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Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent brings his years of Official PlayStation Magazine and PLAY knowledge to the fore. A noted PS Vita apologist, he's also written for Edge, PC Gamer, SFX, Official Xbox Magazine, Kotaku, Waypoint, and more. When not dishing out deadly combos in Ninja Gaiden 4, he's a fan of platformers, RPGs, mysteries, and narrative games. A lover of retro games as well, he's always up for a quick evening speed through Sonic 3 & Knuckles or yet another Jakathon through Naughty Dog's PS2 masterpieces.

Latest articles by Oscar Taylor-Kent

Princess Peach waving from the window of a castle in Super Mario RPG

10 Best short RPGs to play in 2026

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 25 April 26

Best List From Undertale to Shadowrun, these snappy RPG adventures can be finished relatively quickly, but will stick with you for life

Best List

A group of soldiers at a camping site looking at Henry during the RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

The 10 best first-person RPGs to play in 2026

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 22 April 26

Best List From Skyrim to Cyberpunk 2077, discover the best first-person RPGs to play right now with our curated list

Best List

Maruder leader Obin threatens to cut off one of the player's fingers with a big knife, in Tides of Tomorrow

Tides of Tomorrow is a watery, plastic apocalypse take on Fallout that's more about story choices than RPG numbers

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 22 April 26

Now Playing Now Playing | Big, decisive moments of choice make this end-of-the-world adventure feel like Fallout without the RPG

Now Playing

A group of blue fairies block the view of a billboard that says Titanium Court, each with expressive faces including the lead who peers over sunglasses

Titanium Court review: "Balatro meets Blue Prince in this roguelike match-three RTS that's been massaging my brain"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 22 April 26

Review

Eyla talks to the player in a colorful, collapsed structure in Tides of Tomorrow

Tides of Tomorrow review: "Your choices in this microplastics apocalypse are shaped by other players"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 21 April 26

Review

Star Wars: Galactic Racer – The Big Preview

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 17 April 26

Big Preview Big Preview | Lucasfilm and Fuse Games on tackling Star Wars' iconic locales to craft the ultimate sci-fi tracks, the allure of podracing, and more

Big Preview

Noah holds the rim of his diving suit and screams, bubbles spewing forth, as a tentacled monster stares at him from behind in key art for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, cropped for use as a header image

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss review: "This Lovecraftian horror challenges my detective skills in the best ways"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 16 April 26

Review

A crocodile skeleton in a suit sits in front of a curved piano in Moves of the Diamond Hand

Moves of the Diamond Hand is my favorite dice-rolling RPG since Disco Elysium, and it's somehow even weirder

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 13 April 26

Now Playing Now Playing | This wonderfully weird RPG is like if Deus Ex collided with a clown car

Now Playing

Santana uses CAPTCHA on Mesa's face in Prove You're Human

"The real world is always way more dank than we anticipate," Prove You're Human's creative director tells me

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 10 April 26

Interview Interview | Sunset Visitor's Remy Siu talks AI in sci-fi, CAPTCHA as a game mechanic, and tackling FMV in Prove You're Human

Interview

Mesa, a face on a robotic arm, side-eyes the camera in Prove You're Human

Some of the best writers making games today decided to form a publisher "an hour" after a call

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 9 April 26

News Black Tabby Publishing exists because Slay the Princess "made a lot of money"

News

Key art for Neopets: Mega Mini-Games Collection - The Neopian Arcade Odyssey showing colorful creatures against a blue background

This Neopets mini-game collection proves it's actually good to preserve bad games

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 2 April 26

Now Playing Now Playing | Neopets: Mega Mini-Games Collection offers something beyond janky revivals of online Flash games – it's a portal to my own past that's been a joy to revisit

Now Playing

Key art for Life is Strange: Reunion showing Max and Chloe standing together looking serious as Max reaches out her hand to use her time powers - the background is Caledon University in fall, overlaid with a polaroid photograph of it in flames

Life is Strange: Reunion review: "Confused storytelling dilutes the joy of Chloe and rewind's return"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Last updated 30 March 26

