By Austin Wood Published

News Pre-order Grand Theft Auto 6 starting this month

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Call of Duty Black Ops 1 soldier holding a gun and wearing sunglasses
Treyarch confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 are "being ported to PlayStation"

By Austin Wood Published

News Call of Duty: Black Ops running natively on PS5, is it?

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Palworld character wincing at sunlight
"Gamers don't want it": Palworld lead says Pocketpair doesn't touch AI because players hate it

By Austin Wood Published

News "If the gamers don't want it, I guess that's it, right?"

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Halo: Campaign Evolved AI companion Cortana
Why so many game developers don't want to use generative AI

By Austin Wood Published

Interview With credits ranging from Dispatch and Marvel Rivals to Uncharted and Dragon Age, over 30 devs share their thoughts on gen AI

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Interview
Destiny 2 NPC watches the sky mouth agape
Destiny 2 players end the game exactly as they started it: driving Bungie mad with boss cheese

By Austin Wood Published

News It's like we never left

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Mortal Shell 2 protagonist with wings
The most popular Soulslike in Steam Next Fest makes a good case for adding a shotgun to Dark Souls

By Austin Wood Published

News Mortal Shell 2 feels better than I expected so far

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Arc Raiders raider in skull cap
Arc Raiders gives players what they asked for as "quieter period" leaves some bored

By Austin Wood Published

News You must be at least this geared to ride this roller coaster

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Psychonauts 2 main character gasping
Double Fine, Ninja Theory reportedly among multiple Xbox studios rushing to negotiate an exit

By Austin Wood Published

News Compulsion Games is seemingly just the start

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