Heather Wald is the Evergreen Editor for games at GamesRadar+. Her writing career began on a student-led magazine at Bath Spa University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in English literature. Heather landed her first role writing about tech and games for Stuff Magazine shortly after graduating with an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. Now with almost seven years of experience working with GamesRadar+ on the features team, Heather helps to develop, maintain, and expand the evergreen features that exist on the site for games, as well as spearhead the Indie Spotlight series. You'll also see her contribute op-eds, interview-led features, and more. In her spare time, you'll likely find Heather tucking into RPGs and indie games, reading romance novels, and drinking lots of tea.
Latest articles by Heather Wald

10 Games like No Man's Sky that are out of this world
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List Do you love exploring strange new worlds? These games like No Man's Sky might just be what you're looking for

The best games like Skyrim to play in 2026
By Heather Wald, Luke Kemp last updated
Best List Here are the best games like Skyrim to play right now while we wait for The Elder Scrolls 6

Fable 4: Everything we know so far about the new Fable game
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide All the latest news on the upcoming Fable RPG, from a reworked morality system to the Playground's reactive open world

Horizon Hunters Gathering: Everything you need to know about Guerrilla's new co-op action game
By Heather Wald published
Guide Everything you need to know about Horizon Hunters Gathering, the new co-op action game coming to PC and PS5

The 25 best RPGs worth playing in 2026
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List Ranking the best RPGs, from Mass Effect 2 to Baldur's Gate 3

5 years on, I still think about Mass Effect Legendary Edition's symbolic first trailer
By Heather Wald published
Opinion Opinion | Mass Effect Legendary Edition's reveal trailer proves why remasters are still vital

Pragmata: Everything you need to know about Capcom's new sci-fi adventure game
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide At long last, the Pragmata release date has been confirmed

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic – Everything we know so far about the new Star Wars RPG
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Everything you need to know about Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, the spiritual successor to Knights of the Old Republic

The 15 best city building games to play in 2026
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List From Frostpunk 2 to Manor Lords, here's our list of the best city building games that will have you reaching for the skies

Why Playground Games' ambitious open-world Fable reboot is a fresh start for the series: "This has to be Playground's Fable"
By Heather Wald published
Exclusive Big in 2026 | Playground Games has been wanting to do "something other than Forza" for 10 years, and the Fable reboot feels like a match made in Albion

Mass Effect 5: Everything we know so far about the new BioWare adventure
By Heather Wald last updated
Feature All the details on the new Mass Effect game - aka Mass Effect 5

Fable's "shades of gray approach to morality" directly ties into the RPG's living population
By Heather Wald published
Exclusive How Fable's approach to morality will shape some of the RPG's biggest choice and consequence innovations

Fable will let me romance nearly all of its 1000 NPCs "with a very few exceptions," Playground Games lead says
By Heather Wald published
News "You can talk to them, you can romance them, you can marry them. You can divorce them or be divorced by them"

Sorry, the Fable reboot doesn't feature a dog companion, Playground lead confirms
By Heather Wald published
News We won't be adventuring with a four-legged friend at our side in Fable

Fable isn't a sequel, Playground Games lead says, because "we needed to reboot the franchise" and "put our stamp on it"
By Heather Wald published
News "We needed to put our stamp on it and make it a Playground Fable game going forward"

How Fable's open world fantasy lets you meddle in the lives of over 1000 living NPCs
By Heather Wald published
Exclusive Big in 2026 | Fable is making a comeback after 16 years, and Playground Games' general manager Ralph Fulton takes GamesRadar+ through its most ambitious feature

15 Best games like Animal Crossing that are so wholesome it hurts
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List The best games like Animal Crossing for when you're sick of Tom Nook or just love Animal Crossing so much you want more

Witchbrook: Everything we know so far about Chucklefish's magical new life sim
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Witchbrook is now coming in 2026, so here's everything else you need to know

Animal Crossing: New Horizons villager visits and invites
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Spend some more time with your villagers at home or round theirs in the latest update

Upcoming Bethesda games: every game currently in the works
By Heather Wald last updated
Upcoming With few upcoming Bethesda games currently in development, here's a brief reminder of what to watch as 2026 rolls in

From Dispatch to Spilled and Peak, covering indie games every week in 2025 has been packed full of welcome surprise
By Heather Wald published
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | The indie scene has delivered some of the most innovative and memorable releases

"Stay true to your gut": Indiana Jones and the Great Circle dev on making a successful adventure for such an iconic hero
By Heather Wald published
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle director shares some advice: "Don't doubt your creativity as game devs"

I spent 4 hours scouring the Steam Winter Sale with our expert brand director, these are the 10 best games I'd absolutely get
By Heather Wald published
Best List Here are the best Steam Winter Sale games of 2025 to snap up while the offers last
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