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

Rubinite character Ruby in red water
An "extremely challenging" action game is spreading like fire on Steam, with nearly 1,800 reviews

By Austin Wood Published

News More games like this, please

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Gordon Freeman in Half-Life on orange background
Dev ports Half-Life to the PS1, asks Valve if it's cool with that, and says he may "make it public"

By Austin Wood Published

News "Not an emulator and not a demake"

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Genshin Impact 5-star character Constellation selector menu
Genshin Impact 7.0 livestream reveals nine more 5-star characters for the Constellation selector

By Austin Wood Published

News Wriothesley is an easy pick

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34% of PS5 discs and 50% of Xbox Series X discs are junk without a download, research finds

By Austin Wood Published

News "We let them relabel a purchase into 'licensing'"

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Ghost of Yotei protagonist's eye seen through straw hat
How a Ghost of Yotei developer spent years making his own hit Steam game at Sucker Punch

By Austin Wood Published

News "They're very supportive"

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Satya Nadella and Jensen Huang on grey and black backgrounds
Games AI veteran says it can be useful, but we've made mountains out of ChatGPT's molehills

By Austin Wood Published

News "This is a five-alarm fire"

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Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach
We won't get "the next FromSoftware" or "another Remedy or Larian" at this rate, warns veteran dev

By Austin Wood Published

Features Interview | "It's like waiting at the door for a package you've never ordered"

Features
Skyrim
The Skyrim-inspired username "fus_ro_dah" was used as evidence to imprison an innocent man

By Austin Wood Published

News "His conviction rested on the internet username being attributed to him," an appeal decision reads

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Asha Sharma in black sweater
Xbox just had its worst quarter in years

By Austin Wood Published

News Xbox is down over $1.6 billion for the year

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Sir, We Have an Orc Problem soldier screaming
Two devs made a game in 4 months, now it's made $360,000 in 24 hours as Steam's 15th best-seller

By Austin Wood Published

News Sir, we have a hit on our hands

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Wuchang
Soulslike RPG Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is getting a sequel from its original director's new studio

By Austin Wood Published

News 505 Games will return to publish Wuchang 2

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Mahou Arms character with green eyes and elf ears
Devs spent 9 years, starting in "my parents' basement," making a Nier Automata-esque action game

By Austin Wood Published

News Magical girls will save us

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The Left Behind character aiming a gun at zombie
Facing a 17% review score on Steam, survival game dev promises to add a way to, uh, save the game

By Austin Wood Published

News "Yesterday was the launch of my game. It did not go as I hoped for"

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Psychonauts 2
After escaping Xbox, Double Fine lays off 23 people for "the survival of our studio"

By Dustin Bailey Published

News "The people we are losing were all important"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 character Verso
After Clair Obscur Expedition 33, Sandfall is "going to go a bit crazy" with its next game

By Austin Wood Published

News "Expedition 33 was quite a long project too"

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Arc Raiders raider on blue and red background
Arc Raiders makes it official: "Only the PvP fights players choose to initiate" impact aggression

By Austin Wood Published

News Players loved the last change like this, Embark says

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DragonSword: Awakening female warriors
The new open-world RPG climbing Steam is the biggest surprise since Crimson Desert

By Austin Wood Published

News It's even got its own AI controversy

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Persona 3 Reload vinyl records on gray wall
Sony's latest PR masterstroke is promoting vinyl records as it kills PlayStation discs

By Austin Wood Published

News Fans are, you will be surprised to hear, not happy

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Halo Master Chief against bright light
Xbox is down, just days after PlayStation outage, and it affects both digital and "disc-based" games

By Austin Wood Published

News Xbox sign-in, store, library, apps, and game launch are all affected

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Scarlet Deer Inn knight figure embroidered on cloth
In the history of games, I don't think anyone pulled off the feat of the coolest new game on Steam

By Austin Wood Published

News The art of Scarlet Deer Inn is hard to believe

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A mime from Clair Obscur wearing sunglasses
Games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Peak will help the industry escape its "fear," say experts

By Austin Wood Published

News "Courage is a consistent factor of most hit titles," says Rami Ismail

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The Last of Us 2
The PlayStation Store and Network are chugging – a good sign for Sony's all-digital, no-disc future

By Austin Wood Published

News The PlayStation Store is chugging for many users

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News
Valve Steam Machine photo with close up of light on front switched to red.
Amazon games boss hopes Steam Machine and console prices will drive more people to cloud gaming

By Austin Wood Published

News "The sheer cost of buying dedicated hardware" could make the cloud more competitive

30 Comments
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AC Black Flag Resynced Edward removing his hood
Ubisoft CEO says ditching physical "helped" PC, PlayStation ending discs won't "disturb" industry

By Austin Wood Published

News A digital-only future could bring console prices down, Ubisoft CEO expects

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Generic Xbox logo on a space-like background in green
Xbox adds advertisements to games in "ad-supported" streaming trial

By Austin Wood Published

News "Ads will play before sessions begin," Microsoft says

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