Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.
Latest articles by Dustin Bailey

XCOM boss Jake Solomon shares AI-powered build of The Sims meets The Truman Show "before we close the doors"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "We built a studio, we made a game, and I'm really proud of both"

Avowed's anniversary update loosens the "strict and punishing" upgrade system the devs were "surprised" fans bounced off
By Dustin Bailey published
News "If you didn't enjoy the core pacing of Avowed, the flow between conversations, exploration, and combat, nothing about that has fundamentally changed"

Nintendo's forgotten Mario Kart game is finally playable again as the best GameCube emulator gets even better
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Maybe a few dozen years later than anyone expected," but who's counting

"It is not Starfield 2.0": Todd Howard says the RPG's big update is for the people who already love it
By Dustin Bailey published
News Bethesda's "using outer space and things in ways that we haven't" before this update

The Trails series is "close to its conclusion," which is why the studio "needed to properly remake" the original JRPGs
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Would it be right to end the story without doing anything for them?"

Resident Evil Requiem spoilers are apparently here 10 days ahead of launch, so prepare accordingly
By Dustin Bailey published
News Where's everyone going? Spoiler lockdown?

Highguard was reportedly secretly funded by Tencent, and I don't know what hope a multiplayer FPS has in 2026
By Dustin Bailey published
News The runway keeps getting shorter

LittleBigPlanet lead working on OG Fable boss Peter Molyneux's new god game finds cozy games "incredibly boring"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Masters of Albion aims to be "cozy by day and chaos by night"

$8,000 is on the line for the Super Mario 64 speedrunner who can bring the "dead" game back to life
By Dustin Bailey published
News "The community is bored and needs a shakeup"

Mass Effect DLC prototype uncovered after 19 years with a look at the cut side mission that became Bring Down the Sky
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Experiencing 'new' content for a nearly two decades old game that I hold dear is something special"

Even Valve is impressed by Deadlock's most dedicated Celeste simp, who spent hundreds of hours voting 813 times
By Dustin Bailey published
News A total of 60,776,963 votes were cast

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2 lets other PSP-era games like Portable Ops fade away
By Dustin Bailey published
News "It'll either be a bonus game, Vol 3, or it's never happening"

God of War Greek trilogy remake is official, but it's "still very early in development"
By Dustin Bailey published
News The long-rumored remake is real, and original Kratos actor TC Carson is very excited about it

Legacy of Kain is back with a chunky retro platformer featuring M-rated pixel gore and "lore-heavy" PS1-inspired 3D
By Dustin Bailey published
News It might be a step short of a full series revival, but Legacy of Kain: Ascendance looks very cool

After 18 years, Metal Gear Solid 4 finally escapes PS3 jail as Konami announces Master Collection Volume 2
By Dustin Bailey published
News Metal Gear Solid 4, Peace Walker, and Ghost Babel are all staging a comeback

Metaphor ReFantazio director is "delighted to see Japanese-style RPGs" like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 going worldwide
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Expedition 33 is a work that conveys a deep understanding of and sincere dedication to the JRPG genre"

Fallout 3 feeling like "Oblivion with guns" was only natural, Todd Howard says – it was Bethesda's follow-up to Oblivion
By Dustin Bailey published
News "You’re getting an audience that you know expects both"

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined "isn't meant to supplement or improve upon" previous versions of the classic JRPG
By Dustin Bailey published
News A remake shouldn't be a replacement for the original game

Yapyap dev sells 500,000 copies in a week through the power of friendslop and Steam
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Way more of you showed up than we ever expected"

Jurassic Park collection delisted just over 2 years after launch as devs insist they want to "provide plenty of notice"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Life failed to find a way this time

Modder puts Super Mario 64 on PS2, hacks in co-op, and adds online multiplayer with the N64 version
By Dustin Bailey published
News Super Mario 64? On PS2? With co-op? And online multiplayer with N64? Transmitted entirely within a PS1 chip?

RPG legend Josh Sawyer figured his "dream" of making a Fallout game was dead – until New Vegas came along
By Dustin Bailey published
News "I figured I would never have a chance to work on the series again"

Square Enix shoutout has Xenogears fans behaving exactly as you'd expect on the classic JRPG's 28th anniversary
By Dustin Bailey published
News Will Square Enix ever get over its apparent Xeno-phobia?
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