Heather Wald is the Evergreen Editor for games at GamesRadar+. Her writing career began on a student-led magazine at Bath Spa University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in English literature. Heather landed her first role writing about tech and games for Stuff Magazine shortly after graduating with an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. Now with almost seven years of experience working with GamesRadar+ on the features team, Heather helps to develop, maintain, and expand the evergreen features that exist on the site for games, as well as spearhead the Indie Spotlight series. You'll also see her contribute op-eds, interview-led features, and more. In her spare time, you'll likely find Heather tucking into RPGs and indie games, reading romance novels, and drinking lots of tea.
Latest articles by Heather Wald

The 25 best video game stories of all-time
By David Meikleham last updated
Best List The best video game stories to explore in 2026, from Mass Effect 2's intergalactic soap opera to Red Dead Redemption 2's Western epic

Project Rene: Everything we know about the future of The Sims
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Guide Project Rene won't be a traditional Sims 5 game, and it isn't replacing The Sims 4 either

Best local multiplayer Switch games to play in 2026
By Jordan Gerblick last updated
Best List Remember to tighten the straps on your Joy-Cons before playing the best local multiplayer Switch games

The 10 best zombie games that will munch your brain
By Connor Sheridan last updated
Best List Read our ranking of the best zombie games of all time, from Dying Light to Resident Evil and beyond.

The 15 best simulator games to play in 2026
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Best List From Two Point Museum to Microsoft Flight Simulator, here's the best simulator and sim games to play in 2026

25 Best free PC games to play in 2026
By Ali Jones last updated
Best list From 2XKO to Fortnite, the best free PC games of 2026 offer huge experiences in exchange for absolutely nothing

The best games to play on a laptop in 2026
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated
Best List Read our list of the very best laptop games to play in 2026, where we've taken portability and performance into consideration

10 Best Call of Duty Games of All-Time
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Best List Here's how we rank the best Call of Duty games ever in 2026, from Black Ops 6 to Modern Warfare 2

The 15 best city building games to play in 2026
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List From Frostpunk 2 to Manor Lords, here's our list of the best city building games that will have you reaching for the skies

Studio head behind Fable reboot and Forza Horizon says "there are lots of commonalities" between racing games and RPGs
By George Young published
News "But there are lots and lots of points of divergence as well"

Hideo Kojima's OD: Everything we know so far
By Josh West last updated
Guide The latest OD news and updates from Hideo Kojima as we await more on the upcoming horror "experience"

The 10 Best Forza games of all-time, from Horizon to Motorsport
By Justin Towell last updated
Best List Engine-revving mayhem is king in the best Forza games

The best Silent Hill games of all time, ranked
By Josh West last updated
Best List Ranking all the best Silent Hill games of all time that are worth playing in 2026

Pokemon Champions: Everything you need to know ahead of the Nintendo game's release
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated
Guide Be the very best in Pokemon Champions, a new PvP experience from The Pokemon Works

State of Decay 3: Everything we know so far
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Could 2026 be the year State of Decay 3 finally breaks containment?

The 20 best Switch 2 games to play in 2026
By Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Best List Explore the best Switch 2 games the new Nintendo handheld has to offer, from Hades 2 to Donkey Kong Bananza

The 10 best MMORPGs and MMOs to play in 2026
By Josh West last updated
Best List The best MMOs and MMORPGs offer vast digital worlds to explore and conquer, alone or with friends

Fable "nicked" The Office's mockumentary-style interviews: "A lot of people assume we just did that for those trailers"
By Kaan Serin published
News "I've never seen it in games before, but it allows you a way to really neatly tell a joke or drop a little bit of character detail"

Fable doesn't have morphing and fans are divided: "It's what helped set Fable apart from other Middle Ages Western RPGs"
By Kaan Serin published
News Say goodbye to those devil horns and angelic halos

Fable's new morality system is "probably representative of how morality exists in the world that we live in today"
By Kaan Serin published
News "We've pursued a much more shades of gray approach to morality"

Fable lets you enter and buy any building because that was a requirement devs "took from the original games"
By Kaan Serin published
News Playground Games had to think about every building's interior and exterior

Why Playground Games' ambitious open-world Fable reboot is a fresh start for the series: "This has to be Playground's Fable"
By Heather Wald published
Exclusive Big in 2026 | Playground Games has been wanting to do "something other than Forza" for 10 years, and the Fable reboot feels like a match made in Albion

Mass Effect 5: Everything we know so far about the new BioWare adventure
By Heather Wald last updated
Feature All the details on the new Mass Effect game - aka Mass Effect 5
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