Robert Zak

Robert Zak

Freelance Writer

Rob is a freelance games journalist, SEO and content manager. He's written for PC Gamer, GamesRadar, Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun, WhatCulture, NextPit, PCGamesN, VG247, Eurogamer, TechRadar, and more.

Latest articles by Robert Zak

Wuthering Waves 3.1 takes players to a wintry new region

By Robert Zak Published

Sponsor Content Created With Kuro Games

Once a lush forest, the Roya Frostlands provide a dramatic backdrop for the latest major update to Kuro's hit RPG

Travis approaches Silent Hill on a foggy street, indicated by a signpost, in Silent Hill Origins, with the GamesRadar+ Big Preview Horror Special 2025 badge branding
"The very idea of making a prequel to Silent Hill wasn't good," says Origins and Shattered Memories designer: "That game told its story brilliantly through flashbacks, and there weren't really any unanswered questions"

By Robert Zak Published

Interview Feature | Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories developers discuss tackling the difficult task of reinventing Silent Hill by going back to the series' roots on PSP and Wii

Interview
The key art for Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly, showing a ghostly girl in front of a shrine, as a thumbnail, with the GamesRadar+ Big Preview Horror Special 2025 badge branding
Fatal Frame's iconic camera exists to force players to "look straight at something scary" says series creator: "We thought it would really bring out the scariness of the ghosts"

By Robert Zak Published

Interview Feature | Fatal Frame series creator Makoto Shibata and producer Keisuke Kikuchi on how they delivered a trilogy of the scariest horror games ever made on PS2

Interview
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 movement.
Here's our Black Ops 6 multiplayer playlist to keep you and your pals connected over Christmas

By Robert Zak Published

Presented by PC Game Pass

Surprise, surprise, BLOPS 6 is brimming with game modes, so we've picked out a few that are best enjoyed in the company of friends this Christmas.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - using the whip to travel down a cave wall
5 games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle available on PC Game Pass

By Robert Zak Published

Presented by PC Game Pass

Need something to play after adventuring with Indy? PC Game Pass has plenty of great alternatives

Why Silent Hill 2 Remake's Toluca Prison is even more terrifying than the original

By Robert Zak Published

Opinion | Explore an "other" world within the Otherworld

Silent Hill
Black Myth Wukong screenshots
How Black Myth: Wukong puts its own spin on the action-RPG genre

By Robert Zak Published

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Black Myth Wukong screenshots
Where Chinese mythology meets RPG: An exploration of Black Myth: Wukong's story

By Robert Zak Published

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The Elder Scrolls Online
A starter guide to Scribing in The Elder Scrolls Online

By Robert Zak Published

Sponsored

With the Gold Road expansion, The Elder Scrolls Online integrates a new system that lets you craft powerful bespoke spells. But you'll need to work for it.

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Alchemy crafing in the elder scrolls online
Why Gold Road is the perfect jumping on point for The Elder Scrolls Online

By Robert Zak Published

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10 years on from launch, there's a whole lot of world to explore here bundled into one pretty affordable package.

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Middle-earth: Shadow of War
From Shogo to Shadow of War: Charting the chaotic, creative history of Monolith Productions

By Retro Gamer Team, Robert Zak Published

Features The story of Monolith Productions is one of eclectic games and technological trailblazing

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Resident Evil 2 was a fantastic throwback, but it's Resident Evil 7 that is pushing the series forward

By Robert Zak Published

Features Everyone’s feasting on the Resident Evil 2 remake right now, but it was Resident Evil 7 that set the table

Features
An image of Battlefield Bad Company 2
Why Battlefield Bad Company 2 made us feel more like heroes than Battlefield 5's cannon-fodder

By Robert Zak Published

Opinion Bad Company 2’s multiplayer mode felt more like an action movie than bewildering full-scale warfare

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After 15 years, take to London's mean streets and ’ave a butcher’s at The Getaway – the grittiest and ’ardest GTA clone

By Robert Zak Published

Retrospective

Retrospective
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The genius of Metro: Last Light isn't the shooting, its the sad portrayal of post-apocalyptic life

By Robert Zak Published

Opinion

Opinion
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How The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind on Xbox thrust open world RPGs into the console mainstream

By Robert Zak Published

Retrospective Back in 2002, bringing The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind to Xbox was a risk, but one that blazed the trail for modern console RPGs

Retrospective
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Halo Wars 2 review: "A tried, tested and slightly tired RTS formula that's competent but lacking in depth and originality"

By Robert Zak Published

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