Hope Bellingham

Hope Bellingham

News Writer

After studying Film Studies and Creative Writing at university, I was lucky enough to land a job as an intern at Player Two PR where I helped to release a number of indie titles. I then got even luckier when I became a Trainee News Writer at GamesRadar+ before being promoted to a fully-fledged News Writer after a year and a half of training. My expertise lies in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, cozy indies, and The Last of Us, but especially in the Kingdom Hearts series. I'm also known to write about the odd Korean drama for the Entertainment team every now and then.

Latest articles by Hope Bellingham

Sora looks up to the sky while hold a cell phone-like device in Kingdom Hearts 4
Kingdom Hearts 4: Everything we know so far

By Hope Bellingham Last updated

Guide Kingdom Hearts 4 is on the way, and its set to arrive sometime in 2027

Guide
Tiny Bookshop screenshot showing the small mobile bookshop decorated with lights and plants set up on the beach as a customer walks inside. A dog can be seen sitting on a couch outside of it
The 20 best Switch indie games you should play in 2026

By Alysia Judge Last updated

Best List The best Switch indie games are a bewitching bundle of monsters and magic

Best List
Best visual novel games: a close-up of Monika looking ahead with a bright light behind her during Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
The best visual novels that'll capture your imagination in 2026

By Heather Wald Last updated

Best List Looking to get lost in a good text-based adventure? Our list of the best visual novels is here to help

Best List
Animal Crossing: New Horizon update 2.0 features
All the Animal Crossing: New Horizons cooking recipes and how to cook

By Hope Bellingham, Sam Loveridge Last updated

Guide Looks like we’re getting more than just vegetable soup and sandwiches

Guide
Hyper Light Breaker
Hyper Light Breaker director says the open-world roguelike's runs aren't "the be-all and end-all" so players will have "a lot more freedom"

By Hope Bellingham Published

News The Hyper Light Drifter sequel enters Early Access this summer

News
No Rest for the Wicked.
Ori and the Blind Forest devs decided not to go with Microsoft for its new ARPG as PlayStation players always begged for the Metroidvania

By Hope Bellingham Published

News No Rest for the Wicked isn't limited to Xbox or PC

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Redfall
A year after Redfall's disappointing launch, players are still waiting for a $100 special edition bonus

By Hope Bellingham Published

News The Bite Back Edition is yet to deliver its exclusive Hero Pass

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Rusty's Retirement
After selling 100,000 copies of its idle Stardew Valley-like, Rusty's Retirement dev celebrates "spawning a genre" of games that run at the bottom of your screen

By Hope Bellingham Published

News The dev has inadvertently started a new indie game trend

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Professor Layton and the New World of Steam trailer
Professor Layton studio CEO wants to make "erotic" and "violent" games one day and I'm afraid of what that means

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Don't worry, the puzzle series won't change that drastically

News
Starfield gameplay trailer vista
Todd Howard says Starfield criticism is "perfectly understandable" as the RPG is a "different experience" to Bethesda's other games - but not everyone agrees

By Hope Bellingham Published

News A new IP means "doing some things differently" than before

News
A screenshot from the Helldivers 2 opening, showing the Super Earth Spokesperson shouting.
Helldivers 2 is already one of PlayStation's all-time bestsellers, and it's all thanks to the PC version

By Hope Bellingham Published

News What an impressive first couple of months for Helldivers 2

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GTA: Vice City almost had a much more complex police system, but its developer says it was "too much hassle to set up"

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Did you spot the unique police cars?

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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Idris Elba
One of the deadliest killers in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty has slain 2.6 million players - and it isn't even a boss

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Dogtown stadiums' catwalks might be the biggest foe of all

News
Fallout: New Vegas
Todd Howard says Fallout: New Vegas "is a very, very important game to us" and that it's "hard to canonize" for the TV show

By Hope Bellingham Published

News The Obsidian title is a tricky one to adapt

News
Exodus trailer screenshot
Baldur's Gate 3 owner says it's got $1+ billion invested in game dev, and it's using one Mass Effect vet's new sci-fi RPG to help

By Hope Bellingham Published

News One of Hasbro's studios is also working on a D&D game

News
Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot showing the party standing victorious
Baldur's Gate 3 owner Hasbro reflects on the RPG's success: "People really, really like a great, well-executed D&D game"

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Video games are part of Hasbro's strategy going forward

News
InZoi
PUBG studio's upcoming Sims competitor is full of realistic features like driving and getting into car accidents - but not like "what you see in Grand Theft Auto"

By Hope Bellingham Published

News You can't say InZoi isn't realistic

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Life By You
Sims competitor Life By You finally releases this summer after its early access delay

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Life sim fans only have to wait a couple more months

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Manor Lords
Manor Lords dev hits back at players complaining over crash reports: "99% so far are old drivers"

By Hope Bellingham Published

News "And when people say 'I updated the drivers,' I check logs and see old drivers."

News
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Life is Strange developer's upcoming game Lost Records: Bloom and Rage is split into two parts, partly because of Game of Thrones

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Just like Life is Strange, Lost Records will release episodically

News
Baldur's Village mod
This in-progress Stardew Valley mod brings everyone's favorite Baldur's Gate 3 characters to the farming sim, but only one of them is dateable

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Baldur's Village is hoping to release around the RPG's first anniversary

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Manor Lords
Manor Lords dev says the city builder's future patches will tackle storage issues, archer damage, and AI running rampant over every territory it can grab

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Don't worry, current saves "should work fine for this one"

News
Littlelands
I'm really digging the charming Animal Crossing x Zelda vibes of this upcoming sandbox indie game

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Littlelands is the perfect mix of Nintendo nostalgia

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Manor Lords
As hit city-builder Manor Lords conquers Steam's top-sellers list, roguelike sensation Hades 2 jumps back up to the top of the wishlist chart

By Hope Bellingham Published

News Manor Lords isn't the only highly-anticipated game to release this week

News
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead explains Larian's player-first approach to marketing the RPG: "The industry's best agencies ... came up with nothing good"

By Hope Bellingham Published

News "It has never been easier to *potentially* reach your audience directly"

News
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