Austin Wood

Austin Wood

Senior writer

Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.

Latest articles by Austin Wood

Sean Murray in a gray hoodie smiling
10 years of No Man's Sky: How Hello Games and Sean Murray keep getting away with it

By Austin Wood Published

Features Interview | In a time of "consumable" games, Hello Games sees "real beauty in keeping those things alive"

Features
Rideshare "Stimulator" passenger in glasses and gray hat
Saber Interactive denies replacing former Rideshare Stimulator lead writer with ChatGPT

By Austin Wood Last updated

News "Rideshare's story was written entirely by real people"

News
A screenshot of the Adoring Fan seen in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
The Elder Scrolls 6 is playable, Xbox CEO says her "live playthrough" shows "incredible" scale

By Austin Wood Published

News That is, "The Elder Scrolls VI: ********"

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News
No Man's Sky orange sky shown in launch version gameplay trailer
10 years later, Sean Murray still plays the launch version of No Man's Sky, and he still likes it

By Austin Wood Published

News "A game is obviously owned by the players," says Sean Murray

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News
Old School RuneScape art showing a shrimp playing computer games
One of the first Animal Crossing speedrunners spent 4,300 hours catching shrimp in an MMO

By Austin Wood Published

News "To me, it was worth it"

News
Elden Ring DLC boss Rellana with twin swords of magic and flame
How to beat Rellana, Twin Moon Knight in Elden Ring

By Joel Franey Last updated

Guide One of the first major bosses in the Elden Ring DLC is the Twin Moon Knight Rellana

Guide
GTA 6
As GTA 6 hype builds as the industry buckles, Take-Two boss says "I don't love winning by attrition"

By Austin Wood Published

News "The people who hate running public companies are the people who hate telling the truth"

News
Overwatch screenshot of Sombra holding a dark orb
Overwatch's huge "battle pass revamp" is out tomorrow and makes things more complicated but better

By Austin Wood Published

News New Overwatch battle pass "Tier Hack" lets players unlock old skins

News
Persona 4 Revival screenshot of Yukiko looking at floating tarot card
"I think we have to do" Persona 1 and 2 Remakes, says Persona 4 Revival producer

By Austin Wood Published

News But how do you remake Persona 2?

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News
Sean Murray in a grey hoodie
Sean Murray doesn't care how much money No Man's Sky DLC would've made, and "it doesn't matter"

By Austin Wood Published

News "Every player that we have is going to experience this"

News
Cult of the Lamb protagonist with red eyes
If you want to see what's actually ruining games, read Devolver Digital's bid to go private

By Austin Wood Last updated

News Infinite growth and satisfying shareholders doesn't make good games, it turns out

News
Demon Lord: Just a Block
Creator of one of the highest-rated new roguelikes on Steam says Dark Souls-style story was key

By Austin Wood Published

News Their deceptively simple action-strategy game's launch went "way beyond my wildest expectations," dev says

News
Baldur's Gate 3 companion Lae'zel grimacing
Larian reveals 10 Baldur's Gate 3 endings and scenes that almost nobody has seen

By Austin Wood Published

News Minthara comes up a few times, too

News
Ellie in The Last of Us Part 2
PlayStation users are treated like renters but charged like owners, say Mexican politicians

By Austin Wood Published

News Digital games can also be revoked, the pair argues

News
Karlach uses her fire powers to light a cigar in Baldur's Gate 3
"Baldur's Gate 3 is now cancelled": Larian's own stream smacked down for being too sexy

By Austin Wood Published

News "Oopsie"

News
Jon Bellamy on a blue background
After promising less invasive microtransactions, RuneScape dev adds one-time-use microtransactions

By Austin Wood Published

News Jagex quickly changed the terms of the new items after player uproar

News
Monster Hunter Wilds tamer smiles at sunlight
Capcom is selling Monster Hunter Wilds with the energy of a man paddling up a waterfall

By Austin Wood Published

News Capcom would very much like to move more copies of Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance

News
The Sims 4 screenshot of a man in a blazer
EA and games like The Sims and Battlefield are officially owned by Saudi Arabia and private equity

By Austin Wood Published

News The EA deal is done

News
Larian CEO Swen Vincke in a santa hat
The biggest Baldur's Gate 3 save scummers slammed quicksave over 1,400 times in one go, Larian says

By Austin Wood Published

News I honestly thought this number would be higher

News
Baldur's Gate 3 Minthara, a drow with pale purple skin and light blonde hair, smirks as her face is covered in blood splatter
Larian just released a bunch of Baldur's Gate 3 stats, and 9,122 of you need to be jailed

By Austin Wood Published

News I need an answer

News
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem art showing stampeding green orcs
After earning $1 million on Steam from a game that took 4 months, devs hit Valve's "chocolate tier"

By Austin Wood Published

News It took "exactly 1 week"

News
GTA 6
"I wouldn't have time to make the game while playing GTA 6," Danganronpa dev says of new game delay

By Austin Wood Published

News "It was inevitable that we moved the release time"

News
Halo 3 Believe ad showing figurine of Master Chief
Xbox 360 games are reportedly coming to PC this year as Microsoft prepares disc-to-digital feature

By Austin Wood Published

News Disc-to-digital Xbox games are seemingly coming very soon

News
Escape from Tarkov soldier aiming gun silencer at camera
"This is the end": Single Player Tarkov is shutting down amid a messy trademark situation

By Austin Wood Published

News A future team is welcome to "continue from where we left off"

News
Donkey Kong Bananza DK flying around a whirlwind
Gaming hardware costs have gone up 16% in 2026, says US analyst, and it's reportedly getting worse

By Austin Wood Published

News Samsung was one of three RAM manufacturers accused of fixing prices in a lawsuit

News
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