Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.
Latest articles by Austin Wood

"It's important that our game doesn't just feel like FromSoftware": Lords of the Fallen 2 dev says what Soulslikes miss
By Austin Wood published
News "Every Soulslike needs to have that feeling"

"You are wrong" and Fallout: New Vegas was absolutely ripped apart at launch, says Obsidian's Josh Sawyer
By Austin Wood published
News "There was another game that sold very well at launch that did not review amazingly"

Stardew Valley-inspired life sim dev "working with Valve" to remove "all fake reviews - positive and negative"
By Austin Wood published
News The Starsand Island devs "are disheartened to see the obviously fake positive reviews"

Highguard was "doomed," says indie veteran, and "now you have a developer still unable to believe they made a bad game"
By Austin Wood published
News "All it took was one trailer for an average gamer to understand this was doomed to fail"

PUBG company announces open-world action RPG that looks like Black Myth: Wukong meets Dynasty Warriors
By Austin Wood published
News Nobody was prepared for Project Windless

Marathon server slam announced, open preview weekend starts February 26 as Bungie prepares for March launch
By Austin Wood published
News Marathon open beta weekend coming this month

Ghost of Yotei Legends DLC brings 4-player co-op and the demonic Yotei Six to Sucker Punch's open-world game next month
By Austin Wood published
News The big Ghost of Yotei DLC is free for all players

"There's no way this will flop": Laid-off Highguard dev says internal sentiment was high "but then the trailer came out"
By Austin Wood published
News "Soon, if this pattern continues, all that will be left are corporations, at least in the multiplayer space"

Lionhead "had a pitch document" for Fable 4, says Peter Molyneux: "It was the thought of moving through time"
By Austin Wood published
News Fable 4 could even have been a steampunk adventure

Accused of forging Steam reviews to boost their hit anime life sim, devs claim they're innocent and confused
By Austin Wood published
News Starsand Island launches with a bizarre controversy weighing it down

Hollow Knight: Silksong community crosses 4 weeks cheering a mad lad fighting Savage Beastfly with ungodly custom rules
By Austin Wood published
News "Must do day's Silksongdle puzzles"

"I'm not slamming FromSoftware," says Lords of the Fallen 2 dev, but CI Games' RPG has "more drives to experiment"
By Austin Wood published
News Which way, Soulslike fan?

Soulslike action RPG Lords of the Fallen 2 is on the "same journey" as the Batman Arkham games, dev says
By Austin Wood published
News Lords of the Fallen 2 looks to refine the formula of the first, fun-but-flawed game

"I could see $1,000": Steam Machine is "a PC with console benefits," analyst says, "next Xbox" will be "just like it"
By Austin Wood published
News Valve's living room box faces major production challenges this year

"I think Speranza is heavily underutilized": Arc Raiders boss wants to see more social elements, eyes the main city
By Austin Wood published
News Embark is looking at ways to make both PvE and PvP more fun

With Ubisoft's dire finances working against it, famously AAAA game Skull and Bones celebrates Year 2
By Austin Wood published
News Skull and Bones is, against all odds, still ticking

Genshin Impact dev sues leaker behind beloved HomDGcat wiki, who allegedly shrugged off a cease-and-desist letter
By Austin Wood published
News HomDGcat is one of the biggest Honkai: Star Rail and Genshin Impact leak sources

Dev says "false DMCA" from Microsoft got their sandbox game removed from Steam over apparent Minecraft copyright
By Austin Wood published
News "Beloved Minecraft character birch tree"

Arc Raiders goes full-friendly PvE tomorrow with new Shared Watch event: "Team up with strangers"
By Austin Wood published
News Word of a dedicated PvE mode was greatly exaggerated

"It would've been impossible to make a good game": MindsEye CEO and Rockstar vet blamed for impossible design demands
By Austin Wood published
News Not a lot of good news coming from Build A Rocket Boy

Arc Raiders boss says he'll "apologize" to Italy's Stella Montis hotel after it's flooded with reviews from players
By Austin Wood published
News Sorry, Stella Montis

Discord will age-lock your account next month and you'll have to submit an ID or accept a face scan to unlock it
By Austin Wood published
News "We'll find other ways to bring users back," said product policy head, acknowledging the odds of users leaving Discord

Nioh 3 hides game-changing settings deep in the options menu, and I'm begging you to try auto-loot and extra items
By Austin Wood published
News Nioh 3 type B controls are also worth a look
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