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

The Skyrim-inspired username "fus_ro_dah" was used as evidence to imprison an innocent man
By Austin Wood Published
News "His conviction rested on the internet username being attributed to him," an appeal decision reads

Xbox just had its worst quarter in years
By Austin Wood Published
News Xbox is down over $1.6 billion for the year

Two devs made a game in 4 months, now it's made $360,000 in 24 hours as Steam's 15th best-seller
By Austin Wood Published
News Sir, we have a hit on our hands

Soulslike RPG Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is getting a sequel from its original director's new studio
By Austin Wood Published
News 505 Games will return to publish Wuchang 2

Devs spent 9 years, starting in "my parents' basement," making a Nier Automata-esque action game
By Austin Wood Published
News Magical girls will save us

Facing a 17% review score on Steam, survival game dev promises to add a way to, uh, save the game
By Austin Wood Published
News "Yesterday was the launch of my game. It did not go as I hoped for"

After escaping Xbox, Double Fine lays off 23 people for "the survival of our studio"
By Dustin Bailey Published
News "The people we are losing were all important"

After Clair Obscur Expedition 33, Sandfall is "going to go a bit crazy" with its next game
By Austin Wood Published
News "Expedition 33 was quite a long project too"

Arc Raiders makes it official: "Only the PvP fights players choose to initiate" impact aggression
By Austin Wood Published
News Players loved the last change like this, Embark says

The new open-world RPG climbing Steam is the biggest surprise since Crimson Desert
By Austin Wood Published
News It's even got its own AI controversy

Sony's latest PR masterstroke is promoting vinyl records as it kills PlayStation discs
By Austin Wood Published
News Fans are, you will be surprised to hear, not happy

Xbox is down, just days after PlayStation outage, and it affects both digital and "disc-based" games
By Austin Wood Published
News Xbox sign-in, store, library, apps, and game launch are all affected

In the history of games, I don't think anyone pulled off the feat of the coolest new game on Steam
By Austin Wood Published
News The art of Scarlet Deer Inn is hard to believe

Games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Peak will help the industry escape its "fear," say experts
By Austin Wood Published
News "Courage is a consistent factor of most hit titles," says Rami Ismail

The PlayStation Store and Network are chugging – a good sign for Sony's all-digital, no-disc future
By Austin Wood Published
News The PlayStation Store is chugging for many users

Amazon games boss hopes Steam Machine and console prices will drive more people to cloud gaming
By Austin Wood Published
News "The sheer cost of buying dedicated hardware" could make the cloud more competitive

Ubisoft CEO says ditching physical "helped" PC, PlayStation ending discs won't "disturb" industry
By Austin Wood Published
News A digital-only future could bring console prices down, Ubisoft CEO expects

Xbox adds advertisements to games in "ad-supported" streaming trial
By Austin Wood Published
News "Ads will play before sessions begin," Microsoft says

13-year-old video of a Pokemon fan game cited in Nintendo patent rejection is being celebrated
By Austin Wood Published
News Pokemon: Generations returns

Activision admits Call of Duty matchmaking used to be better, gives Black Ops 7 a "classic" update
By Austin Wood Published
News "There are many elements of those experiences that players appreciate"

Valve just made two big changes to Steam: Wishlists are smarter, and it's now easier to gift games
By Austin Wood Published
News Steam gifts and Steam wishlists get a fresh coat

Amid Fallout reveals, laid-off devs were told they'd get "smallest severance" possible, union says
By Austin Wood Published
News OneBGS union claims Xbox backtracked on layoff timeline

Blizzard intervenes in World of Warcraft cheating scandal: employee accused of helping a streamer
By Austin Wood Published
News One player evidently involved in the dungeon admitted to requesting GM help
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