Iain Harris

Iain Harris

News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.

Latest articles by Iain Harris

Golden Joystick Awards
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the Golden Joystick Award 2025 charge for most nominations, nudging out Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

By Iain Harris Published

News Don't delay, vote today

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World of Warcraft: Midnight
World of Warcraft: Midnight's riff on Monolith's The Lord of the Rings Nemesis System was spurred on by a War Within feature Blizzard doubted: "We weren't sure how people would react"

By Iain Harris Published

News Blizzard wants to "get people a little bit more engaged in the outdoor world"

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A character in Final Fantasy 14 wields dual swords
I play Final Fantasy 14 like I do any other Final Fantasy game of the past 27 years, totally solo and you can too with the Free Trial

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by Square Enix

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct September 2025

By Iain Harris last updated

News Super Mario Galaxy movie! Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave! More!

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Mad Moxxi
Get ready for the Borderlands 4 release – live build-up, reactions, and launch info as we count down to Gearbox's open-world looter shooter

By Iain Harris last updated

LIVE It's Borderlands 4 release day, so follow along as we cover everything you need to know

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Hollow Knight Silksong
Hollow Knight Silksong release live coverage – Steam and eShop outages, early hands-on impressions, and more

By Iain Harris last updated

LIVE With the Hollow Knight Silksong release time now here, join us live as we all act completely normal about this massive launch

LIVE
Two characters sit and enjoy the sunset in a grassy field filled with rock formations from a Final Fantasy Tactics screenshot.
Final Fantasy Tactics remaster makes Cloud easier to use, Square Enix promises, and even gives him the Materia Blade right off the bat, so you'll want to see the secret hiding where it was in the original RPG

By Jordan Gerblick Published

News Director Kazutoyo Maehiro admits "he was pretty difficult to utilize as a character" in the original strategy RPG

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Resident Evil Requiem screenshot of Grace Ashcroft, who has white short hair and glasses and wears a black blazer with an FBI badge, sitting at a desk in front of a PC monitor
Gamescom Day 1 live coverage – all the news, interviews, and previews as they happen

By Iain Harris last updated

LIVE From Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 to Hollow Knight Silksong, we're on the floor in Germany to go hands-on with all the most exciting upcoming games

LIVE
Hell Let Loose Vietnam
Hell Let Loose Vietnam "isn't just about the new theatre of war", creative director says, "we're introducing a bunch of new mechanics that really push the boundaries"

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by Team17

Fly planes, drive boats, and so much more

Witchspire
League of Legends, Overwatch 2 contributor announces a game of its own, an adorable survival-crafting adventure called Witchspire

By Iain Harris Published

News And it's launching in Early Access next year on PC

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Serial World
This quirky roguelike JRPG brings some deck building to the Pokemon formula I didn't know I needed until now

By Iain Harris Published

News There are many Pokemon games and RPGs like it, but few implement the cards the series is known for like this

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Tormented Souls 2
Sequel to Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark throwback Tormented Souls gets October release date

By Iain Harris Published

News Tormented Souls 2 launches this spooky season

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Fellowship
Fellowship is "all dungeons, all the time" – and you can play the RPG when it launches in Early Access in October

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by Arc Games

It's all the joys of hitting an MMO dungeon without the grind

Lost Rift
Gears of War: Judgement, Outriders dev's FPS survival game Lost Rift hits Early Access in September

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by People Can Fly

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Hell is Us
Dark RPG Hell is Us teases what drives its story forward with a new trailer

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by Nacon

"I was born here, but I grew up on the outside"

Hell Let Loose Vietnam
"The future of Hell Let Loose" is Vietnam, and you can play it next year

By Iain Harris Published

Presented by Team17

The hardcore military FPS keeps the content coming in 2026

A close up of a man holding a gun during the reveal for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 ad goes live early, showcasing stompy mechs, Goliath foes, and yet another November release date

By Iain Harris Published

News After a few leaks and reports, I think Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is coming out in November

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Subnautica 2
Subnautica 2 designer isn't alarmed by people taking a break, because survival games aren't as "monogamistic" as MMOs like World of Warcraft: "I know what they're doing"

By Iain Harris Published

News "If I see people play through all the content of Subnautica and then they leave for a little bit until we do a content patch, that doesn't alarm me"

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A screenshot of the upcoming RPG, The Outer Worlds 2
The Outer Worlds 2 was helped along by Fallout co-creator Tim Cain, but Obsidian is switching up RPG history by going "much bigger and deeper" with its sequel

By Iain Harris Published

News "The Outer Worlds 2 delivers on the fantasy we had when we started the first game"

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The protagonist of HD-2D action RPG The Adventures of Elliot explores a city
Square Enix team behind JRPG gems like Octopath Traveler is trading turn-based combat for Zelda-like action with The Adventures of Elliot in hopes of reaching "a new audience"

By Iain Harris Published

News "As the HD-2D series has expanded and evolved, we’ve gradually shifted genres"

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn't completely gone," even if fellow JRPGs like Persona and Dragon Quest sell millions of copies

By Iain Harris Published

News "I could talk about the prejudice forever"

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Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was a challenge for CDPR as V has "more freedom" in how they tackle the open-world, whereas it's "very difficult" to see The Witcher 3's Geralt "go GTA style"

By Iain Harris Published

News "Ciri or Geralt, they are fully fledged characters. They have their own personality, there are things that they will not do."

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Gustave in a French-inspired outfit
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio is "just the right size" for a "full-priced turn-based RPG," so don't expect its success to lead to AAA ambitions: "I'd prefer working as a small team"

By Iain Harris Published

News Sandfall Interactive is happy as it is

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Octopath Traveler 0 key art in painterly style with a man looking at a town and someone waving in background
Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase July 2025

By Iain Harris last updated

Recap Octopath Traveler 0! Monster Hunter Stories 3! More!

Recap
Future Games Show at Gamescom hosts David Hayter and Maggie Robertson
Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil Village stars set to host Future Games Show at Gamescom 2025

By Iain Harris Published

News "I've had a sneak peek and the show is packed with world premieres, new trailers, and deep dives into some incredible games"

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