Latest articles by Heather Wald
The 10 best Halo games of all time
Best list From old-school classics to newer entries, the best Halo games show off some of Bungie's most exciting sci-fic shooter experiences
10 Games like Call of Duty that you should play now
Best List Looking for a new FPS? Then you'll want to check out our list of the best Call of Duty alternatives
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – Everything you need to know about the new shooter
Guide Black Ops 7 is finally here and returns us to BO2's dark, tech-dominated future
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
The 10 best Resident Evil games of all time
Best List Discover the best Resident Evil games of all time, plucked from the survival horror series' 30-year legacy
The best Zelda games of all time
Best List From Majora's Mask to Tears of the Kingdom, here are the 10 best Zelda games to play right now
The best JRPGs to play right now
Best List From Metaphor: ReFantazio to Dragon Quest 11, these are the best JRPGs you can play today
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
Fallout leads debated making the original game 3D like Tomb Raider, but couldn't get "the amount of detail" they wanted – something Bethesda eventually achieved in Fallout 3
News It wasn't meant to be for Leonard Boyarsky
The Outer Worlds 2 director is already watching streamers create bad character builds, but that's part of the "true RPG" experience that "the Baldur's Gate 3s of the world" are helping bring back
News On the Radar | Game director Brandon Adler tells GR+ that fans are "relearning how RPGs" can offer real player choice
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
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 guide to thriving on the snowy streets of Seattle
Guide Bloodlines 2 is finally here, and we've got a selection of guides to help you through it
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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The 10 best survival games to play right now
Best List Can you make it in the best survival games? Here's our top 10 to play today, from Atomfall to Palworld.
The best dinosaur games that are truly T-Rexcellent
Best List These are the 10 best dinosaur games you can play right now, from ARK: Survival Evolved to Jurassic World Evolution 2
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
The ultimate Pokemon Legends: Z-A guide for newcomers to Lumiose City
Guide Pokemon Legends Z-A is out now, and everything you need to know is here
The complete Little Nightmares timeline and story recap
Guide Little Nightmares 3 is out now, so catch up on the full Little Nightmares timeline with our detailed guide and story recap!
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
