
Issy van der Velde
I'm Issy, a freelancer who you'll now occasionally see over here covering news on GamesRadar. I've always had a passion for playing games, but I learned how to write about them while doing my Film and TV degrees at the University of Warwick and contributing to the student paper, The Boar. After university I worked at TheGamer before heading up the news section at Dot Esports. Now you'll find me freelancing for Rolling Stone, NME, Inverse, and many more places. I love all things horror, narrative-driven, and indie, and I mainly play on my PS5. I'm currently clearing my backlog and loving Dishonored 2.
Latest articles by Issy van der Velde

Don't write off a Red Dead Redemption 2 remake or remaster, Arthur Morgan actor says: "We've already started to see it for GTA 5 and the original"
By Issy van der Velde published
news One of the best-looking game ever made, but could it be even better?

After surviving 3 robberies, a dead game, and burnout, crabby indie studio says 'oops' and makes 2 more games: "You can't stop us, we're gonna keep making s**t"
By Issy van der Velde published
News "We're calling these games an Aggro Crab side hustle"

You can stop pretending you played Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 now – they're on Game Pass, a year after a leak predicting this, so now you have no excuse not to try them
By Issy van der Velde published
News Now available at no extra cost

Wildcard Wishlist: These are the games we've pinned our hopes and dreams on turning up at Summer Game Fest 2025
By Andrew Brown published
Features SGF Predictions | Our brains might not want to take the risk, but these are the games our hearts demand

A new Helldivers 2 cape is in the works to "honor the service and victory of those who fought to defend Super Earth against the Illuminate invasion"
By Issy van der Velde published
News Will you wear it with pride?

A Minecraft speedrunner nearly smashed a world record by one whole minute, but then an Enderman ruined everything: "This is the most depressing thing I've ever seen in my life"
By Issy van der Velde published
News "If his crosshair was four pixels to the right, this would've been the world record"

Nintendo Switch 2's Welcome Tour is not only a $10 version of PS5's free Astro's Playroom, you also have to buy extra peripherals to 100% it
By Issy van der Velde published
News C'mon...

If you want to avoid Deltarune chapter 3 and 4 spoilers, developer Toby Fox warns you to stay off social media, don't look up the soundtrack titles, and steer clear of anyone from New Zealand for a few hours
By Issy van der Velde published
News You've been warned...

No Man's Sky's new free update adds robot settlements you can be mayor of, and it'll be on Switch 2 day 1: "A huge leap forward"
By Issy van der Velde published
News Are you ready to take the universe on the go with you?

New Battlefield 6 leak shows the tank-on-tank combat, and it looks raw as hell: "Destruction and audio are back"
By Issy van der Velde published
News Oh yeah, that's the good stuff

Helldivers 2's "ongoing merriment and sanctioned frivolity" following our victory over the Illuminate cut short with a new Major Order to defend from incoming Automaton attacks
By Issy van der Velde published
News Get your helmets on, Helldivers

How to watch the PC Gaming Show – and what to expect this year
By Issy van der Velde published
news Here's when the PC Gaming Show begins and where you can find a stream

Helldivers 2 grunts afraid of what's next following 5 days without a Major Order after saving Super Earth: "Those f***ers are up to something"
By Issy van der Velde published
news Is there a grand Illuminate conspiracy brewing?

Helldivers 2's Illuminate invasion brought players from around the world together, and our defence of Super Earth's Shanghai even made the news in China
By Issy van der Velde published
News Teamwork makes the dream work

A big Hollow Knight: Silksong Steam update has Metroidvania hopefuls daring to believe once again as Summer Game Fest and Xbox's Summer Showcase nears: "Doubters in shambles"
By Issy van der Velde published
News Everybody stay calm!

CDPR "thought it was going to be more of a challenge" porting Cyberpunk 2077 to Nintendo Switch 2, but beefier specs and microSD made it "surprisingly fast"
By Issy van der Velde published
news The future is now, samurai

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is free, but Borderlands boss Randy Pitchford has somehow found a way to make fans mad about it: "Dude's milking people for hate clicks at this point"
By Issy van der Velde published
News Pitchford's latest comments follow remarks around Borderlands 4's potential affordability

Elden Ring Nightreign player channels their inner Sekiro to parry the co-op roguelite's final boss to death – completely solo – just 2 days after launch
By Issy van der Velde published
News Now that's someone I want on my team

15 years later, Red Dead Redemption's John Marston is playing the open-world cowboy game for the first time and reveals why "John is screaming at people for no reason" when riding a horse
By Issy van der Velde published
News He also shoots a hat out the air without dead eye, because he can

Elden Ring Nightreign's creators are begging you: upgrade your flasks, stick together, and don't be afraid to use an ultimate for a revive
By Issy van der Velde published
News You can do it, and publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment is here to help

"The longer the game is, the less likely people are to finish": Fallout creator Tim Cain says 100+ hour RPGs are "deep" and all, but they're also intimidating money pits
By Issy van der Velde published
news "Some people go, 'Why are games costing 150 million, 500 million, a billion?' That's why"

Even though "it works for all FromSoft games," The Witcher 3 devs quickly discovered that forcing you to fight ridiculously strong enemies "was a bad idea"
By Issy van der Velde published
News Games aren't one size fits all

Helldivers 2 players are in mourning over the death of Super Earth's President, who "died heroically"
By Issy van der Velde published
News Managed democracy has never been more under siege
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