Joe Donnelly is a sports editor from Glasgow and former features editor at GamesRadar+. A mental health advocate, Joe has written about video games and mental health for The Guardian, New Statesman, VICE, PC Gamer and many more, and believes the interactive nature of video games makes them uniquely placed to educate and inform. His book Checkpoint considers the complex intersections of video games and mental health, and was shortlisted for Scotland's National Book of the Year for non-fiction in 2021. As familiar with the streets of Los Santos as he is the west of Scotland, Joe can often be found living his best and worst lives in GTA Online and its PC role-playing scene.
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Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Turning A Tiny Sticker Tale into an inadvertent pantomime was the perfect tonic to combat end-of-year fatigue

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Grand Theft Advent Grand Theft Advent | Merry Christmas, happy Grand Theft Advent, and here's to a busy and rumor-driven New Year

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Grand theft advent Grand Theft Advent | With GTA 6 not here till 2025, we'll surely be seeing more of Vice City soon

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Grand Theft Advent Grand Theft Advent | Rockstar has come through one of the most turbulent periods in its history pretty unscathed, it would seem

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Grand Theft Advent Grand Theft Advent | I'm happy to wait for another way to play

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Grand theft advent Grand Theft Advent | I brought one of my favorite Grand Theft Auto games back to life, and it's been the perfect way to round out the year

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Opinion Opinion | A big year for video games, but a distinctly normal-sized one for PlayStation

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Grand theft advent Grand Theft Advent | From Baldur's Gate 3 to Alan Wake 2 and Dead Space, it's been a blockbuster year for games… but the GTA 6 trailer stole the show for me

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Grand Theft Advent Grand Theft Advent | Here's hoping for a vroom with a view in Vice City

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Grand Theft Advent Grand Theft Advent | Lucia may be the star of the show, but what about the communities underpinning the main stage?

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Grand Theft Advent Grand Theft Advent | Speculation is part of the Grand Theft Auto experience, and Darkel is part of the series' folklore

By Iain Harris Published
Opinion Grand Theft Advent | Come share in our wisdom

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Interview Interview | Jacqui Pinol chats to GR+ about aligning herself with one of the coolest moms in video games

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GRAND THEFT ADVENT Grand Theft Advent | Tom Petty's Love Is a Long Road is the latest reveal trailer tune, but where does it rank among the series' best?

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GRAND THEFT ADVENT Grand Theft Advent | A visual tour of how the GTA logo has changed over the last quarter of a century

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Opinion Opinion | Sega will reimagine a host of classic games "over the next several years" and I cannot wait to learn more

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Preview Preview | The Finals has the best destruction physics I've ever seen

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Interview Interview | The BAFTA-winning actor Abubakar Salim is leading the change at Surgent Studios with its debut project - Tales of Kenzera: Zau

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THE GAME AWARDS Opinion | Our thoughts (and hopeful guesses) ahead of The Game Awards 2023 event in Los Angeles

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GRAND THEFT ADVENT Grand Theft Advent | Some of Grand Theft Auto's most prominent community members weigh in on our first official look at Vice City

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Opinion Opinion | The GamesRadar+ team takes a closer look at what makes Vice City tick

By Leon Hurley Published
Features We've watched the first GTA 6 trailer an ungodly amount of times and brought you everything we've spotted

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Opinion Opinion | After a shock drop, the GTA 6 trailer is here and it's beautiful
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