
Heather Wald
I started out writing for the games section of a student-run website as an undergrad, and continued to write about games in my free time during retail and temp jobs for a number of years. Eventually, I earned an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University, and soon after got my 𝓰first official role in the industry as a content editor for Stuff magazine. After writing about all things tech and games-related, I then did a brief stint as a freelancer before I landed my role as a staff writer here at GamesRadar+. Now I get to write features, previews, and reviews, and when I'm not doing that, you can usually find me lost in any one of the Dragon Age or🍸 Mass Effect games, tucking into another delightful indie, or drinking far too much tea for my own good.
Latest articles by Heather Wald

The best battle royale games to play in 2025
By Joseph Yaden last updated
Best list From Warzone to Apex Legends, these are the 10 best battle royale games that you can (and should) play🦹 right now

The 10 Best Forza games you can play right now, from Horizon to Motorsport
By Justin Towell last updated
Best List Engine-revving mayhem is king in the best Forza ga🍸mes

Forza Horizon 5 landing on PS5 means I'm replaying one of the greatest racing games of all time, and this is the best it's been in 4 years
By Heather Wald published
Now Playing Now Playing 💞| Forz൩a Horizon 5 on PS5 plays like a dream thanks to the DualSense controller

Crimson Desert: Everything we know so far about the upcoming game
By Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Feature Pearl Abyss' hack n' slasher Crimson Desert is on the way in 2025, and it's looking liꦺke a bloody good time already

10 Games like Skyrim that'll satisfy your need for adventure in 2025
By Heather Wald, Luke Kemp last updated
Best List Here are the best games like Skyrim to play right now while we wait for T🔥he 🎶Elder Scrolls 6

Best Assassin's Creed games, ranked from worst to best
By Louise Blain last updated
Best Listꦇ Ranking the best A🦂ssassin's Creed games ever now that Shadows has entered the mix

The best games to play on a laptop right now
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated
Best List The very best laptop ღgames are about portability and performance, and we've 𝕴picked out our top 10

10 best survival games to test your will to live
By Alex Avard last updated
Best list Atomfall is one of the best survival games of 2025 so🍨 far, and it💫's in very good company

The 25 best horror games to play right now
By Leon Hurley last updated
Best List Fight or fright - the best horror games dema𓄧nd bot💖h

The best Fallout games, ranked
By Heather Wald last updated
Best List Ranking the best Fallout🐬 games is an apꦛocalyptic challenge - and we accept it

Clearing castles stealthily as Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows is one of the most satisfying challenges in the RPG
By Heather Wald published
Now Playing Now Playing | Now that I've mastered castles as Yasuke in Assassin's Creed S🧜hadows, I𝐆 can't stop doing them

It took 5 months but Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is finally on PS5, and I'm begging you to play the best Raiders of the Lost Ark sequel that never was
By Heather Wald published
Now Playing Now Playing | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is just the kind of adventure I've been waiting for🎃

Project Rene: Everything we know about the future of The Sims
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Guide Project Rene won't be a traditional Sims 5 gam♔e, and it isn't replacing The Sims 4 either

Upcoming Star Wars games: Every new Star Wars game announced so far
By Heather Wald last updated
Upcoming These upcoming Star Wars games from varꩲious acclaimed🧔 developers are coming soon to a galaxy near you

I've spent 60 hours turning Assassin's Creed Shadows into a Pokemon game, and my hideout has never been better
By Heather Wald published
Now Playing Now Playing | Gotta pet and collect 'em all

Nintendo Switch 2 design – the biggest changes and features revealed so far
By Andrew Brown last updated
Guide Our first look𓆉 at the Switch 2 has revealed plenty of changes to the original Switch, including one partic🦩ularly mysterious button

PS5 exclusives: Every game released and confirmed so far
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Feature Every✃ PS5-only game you can (or w🌊ill be able to) play on Sony's latest console

In Date Everything, I fell head over heels for the velvety voice of a washing machine, flirted with a vacuum, and met some hanger himbos
By Heather Wald published
Preview Preview | Just 2 hours with Date Everything was enoug🐲h to convince me this dating sim is going to🐓 be my next obsession

The 25 best online games to play today
By Kevin Scully last updated
Best List From Fortnite to Helldivers 2, h🌊ere's our pick of the best online multiplayer games that'll let you go head-to-head with friends and strangers alike

Best open world games to play right now and completely forget real life exists
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Best List Get lost in the best open world games to play now, from Cyberpunk 2077 to Red♎ Dead Redemption

The 25 best PS1 games of all time
By Nick Thorpe last updated
Best List Let's wind back the years to look at the 25 b🐽est PS1 games from Sony's ground-breaking games console

Best Saturn games of all time from Die Hard Arcade to Panzer Dragoon Saga
By Darran Jones last updated
Best List The 25 🗹best Sega Saturn games, from Die๊ Hard Arcade to Panzer Dragoon Saga

The best Xbox One games of all time to play now
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Best List Thanks to thಌe best Xbox One games, you're never far from a masterpiece
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