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

Sony has topped a generational run of self-owns by abandoning Hideo Kojima's next Metal Gear
By Austin Wood Published
Features All the live services are coming home to roost

A month after buying EA, Saudi Arabia is reportedly looking to merge EA into a new mega-corporation
By Austin Wood Published
News EA could be paired with mobile giant Scopely under Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games

ChatGPT employee makes a "RuneScape clone," immediately gets slapped by Jagex lawyers
By Austin Wood Published
News Elderwood died as it lived: quickly

Tired of digital, more people are buying physical media: CD sales are up 58%, says new report
By Austin Wood Published
News Younger generations have shown increasing interest in discs

4,000 hours into Elden Ring, streamer commissions a custom mod so he can beat it another 726 times
By Austin Wood Published
News Every last weapon, spell, and skill must be tested

Palworld lead worries Steam early access "lost its meaning," players treat it as "a normal game"
By Austin Wood Published
News "It's getting harder on Steam, sadly"

Light No Fire shows signs of life: No Man's Sky Cosmos uses shared tech, teases huge alliances
By Austin Wood Published
News "All of this is tech we get to test now"

No Man's Sky Cosmos update says screw it, build your own space station and destroy "space hulks"
By Austin Wood Published
News You can also form player alliances to conquer the stars

"Most people wanted" to make The Elder Scrolls 6 after Fallout 4, says Skyrim co-lead
By Austin Wood Published
News Fallout 76 also ended up eating a lot of Bethesda's time

Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake release date set for November as Nintendo joins GTA 6 in the fall
By Austin Wood Published
News Nintendo and Rockstar fill out the fall

Palworld 1.1 is "something players have been screaming at us to do" after "soft prologue" of 1.0
By Austin Wood Published
News Palworld 1.1 has a surprise in store

Court sentences Old School RuneScape dev who stole players' gold and "banked more than £364,829"
By Austin Wood Published
News Mod Jed, accused of hacking players and selling their gold, pled guilty

Bungie's studio is up for sublease after heavy layoffs, which doesn't bode well
By Austin Wood Published
News Bungie is "exploring options" to sublease its Bellevue headquarters

Guild Wars 3 wants to solve every MMO's biggest problem and might actually pull it off
By Austin Wood Published
News Will we finally see the fabled approachable MMO?

Microsoft invents new level of 'own nothing and like it': 15 hours of playtime a month on Xbox cloud
By Austin Wood Published
News We're bringing game rentals back with help from the monkey's paw

Hidetaka Miyazaki says he has no idea why people think "I have a bit of a thing for feet"
By Austin Wood Published
News I'm just saying, I can imagine why

Final Fantasy Resonance, the JRPG I've wanted for nearly a decade, gets a surprise demo today
By Austin Wood Published
News Final Fantasy Resonance demo arrives ahead of October release date

This is your last chance to buy a Switch 2 before Nintendo raises prices to $500
By Austin Wood Published
News A Nintendo Switch 2 price hike hits in September

Capcom delivers its fourth hit of the year with Onimusha: Way of the Sword reviews beating Pragmata
By Austin Wood Published
News Onimusha reviews are looking bright

CD Projekt Red offers to help after police reports are filed at Gamescom over stolen dev equipment
By Austin Wood Published
News "No choom should have to start from zero."

Stellar Blade and Lies of P "made developers in Korea take up the challenge for console games"
By Austin Wood Published
News "And we have Crimson Desert now as well"

People don't understand Steam player numbers, Palworld lead says: "Poor Marathon"
By Austin Wood Published
News "Not to dog on SteamDB, because I love those guys"

Persona 4 Revival boss knows you want to romance Yosuke, but "that is a lot of work"
By Austin Wood Published
News Scrapped gay romance won't be revived in Persona 4 Revival
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