Sam Roberts

Samuel is now a PR Manager at Frontier Development, but was once a staffer at Future PLC. He was last the Entertainment Editor at TechRadar, but before that he was the UK Editor at PC Gamer. He has also written for GamesRadar in his time. He is also the co-host of the Backpage podcast. 

Latest articles by Sam Roberts

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Final Fantasy 7 – how Square made one of the most important and influential RPGs of all time

By Sam Roberts Published

Features Director Yoshinori Kitase and art director Yusuke Naora reflect on the creation of Final Fantasy 7

Features
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10 years later: how Grand Theft Auto 4 raised the standard for open-world games and helped shape GTA 5

By Sam Roberts Published

Retrospective Sombre, atmospheric and political, GTA 4 hosted one of the best missions in the series' history and paved the way for GTA 5's multiple protagonists

Retrospective
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Why I love L.A. Noire’s fictional influences - the books, films and TV that made Rockstars crime sim

By Sam Roberts Published

Opinion How other media shaped one of gaming’s best period pieces

Opinion
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It's just too easy to be a dick in GTA Online, so why bother being anything else?

By Sam Roberts Published

Opinion Why is everyone so horrible in GTA Online? It just happens. All the time.

Opinion
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Searching for a master swordsman on the journey to hell in Final Fantasy 15’s Episode Gladio DLC

By Sam Roberts Published

Opinion

Opinion
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Final Fantasy's version of Smash Bros will keep you busy until the FF7 remake gets here

By Sam Roberts Published

Features Can Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT please both fans and fighting game players on PS4?

Features
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BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins gave us a grand but sometimes flat fantasy world

By Sam Roberts Published

Retrospective

Retrospective
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How the creators of GTA swapped city streets for school beats in Bully: Scholarship Edition

By Sam Roberts Published

Retrospective

Retrospective
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Why 343 Industries and Creative Assembly were perfect partners to resurrect Halo’s strategy spin-off

By Sam Roberts, Chris Schilling Published

Interview

Interview
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Burial at Sea was envisioned as BioShock Infinite DLC, but it become a game in its own right

By Sam Roberts Published

Opinion

Opinion
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Has the Marvel Cinematic Universe become too complicated to enjoy?

By Sam Roberts Published

Opinion

Opinion
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Red Dead Redemption was Rockstar's masterpiece... and still is

By Sam Roberts Published

Features

Features
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Asylum vs City vs Knight: which Batman game is king?

By Sam Roberts Published

Features

Features
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Catalyst is the Mirror's Edge game you always wanted

By Sam Roberts Published

Features

Features
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Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children - is it okay to like it now?

By Sam Roberts Published

Features

Features
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Tetsuya Nomura: the Kingdom Hearts interview

By Sam Roberts Published

News

News
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What it's like to grow up with Metal Gear Solid

By Sam Roberts Published

Editorial

Editorial
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Arkham Knight's reveal is the weak link in a great Batman story

By Sam Roberts Published

Editorial

Editorial
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Batman: Arkham Knight review

By Sam Roberts Published

Review

Review
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10 Secret Wars comics you must read

By Sam Roberts Published

Best List

Best List
LATEST ARTICLES
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    Valve talks about the struggle to get existing titles working on Steam Frame's ARM processor
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    After playing Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, this huge expansion is the second wind the game needs
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    Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave gets an infamous gacha gun from one of the series' mobile games
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    21 years later, Star Wars fans spot an emotional parallel between Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith
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    Marvel's Wolverine is being torn apart because "the game plays itself" during certain sections

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