Heather Wald

Heather Wald

Evergreen Editor, Games

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

Baldur's Gate 3 companion Shadowheart, a young woman with braided black hair and plated armor, smirking while glancing to the side
The 35 best RPGs of all time

By Heather Wald last updated

Best List Discover our ranking of the best RPG games, from Baldur's Gate 3 to Skyrim

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A thief looking down a scope in Marathon
The 25 best FPS games to play right now

By David Meikleham last updated

Best list Shoot sharp in the best FPS games, from Half-Life 2 to Halo

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The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past
Get ready for The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past with a breakdown of everything you need to know about the new expansion

By Heather Wald Published

Guide The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past DLC will introduce a new region and adventure, so here's everything you need to know

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Key art for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet showing bounty hunter Jordan A. Mun with a cyber sword in front of a crumbling planet
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet – Everything we know about the new Naughty Dog game

By Josh West last updated

Guide All the latest Intergalactic news and updates from the developer of The Last of Us

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The Witcher 4
The Witcher 4: Everything you need to know about CD Projekt Red's RPG

By Josh West last updated

Guide Will The Witcher 4 appear at Summer Game Fest? We're about to find out...

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Geralt of Rivia, who has white hair, a facial scar, and a wears a hood, in The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings Enchanced Edition
The 7 best Witcher games to play right now, ranked

By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated

Best List There's more to the best Witcher games than RPGs, though they're a great place to start

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The Witcher 4
Upcoming CD Projekt Red games: From The Witcher 4 to Cyberpunk Orion

By Josh West last updated

Upcoming From a new expansion for the Witcher 3 to a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, here are all of the upcoming CD Projekt games in the works

Upcoming
Cloud kneels before some yellow flowers while companions Barret, Tifa, Red XIII, Cait Sith, Yuffie, Vincent Valentine, and Cid watch in the background in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation: Everything you need to know about the conclusion to the FF7 Remake series

By Heather Wald last updated

Guide Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will see out Cloud's journey in April 2027

Guide
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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Mass Effect 2
The 25 best sci-fi games to play in 2026

By Malindy Hetfeld last updated

Best List Reach for the stars with the best sci-fi games of all time, from Mass Effect 2 to Pragmata

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Fallout 5: A picture of Vault Boy giving a thumbs up in front of a closed vault from the Fallout games.
Fallout 5: Everything we know so far, and what we hope to see

By Heather Wald last updated

Guide All the latest news on Fallout 5 as we await Bethesda's next big sci-fi RPG

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Sophia Lillis in OD
Hideo Kojima's OD: Everything we know so far about the new horror experience

By Josh West last updated

Guide The latest OD news and updates from Hideo Kojima as we await more on the upcoming horror "experience"

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Simon in Silent Hill Townfall
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 before Silent Hill: Townfall drops

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Best JRPGs: the characters in the game Dragon Quest 11 S
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

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Sora looks up to the sky while hold a cell phone-like device in Kingdom Hearts 4
Kingdom Hearts 4: Everything we know so far

By Hope Bellingham last updated

Guide Kingdom Hearts 4 is on the way, and its set to arrive sometime in 2027

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Best PC games 2026 banner images showing PC games Baldur's Gate 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Disco Elysium, and Mina the Hollower
The 30 best PC games to play right now

By Malindy Hetfeld last updated

Best List Put the best PC games to the test and make the most of your computer, no matter your genre of choice

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Pokemon Gold and Silver
The best Pokemon games, ranked

By Heather Wald last updated

Best list Check out our ranking of the 10 best Pokemon games to play right now

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Avowed screenshot Xbox Series X
Xbox Game Studios list: Every studio Microsoft owns and what they are developing

By Josh West last updated

Guide Here's a full breakdown of the Xbox Game Studios list in 2026

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State of Decay 3
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 zombie survival epic.

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The title card for Forest 3 shown during The Game Awards
Forest 3: Everything we know so far about the upcoming survival horror game

By Emma-Jane Betts last updated

Guide The Forest 3 was just announced at The Game Awards, so here's all the latest news and details that you need to know about the new game

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Key art for Marvel's Wolverine, with Logan on the right hand side - his claws are out against a yellow background
Marvel's Wolverine PS5: Everything you need to know about Insomniac's third-person action-adventure

By Will Sawyer last updated

Guide Everything you need to know about Marvel's Wolverine

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A close-up of the poster for the upcoming game, Physint.
Physint: Everything you need to know about Hideo Kojima's new action espionage game

By Emma-Jane Betts last updated

Guide Kojima's new game Physint will "blur the lines between film and video game" according to the creator himself

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Leda strums a guitar in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave – Everything we know about the strategy game's Switch 2 debut

By Andrew Brown last updated

Guide A complete guide to Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave before you pick it up on the Switch 2

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Rayman, Barbara, and Grand Minimus appear perplexed in one of Rayman Legends Retold's new cutscenes
Upcoming Ubisoft games: Every new Ubisoft game in development

By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated

Upcoming The latest on all the upcoming Ubisoft games coming in 2026 and beyond, from a Rayman remake to Assassin's Creed Hexe

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Spider-Man 2 PC
The 10 best superhero games that you should play today

By Josh West last updated

Best List From Batman: Arkham to Marvel's Spider-Man 2, here's our pick of the best superhero games that you should play right now

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