I started out writing for the games section of a student-run website as an undergrad, and continued to write about games in my free time during retail and temp jobs for a number of years. Eventually, I earned an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University, and soon after got my first official role in the industry as a content editor for Stuff magazine. After writing about all things tech and games-related, I then did a brief stint as a freelancer before I landed my role as a staff writer here at GamesRadar+. Now I get to write features, previews, and reviews, and when I'm not doing that, you can usually find me lost in any one of the Dragon Age or Mass Effect games, tucking into another delightful indie, or drinking far too much tea for my own good.
Latest articles by Heather Wald

The 10 best Resident Evil games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List Discover the best Resident Evil games of all time, plucked from the survival horror series' 30-year legacy

10 best Far Cry games of all-time, ranked
By David Meikleham last updated
Best List With Far Cry 6 and its expansions released, we explore the best Far Cry games you can play right now

Kingdom Hearts 4: Everything we know so far
By Hope Bellingham last updated
Guide Missing Link has been axed, so Kingdom Hearts 4 seems to be Square Enix's sole focus right now

Everything we know about The Duskbloods
By Andrew Brown last updated
Guide FromSoft's upcoming PvP game The Duskbloods is a Switch 2 exclusive with plenty of bite

The 25 best Nintendo Switch games to play right now
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Best List Here's the best Switch games of all time, from Pikmin 4 to Splatoon 3

Assassin's Creed Hexe: Everything we know about the new flagship AC game
By Josh West last updated
Guide Spooky season is over for 2025, but Assassin's Creed Hexe still has my full attention

GTA 6: Everything we know so far
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Guide GTA 6 is coming in 2026, and here's all the latest news and updates from Rockstar Games while you wait

The best Zelda games of all time
By David Roberts last updated
Best List From Majora's Mask to Tears of the Kingdom, here are the 10 best Zelda games to play right now

The best JRPGs to play right now
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List From Metaphor: ReFantazio to Dragon Quest 11, these are the best JRPGs you can play today

Upcoming Ubisoft games: Every new Ubisoft game in development
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated
Upcoming There are plenty of upcoming Ubisoft games in the works now that Assassin's Creed Shadows has launched, and we finally have at least one release date

The best Xbox One games of all time to play now
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Best List Here's our pick of the best Xbox One games of all-time

State of Decay 3: Everything we know so far
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Here's all the latest State of Decay 3 development news and gameplay details on the upcoming zombie survival entry

The 25 best PS2 games of all time
By Nick Thorpe last updated
Best List Looking back at the best PS2 games that defined Sony's second gen console

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

Stop everything, this vampire decorating sim screams dark romantasy and I can't wait to get my hands on it in 2026
By Heather Wald published
Opinion Opinion | I'm locked into my romantasy era, and My Eerie Lair is firmly on my wishlist

The 25 best single-player games to play right now
By Alex Avard, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Best List Become a legend in the best single player games, from Arthur Morgan to Indiana Jones

The Outer Worlds 2 is an RPG that's as much about what you can't do as what you can: "Everybody is going to have a different experience, and they may not see everything, and that's okay"
By Heather Wald published
Interview On the Radar | "We want the player to understand the breadth of what the game is, but also their place in that and where they could be going"

I love that the Flaw system calls me out on my RPG behavior in The Outer Worlds 2's and then asks me to double-down on it: "Because flaws are optional, we knew we could actually push them a little bit harder"
By Heather Wald published
Interview On the Radar | "We're always trying to look at and observe the player doing something"

The Outer World 2's Incognito ship is your home base, but it also takes inspiration from the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars and reflects how "the player chooses to play"
By Heather Wald published
Interview On the Radar | We explore the making of the Incognito ship in The Outer Worlds 2

Fallout leads debated making the original game 3D like Tomb Raider, but couldn't get "the amount of detail" they wanted – something Bethesda eventually achieved in Fallout 3
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It wasn't meant to be for Leonard Boyarsky

The Outer Worlds 2 director is already watching streamers create bad character builds, but that's part of the "true RPG" experience that "the Baldur's Gate 3s of the world" are helping bring back
By Dustin Bailey published
News On the Radar | Game director Brandon Adler tells GR+ that fans are "relearning how RPGs" can offer real player choice

Steam Next Fest 2025 and beyond: all the dates, details, and everything else you need to know
By Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Guide Steam Next Fest is coming back in 2026, so here are all the dates, times, and details to know about the future events

My stealth build in The Outer Worlds 2 has me obsessed with a particular gadget, but every single one has "multiple purposes" because Obsidian didn't want them to be "singular use tools"
By Heather Wald published
Interview On the Radar | We get into the gadgets of The Outer Worlds 2 with Obsidian
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