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

Best two-player Switch games that let you team up with a friend or family member
By Sam Loveridge Last updated
Best List The 25 best two-player Switch games for those looking for Nintendo multiplayer mayhem in 2026

The 25 best Dreamcast games of all time
By Nick Thorpe Last updated
Best List From Sonic Adventure to Soulcalibur, here are the best Sega Dreamcast games ever made

The 25 best GameCube games of all time
By Sam Loveridge Last updated
Best List Looking to reflect back on the best GameCube games in 2026? This list is here to help

25 Best Wii Games of All Time, Ranked
By Josh West Last updated
Best List From Super Mario Galaxy 2 to Wii Sports Resort, discover our ranking of the best Wii games of all time

5 years on, I still think about Mass Effect Legendary Edition's symbolic first trailer
By Heather Wald Published
Opinion Opinion | Mass Effect Legendary Edition's reveal trailer proves why remasters are still vital

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

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

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"

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

Fable's "shades of gray approach to morality" directly ties into the RPG's living population
By Heather Wald Published
Exclusive How Fable's approach to morality will shape some of the RPG's biggest choice and consequence innovations

Fable will let me romance nearly all of its 1000 NPCs "with a very few exceptions," Playground Games lead says
By Heather Wald Published
News "You can talk to them, you can romance them, you can marry them. You can divorce them or be divorced by them"

Sorry, the Fable reboot doesn't feature a dog companion, Playground lead confirms
By Heather Wald Published
News We won't be adventuring with a four-legged friend at our side in Fable

Fable isn't a sequel, Playground Games lead says, because "we needed to reboot the franchise" and "put our stamp on it"
By Heather Wald Published
News "We needed to put our stamp on it and make it a Playground Fable game going forward"
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