Latest articles by Heather Wald
The best Fallout games, ranked
Best List Ranking the best Fallout games is an apocalyptic challenge - and we accept it
The best games like Fallout to jump into while we wait for Fallout 5
Best List From Skyrim to Mad Max, here are the 10 best games like Fallout to play today
Upcoming Star Wars games: Every new Star Wars game announced so far
Upcoming These upcoming Star Wars games from various acclaimed developers are coming soon to a galaxy near you
Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder with shades of Tetris and Balatro that has me trying to make the biggest dog
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | All the big dogs please come to my yard
5 years after Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red reveals why Night City as the "main antagonist" created an irresistible RPG
Interview Interview | "When you simplify it enough, it becomes a story about ourselves"
Obsidian hopes to stand alongside CD Projekt and Larian by making "best-in-class" reactive RPGs, says The Outer Worlds 2 director: "I don't know if we're there yet, but I'd love to get there"
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | The Outer Worlds 2 director on the future of the RPG and Obsidian
The 25 best strategy games to play right now
Best List From turn-based to RTS, the best strategy games will keep you on your toes. Check out our top 25 of all time!
"Just making a cozy game isn't enough to heal a person": Why Wanderstop and its blend of introspection and tea-making has stayed with me throughout 2025
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | Speaking with Ivy Road founder and writer and director Davey Wreden about Wanderstop's comforting, dark infusion
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Everything you need to know about the new Switch game
Guide Metroid Prime 4 is finally here, so here's everything you need to know before buying it for yourself!
The 10 best Kirby games to adventure through
Best List With over 30 years of adventures, here's the 10 best Kirby games to play right now
After 11 years and roughly 1500 hours, Dragon Age Inquisition is still the one BioWare RPG I replay the most
Opinion Opinion | I adore every Dragon Age game, but 11 years on, I started thinking about why it is that Inquisition is the one I come back to the most
Winter Burrow is like a very cozy, laid back Don't Starve with a bittersweet edge that tugs at the heartstrings
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Winter Burrow had me knitting clothes, baking pies, and contending with the cold
Stop everything, this vampire decorating sim screams dark romantasy and I can't wait to get my hands on it in 2026
Opinion Opinion | I'm locked into my romantasy era, and My Eerie Lair is firmly on my wishlist
The Outer Worlds 2 is an RPG that's as much about what you can't do as what you can: "Everybody is going to have a different experience, and they may not see everything, and that's okay"
Interview On the Radar | "We want the player to understand the breadth of what the game is, but also their place in that and where they could be going"
I love that the Flaw system calls me out on my RPG behavior in The Outer Worlds 2's and then asks me to double-down on it: "Because flaws are optional, we knew we could actually push them a little bit harder"
Interview On the Radar | "We're always trying to look at and observe the player doing something"
The Outer World 2's Incognito ship is your home base, but it also takes inspiration from the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars and reflects how "the player chooses to play"
Interview On the Radar | We explore the making of the Incognito ship in The Outer Worlds 2
My stealth build in The Outer Worlds 2 has me obsessed with a particular gadget, but every single one has "multiple purposes" because Obsidian didn't want them to be "singular use tools"
Interview On the Radar | We get into the gadgets of The Outer Worlds 2 with Obsidian
Spooky Express is an adorable puzzle game that has me mapping out tracks in Trainsylvania to help undead passengers, and it's perfect for Halloween
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | If you're looking for a puzzle game for the Halloween season, Spooky Express is just the ticket
The Outer Worlds 2 review: "The Fallout New Vegas creators have crafted a masterful space age RPG that's willing to play game master to my silliest decisions"
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Jurassic World Evolution 3: Everything you need to know about the new dinosaur management sim
Guide Jurassic World Evolution 3 is finally here, so here's a complete guide on everything about the new dinosaur game before you buy it
Little Nightmares 3: Everything you need to know about the horror game from Supermassive
Guide Little Nightmares 3 from Until Dawn developer Supermassive is finally here, so here's a complete guide on what you need to know before picking it up
10 Games like The Sims 4 that will let you live a virtual life
Best List Here are the best games like The Sims to play right now while we wait for inZOI's full release
18 years after it initially released, I finally played Super Mario Galaxy for the first time on Switch 2, and I'm completely obsessed with one power up
Now Playing Now Playing | I took my sweet time getting around to Super Mario Galaxy, and it couldn't bee any more charming
