Austin Wood
Austin freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree, and he's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize that his position as a senior writer is just a cover up for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a focus on news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.
Latest articles by Austin Wood
Stellar Blade puts Eve in some incredibly stupid sexy outfits that hurt the game's story, but despite the forced sex appeal I actually love her detailed design
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feature Opinion | Sex appeal doesn't have to be a random bikini
Stellar Blade review: "A good action-RPG that I enjoyed a lot despite several issues"
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Review
Hades 2 gets a huge gameplay stream out of nowhere: devs reveal new features, characters, Boons, and more in the roguelike sequel ahead of its technical test
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news Hades 2 dev Supergiant abruptly shares a boatload of live gameplay
As it goes gold, Stellar Blade dev says "many people felt we were out of our mind" for trying to make a full-fat action RPG in Korea's mobile-dominated market
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news "Getting to work on a AAA game in Korea is quite a rare feat," says one developer
This Metroidvania had my curiosity after boasting of an Elden Ring-sized map, now it has my attention after showing off some slick JRPG and Soulslike elements
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news Fallen Tear: The Ascension looks like a whole bunch of stuff that I love
The Helldivers 2 dev asked players about its new Warbond and worst guns, and after 25,000 responses folks overwhelmingly agree that they both need a little something
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news The first Helldivers 2 Discord player poll sends a clear message after a few hours
"I may need your help": Japanese visual novel publisher goofs too close to the sun by saying one anime girl plushie made more money in 28 hours than its past 28 years of games
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news JAST is not actually rebranding to Dave's Fumo Emporium, though it is tempting
After EA kicked it down Steam out of nowhere, indie crafting game finds success despite being "a terrible idea for a profit-generating game" according to its own dev
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feature Interview | Potions: A Curious Tale is out of the red despite unforeseen launch struggles
Are we sure Star Wars Outlaws is a Ubisoft game? Its director says there are no map towers to climb out in the open world
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news It sounds like we'll just, you know, explore instead
The "infinite ammo, never reload" Helldivers 2 loadout has made fighting the Automatons so much more fun that I can never go back
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feature Opinion | Have you met our lord and savior LAS-16?
Destiny 2: The Final Shape suddenly looks like the coolest thing to ever happen to the MMO thanks to a new Prismatic subclass and Exotics designed to break the game
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feature Opinion | Bungie is taking the kid gloves off once and for all
One of 2018's greatest roguelikes is finally getting a sequel, and its expanded 4-player online co-op looks fantastic
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news Wizard of Legend 2 is back with more magic dungeon-crawling
My most-anticipated open-world game looks better with each new trailer: Hyper Light Breaker shows off a fiery boss ahead of the roguelike's summer launch
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news The Hyper Light universe is expanding, and man does it look cool
And so, I return to one of my favorite roguelikes for the millionth time: Risk of Rain 2 is getting a free update, and its next DLC continues to look great
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news The Devotion update is an appetizer before Seekers of the Storm
Slay the Spire 2 announced, the roguelike card game that spawned countless deck builders gets a gorgeous and expanded sequel in 2025 with new class Necrobinder
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news The king of roguelike deck builders returns in Slay the Spire 2
"We want it to feel a little broken": The Final Shape lights Destiny 2 on fire with a new subclass combining all abilities and 2-in-1 Exotics with random rolls
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news Every build in Destiny 2 may well be replaced by Prismatic
Looks like Battlefield is finally returning to "single-player experiences," and EA brought in the Dead Space Remake devs to help get it right
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news Devs from Motive join DICE for "connected multiplayer experiences and single-player"
Holy Grail NES Castlevania sells for over $90,000, losing bidder predicts "a $250K flip" but the buyer says he wanted "the first game my mom ever bought me"
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news "The search is over after 23 years"
Helldivers 2 rocked by "rogue item" promising new Stratagems, dev tells players to avoid "Catalog Expansion" upgrade or who knows what could happen
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news I'm honestly not sure if this is a leak, a bug, cut content, or a teaser – but probably a bug
The latest unexpected Steam hit is a $3 must-play and it may still hit greater heights after nearly 7,000 glowing reviews as the dev looks to add multiplayer
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news Buckshot Roulette is an ingenious, tabletop-esque experience
After 13 years, one of my favorite romance anime is miraculously getting a new season on Netflix – and the first trailer is so good it hurts
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news Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You is back with a season 3
What's next for Honkai Impact 3rd, the Genshin Impact dev's original hit RPG: Girl friends, aerial combat, and a "point of entry for newcomers" after 7 years of lore
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feature Interview | Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2 is a comprehensive update for a surprisingly old game
After 11 years, Minecraft's biggest MMO is tackling the genre's biggest problem: making enough endgame content when MMO players always want more
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feature Wynncraft faces the same challenge as giants like World of Warcraft