Joe Donnelly is a sports editor from Glasgow and former features editor at GamesRadar+. A mental health advocate, Joe has written about video games and mental health for The Guardian, New Statesman, VICE, PC Gamer and many more, and believes the interactive nature of video games makes them uniquely placed to educate and inform. His book Checkpoint considers the complex intersections of video games and mental health, and was shortlisted for Scotland's National Book of the Year for non-fiction in 2021. As familiar with the streets of Los Santos as he is the west of Scotland, Joe can often be found living his best and worst lives in GTA Online and its PC role-playing scene.
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GRAND THEFT ADVENT Grand Theft Advent | From the Malibu Club to the Ocean View Hotel, we explore the hottest spots we want to return to in GTA 6 Vice City

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GRAND THEFT ADVENT Grand Theft Advent | Ahead of our first look at the next GTA, we speculate on what might feature on December 5

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Features Interview | To the tune of LCD Soundsystem's 'Get Innocuous', this trailer from 2008 was an absolute banger

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Deals The Xbox Series S has an impressive $50 discount right now, thanks to Dell's Cyber Monday deals.

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Deals Amazon is selling the HTC Vive Pro 2 with a $225 discount in the US, and a £300 discount in the UK.

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Deals Walmart has The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom close to the cheapest we've seen since launch earlier this year

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Interview Interview | In conversation with the creator of Super Rare Games and Bynine's Cavern of Dreams

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Opinion Opinion | "Your father is in his grave"... maybe some things are better left in the past

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Opinion Opinion | Rocksteady has kicked off a new video series, but what Kill the Justice League actually is remains unclear

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Features Now that Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, what could that mean for older games?

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Opinion Opinion | With the GTA 4 and GTA 5 reveal trailers Rockstar delivered masterpieces – can it do the same with GTA 6?

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News Nostalgia meets nuance in this 20-game-strong category

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News Choice is everything – and this one is a big one

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News The titular author has earned the write to celebrate

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News Sabotage Studio lights up one of this year's strongest categories

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Features Interview | The excitement among the Grand Theft Auto community is palpable: "We're so back"

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Opinion Opinion | Whether said or unsaid, it's been a joy to watch the saga unfold

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Opinion Opinion | I haven't enjoyed Venom's presence this much since the symbiote's Mega Drive and Genesis days

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Features Opinion | Suikoden is a special series that's totally worth the effort

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Opinion Opinion | The GR team explores why so many Baldur's Gate 3 players are willing to jump straight back in after the credits roll

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Features Preview | Silent Hill: Ascension kicks off on Halloween night – with one million pre-registrations, it's set to offer a unique look at the titular terror town

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Halloween 2023 Halloween 2023 | The scariest time of the year is here – here's a rundown of everything you should play, watch, and read from dusk till dawn

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Opinion Opinion | Insomniac should take a leaf from Naughty Dog's book and switch genres – a crime sim in the vein of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 would be amazing
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