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Freelance Writer

Luke contributed regularly to PLAY Magazine as well as PC Gamer, SFX, The Guardian, and Eurogamer. His crowning achievement? Writing many, many words for the last 18 issues of GamesMaster, something he’ll eagerly tell anybody who’ll listen (and anybody who won’t). While happy to try his hand at anything, he’s particularly fond of FPS games, strong narratives, and anything with a good sense of humour. He is also in a competition with his eldest child to see who can be the most enthusiastic fan of the Life is Strange series.

Latest articles by Luke Kemp

Musashi parries a strike of Dokyo's staff in Onimusha: Way of the Sword

Onimusha: Way of the Sword review: "It's no Sekiro, but accessibility and tight combat help this rough diamond shine"

By Luke Kemp Published 31 August 26

Review Responsive samurai combat shines throughout Onimusha's revival

Review

Key art for Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 shows a squad of four players blasting desperately at oncoming xenomorphs who are aggresively approaching from all directions

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 review: "I love this janky, deliciously imperfect bug-hunting adventure"

By Luke Kemp Published 28 August 26

Review I'm happy to keep going back for more

Review

Emma looks down sadly with a wide-rimmed hat and a bloodied face in Beast of Reincarnation

Beast of Reincarnation review: "The Pokemon dev knocks it out the park with a stunningly confident sci-fi action RPG"

By Luke Kemp Published 4 August 26

Review Game Freak's latest is a great ARPG, with firm but fair combat and wide scope for crafting a build to your tastes

Review

GTA 1, GTA 3, GTA 5, and GTA Vice City screenshots on a grid with the GamesRadar 'Countdown to GTA 6' branding

From top-down crime capers to online open-world heists, GTA has defined play freedom across gaming generations

By Luke Kemp Published 2 August 26

Features How Grand Theft Auto has defined open world gaming from PS1 to modern day

Features

Two squidlings poses against a red and green crackly background in Splatoon Raiders, one with a treasure chest, the other with a mech

Splatoon Raiders review: "Smartly translates Squidling vibes into a looter shooter I keep coming back to"

By Luke Kemp Published 21 July 26

Review A fun adventure that's not quite like anything else

Review

A crop of The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales art for the Age of Reconstruction, showing a determined cast of characters in the face of a beast threat

The Adventures of Elliot review: "This classic Zelda love letter is expansive without being intimidating"

By Luke Kemp Published 17 June 26

Review

Samara and Amani stand in their Goddess food truck mech in Dosa Divas key art, cooking up a big meal for surrounding villagers

Dosa Divas review: "I came for the culinary mechs and Jet Set Radio vibes, I stayed for the emotional rollercoaster"

By Luke Kemp Published 13 April 26

Review

Key art for John Carpenter's Toxic Commando showing the squad readying up with weapons against a backdrop of a zombie horde, including themselves blasting them from a truck

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando review: "A great horde shooter for the first run through the story"

By Luke Kemp Published 11 March 26

Review

Games like Skyrim: Gerlat giving a thumbs up during the Witcher 3 Wild Hunt.

The best games like Skyrim to play in 2026

By Heather Wald, Luke Kemp Last updated 16 February 26

Best List Here are the best games like Skyrim to play right now while we wait for The Elder Scrolls 6

Best List

Using Sheath, a gun with a fang-toothed face, in High on Life 2 to blast through Human Con, where aliens party in human mascot costumes

High on Life 2 review: "I smiled, I laughed, I sorely wished the combat was a lot better"

By Luke Kemp Published 16 February 26

Review

Key art for Crisol: Theater of Idols showing a religious looking figure with a gnarly metal body framed by candles and other gothic iconography

Crisol: Theater of Idols review: "Blood ammo and dark folklore imagery should be more exciting than this sedate shooter"

By Luke Kemp Published 10 February 26

Review

How long is Nioh 3?

By Joel Franey Published 5 February 26

Guide Nioh 3 takes a long time to beat, especially if you're planning to 100% it

Guide

A pudgy cat stands on the player's arm in Nioh 3 and emits a warm glow, with a rickety wooden bridge in the background, cropped

Nioh 3 review: "Brutal clashes across wide maps avoid retreading Elden Ring – this is all demon killer, no filler"

By Luke Kemp Published 4 February 26

Review

Hugh carries Diana as sprints to avoid explosions, an image of the Earth near them in Pragmata, with the GamesRadar+ Big in 2026 frame

"Balancing hacking and shooting" in Pragmata has been vital for "players to feel the tension", the director tells me

By Luke Kemp Published 26 January 26

Exclusive Big in 2026 | Capcom is cooking up unique combat and emotional depth for its moon with a view

Exclusive

A cat on the front basket of a bike, which is riding down a road towards a strange purple sky

There Are No Ghosts at the Grand's developer "tried to follow where the fun was," resulting in a very strange Steam demo

By Luke Kemp Published 21 January 26

Exclusive Big in 2026 | We chat to Friday Sundae about its game built on childhood memories, ska, and classic British TV

Exclusive

An anime-style character with their shibe in sunglasses, fishing on a dock in Starsand Island

Starsand Island let me be a skateboarding rabbit farmer, so you better believe it's at the top of my wishlist

By Luke Kemp Published 15 January 26

Exclusive Big in 2026 | Hands-on with the surprisingly deep and user-friendly life sim

Exclusive

Resident Evil Requiem protagonist Leon sitting in the driver's seat of a dark car

Resident Evil Requiem's dual protagonists aim to marry "the most terrifying horror and the most thrilling action"

By Luke Kemp Published 14 January 26

Exclusive Big in 2026 | Capcom talks dual protagonists, turning the terror up to 11, and the impact of using two different approaches to telling the same story

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