Joel Franey got his Bachelors in Creative Writing and Games Design from Brunel University in 2017, before going on to do a Masters in Creative and Critical Writing from Sussex University. During this time he also worked freelance in various gaming-related roles and professions, including design, PR, reviews and features, before eventually joining the guides team at USgamer and ReedPop in 2019. Since then, he has written professionally for numerous publications, including Gfinity Esports, Eurogamer, VG247, Dicebreaker, RPS, Jelly Deals and more. These have involved, among other things, writing guides, news, features, reviews, and even working as an SEO consultant, restructuring and rewriting content for the purpose of increased online traffic. He eventually joined GamesRadar+ as a Guides Writer in 2021, with a focus on covering single player games and narrative games, though nonetheless regularly contributing to ongoing coverage of online gaming services and multiplayer properties, and has covered a variety of major AAA games in his time since then. In his spare time he is also a long-time fiction writer, having written books, screenplays and more besides in a variety of genres, and is the co-host and co-creator of the pop culture comedy podcast, "Margaret Thatcher, Templar Spy".
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Opinion Opinion | Half a decade later, it's time for an alien autopsy

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Guide Will you be able to play the new Gears of War on PlayStation 5?

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Guide Breeding Pals in Palworld requires a Farm, an Incubator, and lots of Cake.

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Guide There are ways to carry more items in Dune Awakening, but with serious limits

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Guide How to solve the Precipice of Truth puzzle and claim the Artifact in Crimson Desert

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Guide These tips for Dune Awakening will make Arrakis into your personal playground

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Guide You can catch Anubis in Palworld or breed the powerful Pal with very specific pairings

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Guide To customise your appearance you need to find a barber or dyehouse in Crimson Desert

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Guide Catch Palworld Pals using a combination of increasingly powerful Pal Spheres, critical hits, and your own catch power stat

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Guide Palworld Electric Organs are dropped from electric pals, but you can farm them for your production needs

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Guide I've put in over 100 hours, but it takes far less to beat the main story

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Guide There are seven Dune Awakening vehicles: the sandbike, the buggy, the treadwheel, the Sandcrawler, and three Ornithopter types.

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Guide We explain how to find Griffin's Reach Tradepost in Dune Awakening as part of the "A Wider World" quest

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Guide There for five skill trees in Dune Awakening, each with three subtrees

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Guide The best weapon in Crimson Desert that we've found is the Fated Shadow, a deadly sword

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Guide Arrakeen in Dune Awakening is a hub zone accessible only by Ornithopter

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Guide The Crimson Desert skills you want early are those that have major effects in combat

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Cheats We've listed the best Minecraft console commands and how to use them

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Guide We explain which Homeworld, Caste and Mentor to choose in Dune Awakening character creation

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Guide Where to find all the safes and codes in The Last of Us 1

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Guide I explain how to sink every Legendary Ship in the Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake

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Guide Blackbeard's Treasure map leads to Anotto Bay in the Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake.

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Guide There are three optional officers in Black Flag Resynced, each of which unlocks new powers for the Jackdaw
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