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

Illustration of Lunarium main character holding a longsword
Sekiro's combat is a "remarkable refinement" of the Souls games, says dev of new action RPG

By Austin Wood Published

News Lunarium has gotten a lot of love on Steam

News
Pikachu in Pokemon Winds and Waves trailer against beach window backdrop
The new head of Pokemon designs made one of 2024's prettiest games

By Austin Wood Published

News He also contributed Pokemon designs as far back as Black and White

News
The Duskbloods character Zork in an iron suit
The Duskbloods network test was not good between lag, stuttering, and bad PvP

By Austin Wood Published

Features The Duskbloods is the first FromSoftware game I've immediately disliked

Features
GTA 6 reveal trailer screenshot showing a young blonde woman standing near a sunny rooftop pool, wearing a white and gold bikini
Latest GTA 6 leaks see Cyberleek threaten Rockstar with Lucia story spoilers – and examine nude NPCs

By Austin Wood Published

News New GTA 6 leak encourages gamers to visit Take-Two and Rockstar offices

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Mortal Shell 2 twin swords warrior
First Mortal Shell 2 balance patch stacks the deck for players, refunds for wasted Glimpses

By Austin Wood Published

News It's all coming up buffs

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GTA 6
Cyberleek's GTA 6 leaks won't change Rockstar's Netflix reveal plans, report says

By Austin Wood Published

News Rockstar plans to show the game next week

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Arc Raiders vendor through viewing port
Arc Raiders is shutting down Expeditions "until early 2027" to make "major improvements"

By Austin Wood Published

News Just as Embark finally fixed a massive problem with Expeditions

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Gabe Newell in Half-Life documentary with a long full beard
Frustrated with GTA 6 leaks, Rockstar fans dig up Gabe Newell's "I play games to have fun" rant

By Austin Wood Published

News "I have never thought to myself that realism is fun. I go play games to have fun," said Newell

News
Future? No Thanks protagonist in sunglasses with a long white beard
"Steam is a monopoly with very few precedents," says dev of game flagged as adult-only by Valve

By Austin Wood Published

News Steam has been sued over alleged monopolistic practices more than once

News
Elden Ring screenshot showing Ranni, a young woman with pale ice-y blue skin and a large brimmed witch-like hat
Even after Elden Ring exploded, Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware doesn't make games for anyone

By Austin Wood Published

News Miyazaki just makes what he likes, not something for a target demographic

News
The Duskbloods character holding a chakram receiving a proposal from a kneeling knight
Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskbloods is full of ideas FromSoftware couldn't fit into Dark Souls

By Austin Wood Published

News Even Elden Ring and Nightreign couldn't accommodate The Duskblood's ideas

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Gabe Newell in light blue shirt
Gabe Newell makes a rare public appearance as "New Chad Gabe" and rings in Dota 2's big tournament

By Austin Wood Published

News The International is back, and so is Gabe Newell

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Genshin Impact ruler of death
Genshin Impact players do JRPGs proud by fighting gods with guns they stole

By Austin Wood Published

News Genshin Impact 7.0 gave them an inch, and they took a mile

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No Man's Sky
"If people weren't playing No Man's Sky, I don't think we would want to do updates" says Sean Murray

By Austin Wood Published

News "We are in a mindset right now, in the industry, of games just being very consumable"

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News
Vapor World: Over The Mind character with black medium length hair in a gray jacket
After 25% positive Steam reviews, Soulslike dev realizes people hate AI slop and admits it looks bad

By Austin Wood Published

News They really just came out and said it

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News
The Sims 4 screenshot showing a young woman with shoulder-length wavy brown hair and an academic green coat, her expression surprised
EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed"

By Austin Wood Published

News "It's certainly hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society"

News
GTA 6 protagonist Lucia points a gun at someone while wearing a mask
Apparent GTA 6 leak smells of crypto scam, links to a manifesto demanding digital rights

By Austin Wood Published

News Me when I'm definitely not pulling a cash grab

News
Gabe Newell in a white shirt
Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": top 1% of games earn 84.5% of sales

By Austin Wood Published

News Over 8,000 paid games analyzed never received a single Steam review

News
Blue-haired Ascendance of a Bookworm protagonist Myne with a shocked expression
The physical media selection at Sony's Crunchyroll is even worse than fans feared after store update

By Austin Wood Published

News Manga, light novels, manhwa, and more have vanished

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No Man's Sky
Sean Murray says a "weight had lifted" when No Man's Sky players stopped bringing up its launch

By Kaan Serin Published

News "Every reply was laced with some slightly mean things" for years

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News
Lara Croft in a screenshot from Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.
Video game lawyer says all her clients have anti-AI contracts because gamers hate it

By Austin Wood Published

News "Don't touch it. It's not worth the legal liability"

13 Comments
News
Arc Raiders character in wolf hood and gas mask
Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update is out October 8, Embark says "it's time to expand" as reviews dip

By Austin Wood Published

News Embark is also working on anti-cheat, which is really becoming a problem

News
Sean Murray in a gray hoodie smiling
10 years of No Man's Sky: How Hello Games and Sean Murray keep getting away with it

By Austin Wood Published

Features Interview | In a time of "consumable" games, Hello Games sees "real beauty in keeping those things alive"

Features
Rideshare "Stimulator" passenger in glasses and gray hat
Saber Interactive denies replacing former Rideshare Stimulator lead writer with ChatGPT

By Austin Wood Last updated

News "Rideshare's story was written entirely by real people"

News
A screenshot of the Adoring Fan seen in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
The Elder Scrolls 6 is playable, Xbox CEO says her "live playthrough" shows "incredible" scale

By Austin Wood Published

News That is, "The Elder Scrolls VI: ********"

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