Dan Dawkins

GamesRadar+'s Content Director. Former GamesRadar+ EIC, GTAVoclock host, and PSM3 editor; with - *counts on fingers and toes* - 18 years editorial experience. Loves: spreadsheets, Hideo Kojima and GTA.

Articles by: Dan Dawkins

Future Games Show to broadcast summer showcase on June 12

By Dan Dawkins published 1 April 22

News Join us for over 60 minutes of new trailers, announcements, and unseen games - hey, maybe a little sunshine - this summer

Future Games Show 2022: Everything you need to know

By Dan Dawkins published 15 March 22

Future Games Show GamesRadar's flagship digital games showcase returns on March 24. Here's everything you need to know about the event in 2022.

How to co-stream the Future Games Show Spring Showcase

By Dan Dawkins, Ben Tyrer published 4 March 22

News Share the excitement of the March 24 show with your audience featuring over 40 games and eight world premieres

Future Games Show Spring Showcase to broadcast on March 24

By Dan Dawkins published 20 January 22

News Watch 75 minutes of new trailers, announcements, and unseen games this Spring - plus details of how to join our official co-streamer program

How to co-stream the Golden Joystick Awards 2021

By Dan Dawkins published 23 November 21

News Share the excitement of the November 23 show with your audience featuring special guests, prestigious awards and world premieres.

How we chose the Ultimate Game of All Time shortlist for the Golden Joystick Awards 2021

By Dan Dawkins published 8 November 21

GJA 2021 How we created a voting shortlist of 20 titles from the 1.1 million games that have been released in the last 50 years

What we learned from the Sony CES 2021 conference

By Rachel Weber, Dan Dawkins published 12 January 21

news After the success of PS5, Sony turns its eye to mega TVs

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eFootball PES 2020 hands-on feels brilliant and ever-so-slightly desperate

By Dan Dawkins published 13 June 19

Hands On Konami's football game has undergone a radical re-branding - here are the key changes to Master League, licensing, and gameplay

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Lasers, flames and Keanu Reeves - Xbox show us the wisest way to waste money at E3 2019

By Dan Dawkins published 11 June 19

feature Xbox showed the power of live events and human connection in a world of pre-recorded gameplay streams

Ex-Guitar Hero and Metroid Prime devs creating competitive online game with "never seen before" mechanics

By Dan Dawkins published 8 June 19

news Vicarious Visions co-founders tease new "live" game

The unseen Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order demo shows off God of War with a lightsaber and features giant AT-AT battles

By Dan Dawkins published 8 June 19

Hands on Respawn and God of War 3 director debut promising gameplay at E3 2019

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Best Death Stranding plot theories analysed, from virtual reality, to parallel universes, and religious purgatory

By Dan Dawkins published 30 May 19

Feature Hideo Kojima is the master of drip-feeding clues without context, but what does the latest trailer mean for Death Stranding's bigger picture?

"Monster people who look like angry icicles" - Game of Thrones as explained by someone who's never seen it

By Dan Dawkins published 9 April 19

Feature GR+ Content Director Dan Dawkins offers his understanding of what happens in Game of Thrones, based on watching 30 mins of episode 1 and accidentally hearing some stuff in the office

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10 key battles that will define the future of gaming, as PS5, Google and Xbox Project Scarlett draw near

By Dan Dawkins published 19 March 19

Feature As cloud gaming rewrites the rules, the war for next-gen supremacy will be fought across data, services, exclusives and faux friendships

An image of Villanelle (Jodier Comer) in the Killing Eve Season 2 trailer

11 killer details you might have missed from the first Killing Eve season 2 trailer

By Dan Dawkins published 15 February 19

Analysis We run our UV light over the first trailer for Killing Eve season 2 to discover the mysteries of kids' pyjamas, suburban housing estates and taxi-driving killers

What's happening on GamesRadar+ over the holiday season?

By Dan Dawkins published 21 December 18

Holidays on GR We'd love to say we're in hibernation, but have some fantastic articles planned over the festive season and into the new year

1057 hours on Destiny?! Sony's My PS4 Life shows you how many hours you've spent playing PS4 games this generation

By Dan Dawkins published 14 December 18

News A sobering reminder that you could have learned Mandarin in the time it took to unlock the Whisper of the Worm sniper rifle

The best US Black Friday 4K TV deals on LED, QLED and OLED

The best US 4K TV deals if you want to buy an LED, OLED or QLED display

By Dan Dawkins published 24 November 18

US TV Deals We've searched for the best Black Friday 4K TV deals available today to save you valuable time and bag an Ultra HD bargain

Half-Life 2 writer surprised by former colleague’s decision to publish ‘fanfic’ vision for Half-Life 3

By Dan Dawkins published 20 July 18

News Bossa Studios' Chet Faliszek on ex-colleague Marc Laidlaw's decision to share a plot outline for Half-Life 3 - and why he won't speak out on history's most-anticipated sequel

Ubisoft are moving away from ‘finite experiences’ but let’s not abandon a search for meaning, for the sedative of entertainment

By Dan Dawkins published 6 July 18

Opinion If the future is 7/10 games with no conclusion, then it might be game over for some of the uncompromising tales we've held most dear

Why MGS4's final scene is more powerful than we ever realised

By Dan Dawkins published 12 June 18

Opinion As Hideo Kojima's maligned Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots turns 10 years-old, we pay tribute to its powerful final scene

A photo illustration of potential E3 2018 games: Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Anthem.

The GamesRadar E3 2018 predictions podcast - what we expect from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and more

By Dan Dawkins published 8 June 18

E3 Don't call it a comeback… the GR+ podcast returns with an all-new crew and fresh insight into the E3 2018 games show

Musician and YouTube star Tina Guo picks her 10 greatest video game soundtracks

By Dan Dawkins published 7 June 18

Feature Tina Guo's renditions of famous video game soundtracks made her a YouTube star - but what are her all-time favorite gaming themes?

Solo: A Star Wars Story - what that shocking cameo might mean for future Star Wars sequels

By Dan Dawkins published 30 May 18

Feature How is that surprise Solo cameo even possible? And what might it mean for forthcoming Star Wars sequels, such as the rumoured Boba Fett film?

Death Stranding is about 'global player collaboration', confirms Mads Mikkelsen - here's why that might be significant

By Dan Dawkins published 24 May 18

PS4 News "The whole concept of playing the game, as I understand, needs collaboration from different people from different parts of the world", Mikkelsen tells Total Film magazine