Willa Rowe is a queer games critic based in New York City whose writing has been featured in Endless Mode, Digital Trends, Kotaku, and more. She also hosts the Girl Mode podcast. When she isn’t talking games she can be found on Bluesky bemoaning the state of the New York Mets.
Latest articles by Willa Rowe

Rumors of a new Wario game grow ahead of tomorrow's Nintendo Direct
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News An Ocarina of Time remake pales in comparison to Wario

The Weeknd saw the Persona 6 announcement and played Persona 4 Revival before any of us
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News It should've been me

3 years after releasing one of the best indie JRPGs, Sea of Stars devs roll out the "final update" and tease a new game
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News "We hope that you’re all looking forward to a new adventure."

Don't expect Uncharted creator Amy Hennig's Marvel game anytime soon, Paramount Games Studio head says
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News “I don't think it'll be 2026.”

Nier creator Yoko Taro swoons over Gundam Rogue Orbit, says he wouldn't be confident enough to create anything cooler
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News This from the man who is helping create the new Evangelion series

All hail the real game of the show for Xbox: this anime-inspired life sim with some of the best art around
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News Friendship with Gears of War ended, now Vivarium is my best friend

Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution "are not timed exclusives," Xbox says
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News Exclusives are so back

Persona 4 Revival finally gets a release date, and boy does it look good
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News Tune into the Midnight Channel again next February.

As God of War Laufey puts Kratos to one side, a lead hopes "we can keep telling stories about everybody going forward"
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News Faye may be here to stay

Devs behind long-awaited survival game with 1.2 million Steam wishlists warn players to make sure it's for them before playing as "expectations can grow very quickly"
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News "Is Solarpunk for you?"

Indie devs behind viral fishing game say "AI slop" clones helped promote the real thing
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News Imitation is the greatest form of flattery

Zack Fair has an even bigger role in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, series director Naoki Hamaguchi says
By Willa Rowe published
News Could he get a happy ending?

Final Fantasy wizard predicted the title of the third entry, Revelation, 4 years ago
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News The gift of prophecy, but at what cost?

The Wolf Among Us 2 finally releases in 2027, with a remaster of the original due out this holiday season
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News The Big Bad Wolf is back in town.

Cuphead devs announce two new games: a hand-animated successor, and an 8-bit throwback
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News Two announcements for the price of one.

God of War's Cory Barlog has been planning Faye's story for a decade, says Laufey director
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News The spinoff has been in the works for a long time

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and the Star Wars game from former Uncharted lead Amy Hennig are still alive
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News The dream of an Amy Hennig Star Wars game isn't dead yet

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's new update is loaded with JRPG references
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News Game (of the year) recognizes game

Warframe is set to break its all-time player count on Steam with latest The Old Peace update, soaring close to 180,000
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News The twelve-year-old game shows no signs of slowing down

Larian wears the trademark application that spoiled its Divinity reveal like a badge of honor – can we get T-shirts next?
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News You can't accuse the developer of not having a sense of humor

Tomb Raider Catalyst and Legacy of Atlantis introduce Lara's new voice, who you've probably heard in Cyberpunk 2077
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News Alex Wilton Regan steps into the iconic role

Resident Evil 2 lead Hideki Kamiya gets sucked into hot uncle Leon fawning
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News Congrats, you thirsted so hard Leon's dad saw it

Star Wars Galactic Racer lets you speed across a galaxy far far away, coming 2026
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News Now this is not podracing
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