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 20 best Switch indie games you should play right now
By Alysia Judge last updated
Best List The best Switch indie games are a bewitching bundle of monsters and magic

I spent 4 hours scouring the Steam Winter Sale with our expert brand director, these are the 10 best games I'd absolutely get
By Heather Wald published
Best List Here are the best Steam Winter Sale games of 2025 to snap up while the offers last

The 20 best anime games of all time
By Jordan Gerblick, Marloes Valentina Stella last updated
Best List From Genshin Impact to Dragon Ball FighterZ, here are the 20 best anime games to play right now

Death Stranding 1 ending explained and what it means
By Jordan Oloman last updated
Guide How does the Death Stranding Director's Cut end and what does it all mean?

Upcoming Assassin's Creed games: Every new Assassin's Creed game in development
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows has arrived, but there's still plenty of new Assassin's Creed games you need to watch out for

The best Fallout games, ranked
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List Ranking the best Fallout games is an apocalyptic challenge - and we accept it

The best games like Fallout to jump into while we wait for Fallout 5
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List From Skyrim to Mad Max, here are the 10 best games like Fallout to play today

Upcoming Marvel games, from the new Iron Man game to Marvel's Wolverine
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming With some exciting upcoming Marvel games in store for 2026 and beyond, here's a breakdown of each and every one!

The Witcher 4 story director says Cyberpunk 2077 showcases his love of "inevitable mistakes" and "character flaws"
By George Young published
News We're excited to see what CD Projekt Red is cooking

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

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

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.

"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!
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