Review

Saros: The Big Preview – Hands-on and developer access with PS5's roguelike game-changer

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Last updated 30 March 26

Big Preview The Big Preview | The eclipse clears on our new gameplay and Housemarque interview access as we dig into your next PS5 must-play

Big Preview

Key art for Darwin's Paradox showing blue octopus Darwin leaping out of the ocean, pursued by flying saucers and an angry seagull

Darwin's Paradox review: "This octopus adventure feels gleefully XBLA-core, which is both a strength and a weakness"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 30 March 26

Review

Saros aims for bite-sized 30-minute runs, and the cool-off makes you "ready for another", its game designer tells me

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 29 March 26

Big Preview Big Preview | With permanent progression and shorter runs, Saros is all about bringing bite-sized tension and release to as many players as possible

Big Preview

Arjun blasts through the Ancient Depths in Saros, an abandoned, mechanical mining environment, while avoiding orbal energy blasts, with the orange GamesRadar+ Big Preview frame

7 reasons why Saros has me hooked on its eclipse-powered roguelike runs

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 29 March 26

Big Preview Big Preview | Housemarque has given me plenty of reasons to touch down on Carcosa

Big Preview

Saros' world-altering eclipse "has both a gameplay and narrative purpose", and it's already pulling me back in

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 28 March 26

Big Preview Big Preview | Saros lead game designer Abebe Tinari and narrative designer Khalil Osaimi tell me the secrets of this roguelike's mysterious eclipse

Big Preview

Saros will "tempt you to do tricky things", its game designer tells me about its aggressive, creative shield combat

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 27 March 26

Big Preview Big Preview | Saros' shield reminds me of Crazy Taxi: "I was playing it two weeks ago!" says lead game designer Abebe Tinari

Big Preview

3 hours in, Saros is a triumph for PS5 – this twitchy sci-fi roguelike shooter perfectly evolves on Returnal

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 26 March 26

Big Preview Big Preview | Housemarque's sci-fi roguelike "bullet ballet" puts you under pressure, while giving you the tools to smash its shapeshifting world of terror right back

Big Preview

Kliff draws his sword against the GamesRadar On The Radar hub image orange backdrop

On the Radar with Crimson Desert – adventuring through this ambitious and massive open world

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 24 March 26

On the Radar On the Radar | Crimson Desert is a huge game that's making a huge impact, and we've been digging deep into all it has to offer

On the Radar

A screenshot of the Steam Spring sale 2026 banner, featuring a blue dragon and a cartoon chicken pulling on its tail.

Here's the 10 best Steam Spring Sale games I recommend picking up so far

By Emma-Jane Betts Published 20 March 26

Best List I've spent eight hours exploring the Steam Spring Sale with our Games Editor, and these are the 10 best games on discount I'd recommend so far

Best List

The player raises their fist as it glows blue in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

10 best Monster Hunter games of all-time, ranked

By Alan Wen Last updated 13 March 26

Best List With Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections now out, we carve up the best Monster games in the franchise you can play right now

Best List

The GamesRadar+ On The Radar header for Resident Evil Requiem, showing Grace looking over her shoulder against the branded background

On the Radar with Resident Evil Requiem – surviving 30 years of horror with this action-packed series celebration

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Last updated 9 March 26

On the Radar | Cracking open the Resident Evil Requiem briefcase to dive into its best moments, scariest situations, and what it means for the future of survival horror

Resident Evil

The player takes a selfie - from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's entry in The Story of Pokemon bookazine

These five Pokemon Sword and Shield features helped to open up this RPG series forever, ushering in a new era

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 7 March 26

Features 30 Years of Pokemon | How Pokemon's ninth generation served up a new flavor of freedom for Game Freak's monster catcher

Features

A Gigantamax Machamp appears - from Pokemon Sword and Shield's entry in The Story of Pokemon bookazine

These five Pokemon Sword and Shield features made huge changes, taking the RPG series from handheld to the big screen

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 6 March 26

Features 30 Years of Pokemon | How Pokemon's eighth generation battled home consoles thanks to the jump to Nintendo Switch

Features

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