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 best free Switch games available right now
By Louise Blain last updated
Best List The 10 best free Nintendo Switch games you can enjoy without paying

The 10 best Games like Borderlands to play right now
By Jordan Oloman, Luke Kemp last updated
Best List From Helldivers 2 to Outriders, here are the best games like Borderlands to play today

The 25 best co-op games you can play right now
By Sam Loveridge last updated
List With the best co-op games, two heads are better than one

Upcoming Star Wars games: Every new Star Wars game announced so far
By Heather Wald last updated
Upcoming These upcoming Star Wars games from various acclaimed developers are coming soon to a galaxy near you

Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder with shades of Tetris and Balatro that has me trying to make the biggest dog
By Heather Wald published
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | All the big dogs please come to my yard

Pragmata: Everything you need to know about Capcom's new sci-fi adventure game
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide At long last, the Pragmata release date has been confirmed

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic – Everything we know so far about the new Star Wars RPG
By Heather Wald published
Guide Everything you need to know about Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, the spiritual successor to Knights of the Old Republic

Cyberpunk 2077 lead writer says the RPG's main antagonist is Night City itself: "It's Night City versus everyone else"
By Scott McCrae published
News "Quite quickly, during pre-production of Cyberpunk 2077, we realized that Night City is going to be our main antagonist"

Physint: Everything we know about Hideo Kojima's new 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

The Outer Worlds 2 director says Obsidian looks at "everything" available when starting a new project
By Scott McCrae published
News But I have a feeling the studio is going to stick to originals for a while yet

5 years after Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red reveals why Night City as the "main antagonist" created an irresistible RPG
By Heather Wald published
Interview Interview | "When you simplify it enough, it becomes a story about ourselves"

Obsidian hopes to stand alongside CD Projekt and Larian by making "best-in-class" reactive RPGs, says The Outer Worlds 2 director: "I don't know if we're there yet, but I'd love to get there"
By Heather Wald published
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | The Outer Worlds 2 director on the future of the RPG and Obsidian

The 25 best strategy games to play right now
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List From turn-based to RTS, the best strategy games will keep you on your toes. Check out our top 25 of all time!

The Last of Us 2 ending explained
By Alex Avard last updated
Feature All the questions and character fates we're still left with by The Last of Us 2 ending

The best 4X games to play on PC and console right now
By Malindy Hetfeld last updated
Best List From Civilization to Stellaris, these are the 20 best 4X games to pick up and play today.

Best Xbox exclusives you need to own
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Best List Ranking the best Xbox exclusives to play right now, from Fable to Avowed

The 25 best roguelike games to play right now
By James Bentley, Austin Wood last updated
Best List Try, die, and try again in the best roguelikes to play right now, from Hades 2 to Blue Prince

"Just making a cozy game isn't enough to heal a person": Why Wanderstop and its blend of introspection and tea-making has stayed with me throughout 2025
By Heather Wald published
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | Speaking with Ivy Road founder and writer and director Davey Wreden about Wanderstop's comforting, dark infusion

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Everything you need to know about the new Switch game
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Metroid Prime 4 is finally here, so here's everything you need to know before buying it for yourself!

The Best Metroid Games of All Time
By Josh West last updated
Best List Our ultimate ranking of the 10 best Metroid games to help you separate the wheat from the chaff

The 10 best FromSoftware games you should die with today
By Joe Donnelly last updated
Best list From Elden Ring and Dark Souls, get punished with the best FromSoftware games of all time

The 10 best games like Hollow Knight to play after you beat Silksong
By Samuel Horti, Miri Teixeira last updated
Best List Silksong is now out in the wild, but these games like Hollow Knight will keep you busy after you play Team Cherry's latest

Cyber Monday retro deals 2025: console, handheld, and accessory discounts still around
By Phil Hayton last updated
deals Cyber Monday retro deals are a rap, but there are still some console, handheld, and accessory offers to be had.
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