Justin Towell

Justin Towell

Freelance Writer

Justin was a GamesRadar+ staffer for 10 years but is now a freelance writer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

Latest articles by Justin Towell

Over the Hill review: "The single most stressful game I’ve played in years and I think it hates me"

By Justin Towell Published

Review Slow, laborious, and frequently frustrating

Review
Cherry blossoms swirl around a silver car that drives towards Mt Fuji in Forza Horizon 6
Best racing games to play right now to put you in pole position

By Justin Towell Last updated

Best List From kart racers to ultra-realistic sims, these are the best racing games you can play right now

Best List
A team of four adventurers ready to tackle Minecraft Dungeons 2, wielding a big hammer, a sword, a crossbow, and a purple stick
Minecraft Dungeons 2 review: "This family friendly take on Diablo embraces old school vibes in the best ways"

By Justin Towell Published

Review How it should have been done first time

Review
Keyart for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, one of the best Sonic games, showing Sonic and Tails standing before the number 2
The 25 best Sonic games of all-time

By Josh West Last updated

Best List From classics to modern takes, look back on the best Sonic games in 2026 to explore the hedgehog's most memorable antics

Best List
Best Forza games - Forza Motorsport 7
The 11 Best Forza games of all-time, from Horizon to Motorsport

By Justin Towell Last updated

Best List Now that Forza Horizon 6 has arrived, we're here to rank the very best Forza games

Best List
Four cars vie for position in a rural Japanese town in Forza Horizon 6
Forza Horizon 6 review: "A sublime racing engine supercharges this stunning, Japan-set open world"

By Justin Towell Published

Review

Review
best Tomb Raider games
The 10 best Tomb Raider games of all time

By Justin Towell Last updated

Best List The best Tomb Raider games since Lara Croft's arrival in 1996

Best List
Lara Croft coming out of a jungle and smiling in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis wants to make Lara Croft's iconic T-rex fight feel like the first time all over again

By Justin Towell Published

Exclusive Big in 2026 | Crystal Dynamics' Scott Amos and Will Kerslake talk us through their vision for the third remake of the legendary Saturn/PS1 action adventure

Exclusive
Key art for Saros showing Soltari Enforcer Arjun Devraj holding a gun with is eye glowing, in front of a larger figure with many arms, with the GamesRadar+ frame for Big in 2026
Returnal spiritual sequel Saros lets you keep upgrades when you loop, but that just means this twitchy shooter can be challenging in brand new ways

By Justin Towell Published

Preview Big in 2026 | Forget voxels and arcade gaming, Housemarque is going big budget and cinematic for its new game

Preview
Key art for Skate Story showing the glass skater boarding through a dark underworld filled with spikes towards a door of light
Skate Story review: "A beautiful and unique skateboarding game with great, stylized visuals set in a grungy underworld"

By Justin Towell Published

Review

Review
Key art showing Constance with a paintbrush on a background of brushstrokes
Constance review: "If Hollow Knight: Silksong seems too daunting, this wonderful paint powered adventure should do nicely"

By Justin Towell Published

Review

Review
Key art for Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart showing Ratchet and Rivet fighting enemies back to back, yet within different dimensions, with the PS5 five year anniversary GamesRadar+ frame along the side
Like a playable Pixar film, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is still one of the best reasons to buy a PS5

By Justin Towell Published

Now Playing Now Playing | After five years of PS5, Insomniac's iconic duo still deliver one of the console's best adventures to date

Now Playing
A shiny car from Gran Tursimo 7 in a garage, with the PS5 five year anniversary GamesRadar+ frame along the side
Gran Turismo 7 is the racing game that PS5 will be remembered for, and it's been quietly getting better and better over time

By Justin Towell Published

Now Playing Now Playing | The stately gentlemen of racers has still absolutely got it where it counts

Now Playing
Key art for Demon's Souls showing a knight in front of a dark castle as enemies approach, with the PS5 five year anniversary GamesRadar+ frame along the side
Five years after launching with PS5, Demon's Souls is still a glittering soulslike high bar and feels brand new

By Justin Towell Published

Now Playing Now Playing | No such thing as feature creep here, just timeless gaming

Now Playing
Key art for Possessor(s) with Luca and Rehm against a demonic city - used on the PS Store
Possessor(s) review: "Smart ideas are quickly buried in this demonic Metroidvania that's far too mundane and dull in a sea of sharp competition"

By Justin Towell Published

Review

Review
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds screenshot of Sonic wagging his finger and looking behind as he soars through the air track in a blue car with numbered rings surrounding him
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds review: "Even more frantic than Mario Kart World, this has the mileage to be a karting favorite"

By Justin Towell Published

Review

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Racing through a bridge in Fast Fusion for Nintendo Switch 2
Fast Fusion review: "Futuristic racing from the same mold as Wipeout and F-Zero shines on Switch 2"

By Justin Towell Published

Review

Review
Using a huge glaive to attack a dual wielding enemy in Empyreal
Empyreal review: "This looter slasher's often beautiful, hand-designed levels and robust challenge kept pulling me back to go one more round"

By Justin Towell Published

Review

Review
Cropped key art for Revenge of the Savage Planet showing two player characters running away from lots of green goo, flanked by various googly-eyed wildlife
Revenge of the Savage Planet review: "An underrated sci-fi platformer gets a beautiful third-person sequel, but I'm left cold by shallow busywork and an over-reliance on toilet humor"

By Justin Towell Published

Review

Review
33 players swarm into a level in 33 Immortals
33 Immortals' 33-player co-op roguelike chaos keeps pulling me back, and its early access is on Xbox Game Pass today

By Justin Towell Published

Now playing Now Playing | Thunder Lotus Games' new roguelike is ready for Early Access release and co-operating with strangers is the key to victory

Now playing
Wuchang Fallen Feathers wants to pick up where Dark Souls left off: "If skilled players still rely on the HUD... the combat system has a significant problem"

By Justin Towell Published

Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | Here's how Wuchang: Fallen Feathers creates an authentic world worth exploring

Big in 2025
Screenshots of Possessor(s) gameplay
Smash Bros meets Metroidvania in Possessor(s), Heart Machine's new side-scrolling opus

By Justin Towell Published

Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | Hyper Light Drifter's developer goes back to its 2D roots in this horror adventure from Devolver Digital

Big in 2025
Vermillion runs down a ruined highway while aiming at flying enemies in Hyper Light Breaker
Hyper Light Breaker review: "A shaky start for Heart Machine's looter shooter slasher prequel"

By Justin Towell Published

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Review
Killing Floor 3 is bringing us gloriously gory co-op FPS action in 2025, and Tripwire says it's "at its best when you are just barely surviving"

By Justin Towell Published

Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | Tripwire Interactive's studio creative director Bryan Wynia talks us through the monstrous machinations of his new shooter's cast

Big in 2025
Former BioWare devs' new RPG Exodus will potentially age your loved ones while you're away: "Decisions a player makes will compound over a significant period"

By Justin Towell Published

Big In 2025 Big in 2025 | Archetype Entertainment's studio head and executive creative director, James Ohlen, tells us more about this promising space-hopper

Big In 2025
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