Austin Wood
Austin freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree, and he's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize that his position as a senior writer is just a cover up for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a focus on news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.
Latest articles by Austin Wood
Stellar Blade dev, also known for butt-jiggling game Nikke, says he "put special attention" into the female lead's back because that's what players see most of the time
By Ali Jones published
News "This is entertainment for adults"
Homeworld 3 gets another delay in the middle of its Steam Next Fest demo after feedback from people who were brought in to "play through the full game"
By Austin Wood published
news At least you can still try it for yourself
Steam got a dwarf tag just in time for the screen-destroying, ore-collecting mining roguelike that I'm struggling to put down this Steam Next Fest
By Austin Wood published
news Bore Blasters is exactly what it wants to be: loud, shiny fun
I played the lawless competitive RPG dominating Steam Next Fest like the second coming of Dark and Darker, and I'm immediately biased because I haven't died yet
By Austin Wood published
news Dungeonborne is a primitive but promising spin on Dark and Darker
Stellar Blade director says it's a "great honor" for the action RPG to be called "Korean Nier" because he's a big fan of Yoko Taro
By Hope Bellingham published
News The developer says the two games are "pretty different" though
Pocketpair has a new co-op Metroidvania roguelike that rips off Dead Cells way harder than Palworld ever copied Pokemon, and its Steam Next Fest demo is awesome
By Austin Wood published
news Never Grave is Dead Cells wearing the skin of Hollow Knight but with co-op and farming
2023 was the year of the RPG – now 2024 looks like the year of JRPGs
By Austin Wood published
Features From Persona to Final Fantasy to Suikoden, 2024 is stacked with JRPG greats
Louder than ever, Steam records suggest Elden Ring DLC is entering the final stretch as FromSoftware moves onto QA and debugging
By Austin Wood published
news QA and debug measures may point to an impending reveal
The Day Before fallout continues as former devs allege awful working conditions and management so bad that some staff didn't know they were supposed to make an MMO
By Austin Wood published
news The Day Before's design goals reportedly changed almost daily
Judas, the new game from the BioShock creator, looks more like BioShock than ever
By Austin Wood last updated
news That's a Ken Levine special, all right
Weird and wild PS5 action RPG Stellar Blade finally gets a release date, and I admit I'm pretty excited for it
By Austin Wood last updated
news Stellar Blade is out in April, continues to look like dumb fun
After literal hours of Death Stranding cutscenes, Hideo Kojima threatens that his next game will "transcend the barriers between film and video games"
By Austin Wood published
news For real this time, it's "also a movie"
Game-changing Palworld trick lets you transport any stack of items without being encumbered, even 9,999 stone
By Austin Wood published
news Move anything you want between chests in one easy trip
I was ready for Arknights: Endfield to be a cool open-world RPG, and it is, but I did not expect a shockingly in-depth base builder on top of that
By Austin Wood published
Features Hands-on | Arknights Endfield is a two-in-one RPG I was not expecting
Skyrim player creates self-imposed hardcore permadeath ruleset for the RPG's Legendary difficulty, then spends 150 hours trying to beat it
By Austin Wood last updated
Features Inward_Perfection has done the improbable after four lost characters
As Blizzard course-corrects Diablo 4 Season 3, the action RPG greases the wheels with 2 weeks of 50% bonus XP and 30% faster movement
By Austin Wood published
news Diablo 4's Lunar Awakening event starts in a week
Refusing to be buried by Palworld, survival RPG Enshrouded hits 1 million players in 4 days
By Austin Wood published
news Dev says "this is just the beginning"
I've been obsessed with this Super Mario Odyssey-inspired Metroidvania since last year and now it finally has a release date
By Austin Wood published
news Biomorph is out in March
Genshin Impact 4.4 release date and time - When the Xianyun and Gaming banner starts
By Austin Wood published
news Here's when Genshin Impact version 4.4 launches
Destiny 2 finally got true loot rain in the Coil, and Bungie says it's ready to make it rain again: "We want to make sure that you're getting paid out for that time"
By Austin Wood published
news Bungie says the Coil's rewards aren't a one-time anomaly
Bungie casually reveals it made a Destiny 2 dating sim internally that fans of the MMO's many hotties will never get to play
By Austin Wood published
news Crow fans in absolute shambles
With its new demo, the "Hollow Knight meets Kirby" Metroidvania from former AAA devs has officially become one of my most-wanted 2024 releases
By Austin Wood published
Features Hands-on with an extended demo for Biomorph, which is finally out this year
The Pokemon Company is looking into potential copyright infringement, but Palworld fans don't think they're going to find anything
By Hope Bellingham last updated
News Palworld fans are confident its Pokemon-like is safe