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

Why Pragmata disappeared for 6 years, and how Capcom built a new IP while the industry imploded
By Austin Wood published
Features Interview | Pragmata director Yonghee Cho's trip to the moon

13 years in, Old School RuneScape is winning the war against MMO bots
By Austin Wood published
News "The Day the Bots Disappeared," cry OSRS players

Former Destiny 2 boss won't say "Destiny 1 remaster," but suggests it might not be a good idea
By Austin Wood published
News "Opportunity costs are high if you are people or cash constrained"

Pragmata leads love when you say it feels like a PS3 game, because that was a great time for games
By Austin Wood published
News "Honestly, it's a huge compliment"

Don't expect a Witcher 4 expansion: CDPR says "it would be difficult" to make extra content
By Austin Wood published
News The Witcher 5 and 6 hopefully won't be too far behind

One Bloodborne player has spent 3,500 hours helping people with one of FromSoftware's hardest bosses
By Austin Wood published
News The Orphan of Kos had it coming

Destiny 2's final update sounds so good that it just makes the game's death hurt even more
By Austin Wood published
News All-new Distortion events brings welcome change to Destiny's open world

Viral dev tells players "don't buy this game" on Steam yet because it's about to go on sale
By Austin Wood published
News "Save a couple bucks for a coffee or a compressed air duster for your keyboard"

An artist from some of my favorite Japanese games spent 6 years on a mountain making a D&D RPG
By Austin Wood published
News "No generative AI was used at any stage."

"Of course" the director of Pragmata would love a sequel, but he's "not the only one who decides"
By Austin Wood published
News "Please don't take that line out of context," adds Pragmata producer

Shrugging off a Steam review bomb after Destiny 2 ends, Marathon tries its best in Season 2 reveal
By Austin Wood published
News Marathon Season 2: Nightfall brings a new map and Runner shell

Warframe leads join fans mourning Destiny 2: "There is no Warframe without the legacy of Bungie"
By Austin Wood published
News "I am saying goodbye to the only lasting pillar I had to look up to."

After 7 years in development, an amazing single-player FPS just hit Steam and consoles
By Austin Wood published
News Luna Abyss is finally out

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is playing the Elden Ring DLC as we speak, it appears
By Austin Wood published
News Not even the fabled Drip Inspector could complain

The 25 best roguelike games to play right now
By James Bentley, Austin Wood last updated
Best List Try, die, and try again in the best roguelikes to play right now, from Hades 2 to Blue Prince

Former Destiny 2 writer says "it turns out the real Destiny killer" was CEO Pete Parsons
By Austin Wood published
News Parsons departed Bungie last year following years of criticism

Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update
By Austin Wood published
News The Final Shape will remain final

The next Helldivers 2 Legendary Warbond is Warhammer 40,000, which is kind of perfect
By Austin Wood published
News Game recognizes game

The 25 best Metroidvania games you can play in 2026
By Austin Wood, Malindy Hetfeld last updated
Best List From combat to platforming, here are the best Metroidvanias to play in 2026

Subnautica 2 adding "better callouts for Silver" in first patch as players struggle to find any
By Austin Wood published
News Have you seen my silver?

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced "ranks among the best titles in the franchise" for pre-orders
By Austin Wood published
News The pirate remake is off to a strong start, it seems

"Defending yourself is no longer treated the same as starting a fight," Arc Raiders devs say of PvP
By Austin Wood published
News Time for some Arc Raiders matchmaking Mythbusters

Arc Raiders devs see everyone just uses the Survivor augment, buff "underperforming" options
By Austin Wood published
News Two augments get a welcome boost
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