Austin Wood

Austin Wood

Senior writer

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

Refund This Game screenshot showing orange flag on a checkered orb
After Valve was criticized, devs back Steam's refund policy by creating 2-hour game Refund This Game

By Austin Wood Published

News "Feel free to refund the game after"

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Arc Raiders character in blue motorcycle helmet with black visor and mask
Arc Raiders devs had the same debates as players over PvE, but "dad gamers" pushed them to try it

By Austin Wood Published

News If you're not sure about Arc Raiders PvE mode, well, so are the devs

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Tim Sweeney in a black jacket
Epic's bulletproof plan to outdo Steam: "We vibe coded the Epic Games Launcher"

By Austin Wood Published

News Epic claims it's now 1.8x faster than Steam on launcher startup

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GTA 6
Rockstar wins without doing anything as GTA 6 leaker Cyberleek retreats after meme coin crashes

By Austin Wood Published

News Grand Theft Auto leak farce comes to an end once again

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Old School RuneScape Smite collab
One MMO player spent 6,572 hours setting a new world record – about 30% of the last 4 waking years

By Austin Wood Published

News Old School RuneScape crowns a new king of pets

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Destiny 1 early development screenshot showing blue Titan holding an assault rifle
New Bungie boss casually shares Destiny 1 running on PC at 60 FPS in 4K thanks to fan project

By Austin Wood Published

News "The goal is to keep a game that depended on retired online services playable"

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Old School RuneScape
"He was one of us": Unexpected tributes to RJ Mitte from MMO fans after Breaking Bad star dies

By Austin Wood Published

News Mitte said he'd maxed his RuneScape account and several World of Warcraft characters

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Grand Theft Auto
Designer who "fixed" Grand Theft Auto's driving releases a "remaster" of it

By Austin Wood Published

News "I wrote a 2D physics simulation which later became the basis of the vehicle system in the eventually popular game 'Grand Theft Auto'"

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Gears of War: E-Day
Gears of War E-Day sold just 62k copies on Xbox versus 1.7 million Game Pass players, analyst says

By Austin Wood Published

News But that "undersells the paying audience" of 722k Game Pass premium edition buyers

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Arc Raiders character in olive jacket
Will PvE mode split Arc Raiders in two? "It's very possible," says executive producer

By Austin Wood Published

News "I think there's a lot of valid concerns" around an Arc Raiders PvE mode, says lead dev

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Two Wardogs developers sitting on a gray couch
Wardogs Season 2 will pay people to join blue team to fix its "notoriously lower win rate"

By Austin Wood Published

News Season 2 also changes blue spawns and uniforms, and limits team switching

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Arc Raiders Frozen Trail screenshots of new player armor
Arc Raiders hasn't had player counts like this in months: Steam flies past 125,000

By Austin Wood Published

News Are we back?

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Crimson Desert warrior holding and looking at an unrolled map
Crimson Desert reviews were lower than user score due to "reviewing period" limitation, suggests CEO

By Austin Wood Published

News Pearl Abyss Europe CEO says Crimson Desert's magic is off the beaten path

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Arc Raiders player holding grenade launcher
Arc Raiders Frozen Trail patch notes are full of sentences that players have dreamed of for a year

By Austin Wood Published

News "Max Stash Size increased by 2 new levels"

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Arc Raiders character in cutscene with pensive expression
Arc Raiders lead encourages players to "take a break and play some other games" if out of content

By Austin Wood Last updated

News "I played tons of Valheim when it came out, and now I came back and I'm playing 1.0"

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Arc Raiders player in skull helmet with blue lens eyes
Arc Raiders lead says Steam player count discourse doesn't feel great, but Embark "accepted" it

By Austin Wood Published

News "You have to stick to your guns a bit"

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Old School RuneScape dev Mod Kieren in yellow shirt on RuneFest stage
After accidentally killing players and deleting billions, Old School RuneScape devs rush out a fix

By Austin Wood Published

News Impacted OSRS players had their items restored, thankfully

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Key art for Star Wars Zero Company, cropped to focus in on a blue alien
Star Wars Zero Company studio is "returning" furloughed developers after "incredible response"

By Austin Wood Published

News "We look forward to sharing more updates regarding Bit Reactor and Zero Company"

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Protagonist Carl "CJ" Johnson walking out of a house in GTA San Andreas with Melvin Harris (Big Smoke), Lance Wilson (Ryder), and Sean Johnson (Sweet)
Long before GTA 6, Rockstar turned a Clair Obscur Expedition 33-sized budget into $600 million

By Austin Wood Published

News Grand Theft Auto's Hot Coffee controversy impacted its sales, too

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Xbox hardware blowout view
Xbox Helix is seemingly pulling a Steam Deck, CEO discusses devices for players "on the go"

By Austin Wood Published

News Microsoft isn't making another console, it's making a whole "family" of Xbox hardware

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RuneScape screenshot of a knight in steel armor
RuneScape devs apologize for plan to reset and divide the MMO with Reignited servers

By Austin Wood Published

News "We are re-evaluating RuneScape Reignited," says Jagex after players revolt

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GTA 6 Ultimate Edition screenshot, showing Lucia getting her nails done in a salon while wearing sunglasses, a striped top, hoop earrings, and a ponytail
PlayStation Store credit deal brings GTA 6's $100 Ultimate Edition down to normal game price

By Austin Wood Published

News PlayStation Store gift cards are available at a rare discount

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Lie of Caelum: Spirit art showing anime girl with sharpened teeth and pink hair
This JRPG sounded great, but then I learned how it was made, and now it sounds impossible

By Austin Wood Published

News A turn-based RPG "inspired by Xenogears and Phantasy Star"

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Elden Ring
Baldur's Gate 3 and Elden Ring are "North Stars" for Tencent as it eyes next Larian or FromSoftware

By Austin Wood Published

News "It was Demon's Souls into Dark Souls into Bloodborne and then finally into Elden Ring"

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake screenshot of Link on horseback
A dying man's quest to finish the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake

By Austin Wood Published

News The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is especially meaningful to one player

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LATEST ARTICLES
  1. If you're not sure about Arc Raiders PvE mode, well, so are the devs
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    Arc Raiders devs had the same debates players are currently having over PvE mode, but the "dad gamers" pushed them to try it anyway
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    Hidden content made Baldur's Gate 3 special, but Fallout co-creator worries RPGs are ditching secrets because "nobody thinks people will find things on their own"
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    Paul Bettany says it was "really fun" to tap into a more ruthless version of Vision in VisionQuest
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    As if you needed another reminder of why GTA 6 took so long, it has a realistic sweat system that makes Jason and Lucia perspire based on how hard they dance
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    Xbox just announced its brand-new controller, and it's far from the pro pad we all expected

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