Luke Kemp

Luke Kemp

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

Games like Skyrim: Gerlat giving a thumbs up during the Witcher 3 Wild Hunt.
The best games like Skyrim to play right now

By Heather Wald, Luke Kemp last updated

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

Best List
Diablo 4
10 Games like Diablo to play while we wait for Diablo 5

By Jordan Gerblick, Luke Kemp last updated

Best List From Hades 2 to Grim Dawn, these are the best Diablo games to play right now

Best List
Phantom Blade Zero review: "A GOTY contender with combat that looks as good as it feels"

By Luke Kemp Published

Review Kungfupunk might be my next favorite genre

Review
Cel crouches through a small tunnel in the dark in End of Abyss, cropped for a header
End of Abyss review: "Little Nightmares meets Resident Evil, but they meet at Frustration Station"

By Luke Kemp Published

Review A game full of Big Nightmares, not all of them intentional

Review
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

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

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

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

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

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

Review

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

Review

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

Review

Review
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

Review

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

Review

Review
How long is Nioh 3
How long is Nioh 3?

By Joel Franey Published

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

Review

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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A lego version of Batman standing on a rooftop in front of a large moon, taken from Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight aims to be the "definitive Batman story"

By Luke Kemp Published

Exclusive Big in 2026 | TT Games explains how Batman has aged like a fine Wayne

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Key art showing cliff with sword and shield in hand with supporting characters behind him and a lush world filled with ancient ruins behind him, with the GamesRadar+ Big in 2026 frame
Crimson Desert's hack and slash boss bottles "play a crucial role in shaping the game’s intensity", but there's more to the open world adventure – like fishing, cooking, and dragon-riding

By Luke Kemp Published

Exclusive Big in 2026 | From MMORPG roots to an upcoming solo adventure, developer Pearl Abyss walks us through its journey

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Samurai Miyamoto Musashi raises his sword to guard in key art for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, with enemies in a montage behind him - with the GamesRadar+ Big in 2026
"What we wanted to depict was the figure of a young, rough-edged Musashi": Onimusha: Way of the Sword's protagonist melds a historical figure with a cinematic legend

By Luke Kemp Published

Exclusive Big in 2026 | History, cinema, and dark fantasy clash – and the resulting explosion is dazzling

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Key art showing Romeo from Romeo is a Dead Man wearing a robotic helmet
Suda51 says "game development for us is almost like playing a jam session at a live concert", and the electric action of Romeo is a Dead Man has me ready to rock

By Luke Kemp Published

Exclusive Big in 2026 | Suda51 talks to us about making Grasshopper Manufacture's first new IP for a decade

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A shootout in Warframe: 1999
12 years in the making, here's how Warframe went from "Hail Mary" to ongoing success story

By Luke Kemp Published

Features Interview | "We're a little more stubborn in trying to zig when others are zagging," says creative director Rebecca Ford

Features
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