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

Company admits Steam Machine Companion Cube case made without Valve's permission was pretty stupid
By Austin Wood Published
News Over 1,000 hours of engineering went into the Steam Machine Companion Cube case

Fans respond to GTA 6 price reveal by pre-ordering the $100 Ultimate Edition for free with MS points
By Austin Wood Published
News All you have to do is buy other stuff or suffer the wrath of Bing

As Epic Games CEO blasts Valve over Steam AI disclosures, dev makes them even more noticeable
By Austin Wood Published
News Browser plugin makes spotting AI games on Steam much easier

What it's like beating Elden Ring twice a week for 4 years: "The greatest game that's been made"
By Austin Wood Published
News Playing FromSoftware's best RPG for a living takes you to some weird places

Persona 6 appears on Steam, Atlus and Sega accidentally say something interesting for once
By Austin Wood Published
News More classic Persona mechanics look to be back

Slay the Spire 2 lies about its RNG, rabid fan declares in 6,600-word essay
By Austin Wood Published
News Randomness in Slay the Spire 2 may be a lot more predictable than we thought

The new RPG for Sword Art Online feels shockingly close to the legendary anime
By Austin Wood Published
News Echoes of Aincrad looks deeply SAO-coded, for better and worse

GTA 6 pre-orders open this next week, Rockstar reveals cover art but still won't give us a price
By Austin Wood Published
News Pre-order Grand Theft Auto 6 starting this month

Treyarch confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 are "being ported to PlayStation"
By Austin Wood Published
News Call of Duty: Black Ops running natively on PS5, is it?

"Gamers don't want it": Palworld lead says Pocketpair doesn't touch AI because players hate it
By Austin Wood Published
News "If the gamers don't want it, I guess that's it, right?"

Why so many game developers don't want to use generative AI
By Austin Wood Published
Interview With credits ranging from Dispatch and Marvel Rivals to Uncharted and Dragon Age, over 30 devs share their thoughts on gen AI

Destiny 2 players end the game exactly as they started it: driving Bungie mad with boss cheese
By Austin Wood Published
News It's like we never left

The most popular Soulslike in Steam Next Fest makes a good case for adding a shotgun to Dark Souls
By Austin Wood Published
News Mortal Shell 2 feels better than I expected so far

Arc Raiders gives players what they asked for as "quieter period" leaves some bored
By Austin Wood Published
News You must be at least this geared to ride this roller coaster

Double Fine, Ninja Theory reportedly among multiple Xbox studios rushing to negotiate an exit
By Austin Wood Published
News Compulsion Games is seemingly just the start

Latest Microsoft victim reportedly being closed after releasing one game since Xbox acquisition
By Austin Wood Published
News The new heads of Xbox praised the studio this year

EA announces new way to bring advertisements "directly into gameplay"
By Austin Wood Published
News Expect to see even more paid brand placements

RPG dev inspired by classic MMOs says his Steam success was "this seemingly unattainable dream"
By Austin Wood Published
News When your first RPG sells 80,000 copies

Microsoft considered cutting Xbox off entirely and making it easier to sell, report says
By Austin Wood Published
News Amid Xbox overhaul discussions, all options seem to be on the table

Nintendo Palworld lawsuit has "zero chance" at more than "chump change," expert says
By Austin Wood Published
News Money is not the only factor in the lawsuit

Ingenious single-player MMO that exploded on Steam goes one step further with raids
By Austin Wood Published
News Erenshor is adding an MMO staple, and also transmog

FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki teases unannounced games, says the dev should do what it wants
By Austin Wood Published
News Oasis is at it again

Action RPG Wuthering Waves hits Steam record thanks to Lucy and Rebecca from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
By Austin Wood Published
News "I have never seen response this insane from the community"
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