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

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"

News
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"

News
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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Screenshot of RuneScape Dragon Slayer 2 showing AI-generated knight design
RuneScape devs take down trailer, apologize to players for gen AI after promising not to use gen AI

By Austin Wood Published

News Reborn MMO RuneScape's Dragon Slayer 2 trailer didn't even try to hide it

News
Satya Nadella in a black shirt
Amid mass Xbox layoffs, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the "streamlining" is "great to see"

By Austin Wood Published

News The Xbox reset under new CEO Asha Sharma has seen thousands of jobs eliminated

News
Xbox hardware blowout view
"An Xbox that's only good for launching Steam is like subsidizing Valve's cash," says Microsoft vet

By Austin Wood Published

News Project Helix has to be an Xbox, not a third-party publishing device

News
Hollow Knight: Silksong
The 25 best Metroidvania games you can play right now

By Austin Wood, Malindy Hetfeld Last updated

Best List Don't backtrack on the best Metroidvanias to download and play today, from Hollow Knight to Metroid Prime

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Best List
Steam calendar four by three grid of multiple games
"Steam is on an absolute historic run": Valve quietly made a huge change that's helping game devs

By Austin Wood Published

News "Steam is the best-in-class store experience and only getting better"

News
Asha Sharma in black sweater
At Xbox, "the only concrete thing they have communicated is they want higher profits," says id dev

By Austin Wood Published

News Xbox is down thousands of employees and struggling to release games

News
Drawing of Discord monkey crying and giving a thumbs up
Discord admits it's taking gambling sponsors, rushes to fix "extremely popular age assurance update"

By Austin Wood Published

News Discord users have seen ads from the likes of sports betting app FanDuel

News
Arc Raiders character grimacing
Arc Raiders will finally let players unlock weapons and items without hunting down blueprints

By Austin Wood Published

News Frozen Trail update addresses one of the oldest RNG complaints

News
Genshin Impact fae character Vesna making a peace sign
Genshin Impact's new character Vesna is one of the best 5-stars I've seen in 6 years of this game

By Austin Wood Published

News Genshin Impact 7.1 star Vesna is a game-changer

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Geralt frowning, looking at a fire
CD Projekt Red releases new Witcher 3 Remastered footage side-by-side, and oh no, it looks worse

By Austin Wood Published

News Geralt looks great, but everything else?

News
Arc Raiders Frozen Trail screenshots of new player armor
Arc Raiders is adding a battle pass with a paid tier, Embark says don't panic

By Austin Wood Published

News The new Arc Raiders Frozen Trail Reward Pass also has a free tier

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Arc Raiders Frozen Trail screenshots of new player armor
Arc Raiders is adding "weapon amplification" in Frozen Trail to customize weapons for PvP or PvE

By Austin Wood Published

News Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update lets you put a scope on a Renegade

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Arc Raiders executive producer in white shirt
Frozen Trail is a "2.0" moment for Arc Raiders: "Almost feels like we're shipping the game again"

By Austin Wood Published

News "We haven't really set the dates for our next update yet, but we have planned it out"

News
Halo: Campaign Evolved cinematic trailer screenshot of Master Chief behind soldier with visor
Halo cinematic director "promoted and laid off in the same week" amid sweeping Xbox layoffs

By Austin Wood Published

News This Xbox reset feels more like a shutdown

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Halo: Campaign Evolved trailer screenshot of old general wincing
After Microsoft's latest bloodbath, former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra offers "props to Xbox"

By Austin Wood Published

News "The best news in a decade plus," Ybarra says of Halo

News
Dear Passengers screenshot showing big-eyed character squinting
A developer with no games on Steam now has the store's third-most-wishlisted game

By Austin Wood Published

News Ukraine dev Flexus's comedy co-op game Dear Passengers has a huge following

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Stellar Blade screenshot showing Eve in Bayonetta skin
Stellar Blade boss offers to help PlatinumGames make Bayonetta 4

By Austin Wood Published

News Hyung-tae Kim hopes to collaborate with Platinum again

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