Leon Hurley runs GamesRadar's guides section as Managing Editor for the section, writing and planning guides with his team, and overseeing all the tips coverage on the site across PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Switch. He's mostly plays horror, action adventure, FPS and open world games, with a love of low poly horror and big narrative adventures. He's currently playing things like Silent Hill F, Dying Light The Beast, Outer Worlds 2 and Ghost of Yotei. He started his gaming career as a staff writer on Official PlayStation Magazine in the days of PlayStation 2 and has written about games ever since, covering news, reviews, features, hosting video shows and more, for titles like Edge, GamesMaster, SFX, and CVG. After working his way up Official PlayStation Magazine to become deputy editor and eventually website editor, he then became news editor for Kotaku UK, contributing to both the UK and US sites, before joining GamesRadar in the same role and eventually becoming guides boss. He also has a keen interest in game development, writing about how games are made, why the doors are so big and trying to demystify the whole process. He's also makes his own games in GameMaker and Unity.
Latest articles by Leon Hurley

By Will Sawyer Last updated
Guide When creating a character in Avowed your Background is important, as are your Attributes when levelling up

By Leon Hurley Last updated
Guide There are 21 rewards to earn in the Shared Watch event, so here's how to earn them and what you'll get

By Leon Hurley Last updated
Guide You can get expired respirators fast in Arc Raiders once you know where to go

By Leon Hurley Last updated
Guide Where to find the combinations needed for the Shrine Cave Stone Dias in RE4

By James Busby Last updated
Guide Find the statues to solve the lion, maiden, and unicorn puzzles in Resident Evil 2

By Will Sawyer Last updated
Guide Where to find all the stashes in Alan Wake 2 and how to solve them

By Joel Franey Published
Guide The Geiger Counter in Arc Raiders is found only in Stella Montis. If you're lucky

By Leon Hurley Published
Guide If you want Arc Synthetic Resin, there are some easy ways and some not so easy ways

By James Busby Last updated
Guide Get the chess pieces in the right place and open the U-Door

By Leon Hurley Published
Guide Cobalt isn't the easiest ore to get a lot of, and it's not a huge upgrade, but here's where to look if you want it

By Leon Hurley Last updated
Guide You'll need to head to the desert to find Thorium but it's one the harder ores to find in Hytale

By Leon Hurley Published
Guide Iron is your next step up the crafting ladder and you can find it in both the Emerald Wilds and Howling Sands areas

By Leon Hurley Published
Guide Whether you want to move around the world, give yourself adamantium armor or more, you can do it all with these commands

By Leon Hurley Last updated
Guide Where to find Shadoweave Scraps in Hytale to craft cobalt gear

By Leon Hurley Last updated
Guide You'll need to mine copper ore if you want to make ingots

By Leon Hurley Last updated
Guide It's better to have repair kits in Hytale than spare tools taking up space. Here's how to get them

By Leon Hurley Last updated
Guide If you want Hytale multiplayer here's how to invite friends and play online

By Leon Hurley Published
Features Opinion | A spiritual successor to one of the most traumatic games I've ever played? Oh go on then

By Leon Hurley Published
guide If you need plant fiber in Hytale there's loads to be had if you know where to look

By Will Sawyer Last updated
Guide Season 1 added new maps, modes and guns to Battlefield 6 across several updates. Here's all of it

By Joel Franey Last updated
Guide After a hefty patch, here are the best Helldivers 2 Stratagems and support weapons

By Sam Loveridge Last updated
Guide Reel all the fish in with our Animal Crossing: New Horizons fish guide
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