Heather Wald

Heather Wald

Evergreen Editor, Games

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

Screenshot of Kojima Productions' OD (Overdose) showing actor Sophia Lillis' disturbing Unreal Engine 5 screentest
All upcoming Hideo Kojima games: Everything in development at Kojima Productions

By Josh West Last updated

Upcoming From OD to Physint, there's no shortage of upcoming Hideo Kojima games heading to PS5 and Xbox Series X

Upcoming
Upcoming indie games for 2026 (and beyond) banner image showing indie games Toem 2, Grave Seasons, Spirit Crossing, and Over the Hill
Upcoming indie games for 2026 and beyond

By Heather Wald Last updated

Upcoming The most exciting upcoming indie games that should be on your radar in 2026

Upcoming
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild artwork of Link looking over his shoulder as he stands on a hilltop overlooking Hyrule
The best Zelda games of all time

By David Roberts Last updated

Best List From Majora's Mask to Tears of the Kingdom, here are the 10 best Zelda games to play right now

Best List
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake – Everything we know about the confirmed remake

By Andrew Brown Last updated

Guide A complete guide on everything that you need to know about the newly announced Ocarina of Time remake

Guide
The 10 best Game Boy Color games
The best Game Boy Color games of all time

By Graeme Mason Last updated

Best List The 10 best Game Boy Color games of all-time, from Pokemon to Donkey Kong

Best List
Michael Myers standing in a doorway during the trailer for Halloween: The Game.
Halloween: Everything you need to know about IllFonic's new horror game starring Michael Myers

By Emma-Jane Betts Last updated

Guide A complete guide on all the latest news and updates for the Halloween video game, IllFonic's upcoming horror title

Guide
Mass Effect 5: What appears to be Liara appearing in the first teaser for the Next Mass Effect game
Mass Effect 5: Everything we know so far about the new BioWare adventure

By Heather Wald Last updated

Guide All the details on the new Mass Effect game - aka Mass Effect 5

Guide
BioShock 4: a screenshot of a Big Daddy and a Little Sister.
BioShock 4: Everything you need to know about the next BioShock game

By Heather Wald Last updated

Guide BioShock 4 news finally dropped last year, so here is all the latest updates and details that you need to know about the game while we wait for more

Guide
The Blood of Dawnwalker: A screenshot of the vampire Brencis holding up a crown during the trailer for the upcoming game.
The Blood of Dawnwalker: Everything you need to know about the vampire RPG

By Emma-Jane Betts Last updated

Guide Before you grab The Blood of Dawnwalker, here is everything that you need to know

Guide
GamesRadar+'s upcoming Switch games for 2026 banner image shows a big woman looming over another character in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Kanan Yuki in Digimon Story Time Stranger, Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol 2, and a trainer in a battle in Pokemon Champions
Upcoming Switch games for 2026 and beyond

By Emma-Jane Betts, Heather Wald Last updated

Upcoming Here are all the upcoming Switch games coming in 2026 and beyond

Upcoming
Two gas masks hang on a metal line in post-apocalyptic action FPS, Metro 2039
Metro 2039: Everything you need to know about the next Metro game

By Leon Hurley Last updated

Guide Mark your calendar, because Metro 2039 is launching on February 4, 2027

Guide
A fridge in GTA 6 shows photos of Lucia and Jason and some stickers reference in-game locations, along with messages of affirmation
GTA 6 extended look breakdown: 7 things you might have missed

By Heather Wald Published

Features It's all about the little details in the GTA 6 extended look

Features
GTA 6 extended look trailer 3 artwork showing protagonists Lucia and Jason masked with bandanas and walking away from a parked car
How to watch the GTA 6 extended look: Netflix streaming, release date, and times

By Heather Wald Last updated

Guide The GTA 6 extended look is now out in the wild for all to see

Guide
Gamescom logo in white with a black background
Gamescom 2026 schedule: All of the dates, times, and where to watch the showcases

By Heather Wald Last updated

Features The Gamescom 2026 schedule is underway, and this guide is here to help you catch it all as it happens at Gamescom 2026

Features
Protagonist Jun in space gear during a flight in the sci-fi RPG, Exodus
Exodus: Everything you need to know about the sci-fi RPG from former Mass Effect devs

By Heather Wald Last updated

Guide All of the latest news and everything you need to know about the new sci-fi action-adventure RPG, Exodus

Guide
Gears of War E-Day release date: A close-up of Marcus Fenix with his face covered in blood during the Gears of War E-Day trailer.
Gears of War: E-Day – Everything we know about the upcoming shooter

By Emma-Jane Betts Last updated

Guide Gears of War: E-Day is heading our way, so here's all the latest news you need to know on the upcoming Xbox Series X game

Guide
GTA 6
In the lead up to GTA 6, I've been thinking about the best GTA side activities across the series

By Heather Wald Last updated

Best List As we wait for GTA 6, here are my top 5 picks for the best GTA activities across the entire series

Best List
A Jazz singer during the trailer for the new game Stranger Than Heaven.
Stranger Than Heaven: Everything we know about the new Project Century game

By Trudie Graham Last updated

Guide Stranger Than Heaven (aka Project Century) finally has a release date

Guide
The Nomad Aldecaldos surrounding a fire in Cyberpunk 20777
After over 1000 in Cyberpunk 2077, I'm convinced the Nomads are the best group and lifepath

By Heather Wald Published

Opinion Exploring what makes the Nomads my favorite group and lifepath in Cyberpunk 2077

Opinion
Games like GTA: A man holding a gun and woman holding a bat in key art for Grand Theft Auto.
10 Games like GTA you need to play while waiting for GTA 6

By Iain Wilson Last updated

Best List Whether it's the fast cars or the loaded guns you love, here's the best games like GTA to play right now

Best List
Artwork of GTA 5 showing protagonists Michael, Trevor, and Franklin gearing up for a robbery by putting on masks to hide their appearance
The best GTA games, ranked

By Samuel Horti Last updated

Best List Ahead of GTA 6's release in 2026, discover our ranking of the best GTA games

Best List
Spider-Man websling and flying through the air with a cityscape behind him during one of the best superhero games Spider-Man 2 on PC
The 10 best Spider-Man games of all time

By Josh West Last updated

Best List Here's our ranking of the best Spider-Man games, including Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac

Best List
Laezel BG3 evil ending
If you love Larian's turn-based RPG, here are 5 games like Baldur's Gate 3 I can't stop recommending

By Emma-Jane Betts Last updated

Best List If you're after some games like Baldur's Gate 3 after you've had your fill of the Sword coast, I've got you covered

Best List
The protagonist takes a selfie in front of a wall decorated with cute animal pictures in life sim RPG, Starsand Island
Waiting for Fields of Mistria to come to consoles is more bearable thanks to Starsand Island on PS5

By Heather Wald Published

Now Playing Starsand Island is already reeling me in with its scooters, skateboards, and sports cars

Now Playing
DS
The 25 best DS games of all time

By Darran Jones Last updated

Best List From Mario Kart to Chrono Trigger, here's our list of the best DS games of all time

Best List
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