Iain Harris

Iain Harris

News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.

Latest articles by Iain Harris

Lost Rift
Gears of War: Judgement, Outriders dev's FPS survival game Lost Rift hits Early Access in September

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by People Can Fly

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Hell is Us
Dark RPG Hell is Us teases what drives its story forward with a new trailer

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by Nacon

"I was born here, but I grew up on the outside"

Hell Let Loose Vietnam
"The future of Hell Let Loose" is Vietnam, and you can play it next year

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by Team17

The hardcore military FPS keeps the content coming in 2026

A close up of a man holding a gun during the reveal for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 ad goes live early, showcasing stompy mechs, Goliath foes, and yet another November release date

By Iain Harris Published

News After a few leaks and reports, I think Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is coming out in November

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Subnautica 2
Subnautica 2 designer isn't alarmed by people taking a break, because survival games aren't as "monogamistic" as MMOs like World of Warcraft: "I know what they're doing"

By Iain Harris Published

News "If I see people play through all the content of Subnautica and then they leave for a little bit until we do a content patch, that doesn't alarm me"

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A screenshot of the upcoming RPG, The Outer Worlds 2
The Outer Worlds 2 was helped along by Fallout co-creator Tim Cain, but Obsidian is switching up RPG history by going "much bigger and deeper" with its sequel

By Iain Harris Published

News "The Outer Worlds 2 delivers on the fantasy we had when we started the first game"

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The protagonist of HD-2D action RPG The Adventures of Elliot explores a city
Square Enix team behind JRPG gems like Octopath Traveler is trading turn-based combat for Zelda-like action with The Adventures of Elliot in hopes of reaching "a new audience"

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News "As the HD-2D series has expanded and evolved, we’ve gradually shifted genres"

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn't completely gone," even if fellow JRPGs like Persona and Dragon Quest sell millions of copies

By Iain Harris Published

News "I could talk about the prejudice forever"

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Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was a challenge for CDPR as V has "more freedom" in how they tackle the open-world, whereas it's "very difficult" to see The Witcher 3's Geralt "go GTA style"

By Iain Harris Published

News "Ciri or Geralt, they are fully fledged characters. They have their own personality, there are things that they will not do."

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Gustave in a French-inspired outfit
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio is "just the right size" for a "full-priced turn-based RPG," so don't expect its success to lead to AAA ambitions: "I'd prefer working as a small team"

By Iain Harris Published

News Sandfall Interactive is happy as it is

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Octopath Traveler 0 key art in painterly style with a man looking at a town and someone waving in background
Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase July 2025

By Iain Harris Last updated

Recap Octopath Traveler 0! Monster Hunter Stories 3! More!

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Future Games Show at Gamescom hosts David Hayter and Maggie Robertson
Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil Village stars set to host Future Games Show at Gamescom 2025

By Iain Harris Published

News "I've had a sneak peek and the show is packed with world premieres, new trailers, and deep dives into some incredible games"

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Warframe
How do you make an impossibly dense MMO friendly to new players? Warframe dev says you just keep trying: "I don't think we've ever quite got that 100% right"

By Iain Harris Published

News "If Warframe is Disney, we're putting in new rides every year or maybe even every quarter"

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Cyberpunk 2077 DLC screenshot
Cyberpunk 2077 dev thinks the RPG is a "much better game" for having gone through its notoriously messy launch: "We ended up pushing so much energy in this game"

By Iain Harris Published

News "If the success of the game would have been what we originally expected, would it be the same game that we're playing today? I don't think so"

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Dying Light: The Beast
Dying Light: The Beast delayed 4 weeks to allow for extra polish: "Our experience has shown how important the first impression is"

By Iain Harris Published

News Techland aims to fine-tune gameplay balance, increase physics quality, tweak cutscenes and player animations further, and more

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Todd Howard
Todd Howard joins fans mourning "the driving force in the creation of The Elder Scrolls and the foundations of Bethesda as a game studio," Julian LeFay: "Without Julian, we would not be here today"

By Iain Harris Published

News "His work and spirit will live on both in our memories and in our games."

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Actor behind beloved Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 characters puts her RPG hot streak down to "pure luck"

By Iain Harris Published

News Jennifer English says "it's more about the audience and the fans, and it's about how much they loved it," anyway

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Final Fantasy 11
23 years in, Square Enix takes emergency action with classic MMO Final Fantasy 11 booming so hard amid discounts and a Final Fantasy 14 raid collab that worlds are spilling over

By Iain Harris Published

News "Overall player population has been trending upward recently"

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Atsu walking next to a wolf through long grass on a foggy day in Ghost of Yotei
"The beauty of open-world games is in the exploration," so Ghost of Yotei devs are aiming to solve Ghost of Tsushima's repetition problem

By Iain Harris Published

News Beauty and mini-games that feel like a "chore" don't really go together

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Starfield
Bethesda promises updates on Starfield "in the coming months," months after Todd Howard teased another story expansion like Shattered Space

By Iain Harris Published

News Reports also point to a PS5 release for the space RPG

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A Furfrou is groomed during a Pokemon anime episode
Pokemon Legends Z-A is making amends for Scarlet and Violet's poor fashion game, though I can't say I'm not concerned about handing a Furfrou over to a Scyther for a trim

By Iain Harris Published

News Pokemon Legends Z-A fixes my biggest Scarlet and Violet bugbear

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33
Doom co-creator John Romero says games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are the future, because they "make AAA studios go, 'Wait a minute, we need to start doing this'''

By Iain Harris Published

News Despite the challenges facing the industry, Romero remains optimistic

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's gut-wrenching early twist started as a joke from an abandoned game, but the director greenlit it immediately: "I think it's very important for the themes"

By Iain Harris Published

News My heart . . .

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Borderlands 4
Borderlands 4 devs say designing their dark interpretation of the Siren "was development hell," but now her look is "the chef's kiss to her action skills"

By Iain Harris Published

News "Goth girl" Vex is Gearbox's "darkest take" on the Siren formula yet

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Final Fantasy 14
Final Fantasy 14's upcoming roguelike-style dungeon "will appeal to a more casual playstyle," but is still getting an additional "extra hard boss" so the MMO's more hardcore players don't find it "lacking"

By Iain Harris Published

News Pilgrim's Traverse's many floors have something for everyone

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