Austin Wood
Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roꦡguelikes as possible.
Latest articles by Austin Wood
Palworld dev revisits "totally not real, or maybe real" dating sim Pocketpair teased last year, fully aware of furry fandom: "There is a very large and very vocal community of passionate individuals"
News It's like Hatoful Boyfriend with guns
"We hit this disgusting number that makes me feel sick": Palworld devs don't know why their survival game was so successful - "If we knew how to do it, we'd do it again"
News "Again, why did we get this ma👍🌃ny players? I don't know, please don't ask me"
Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit "came as a shock" to Pocketpair because patent infringement was "something that no one even considered"
News "Pret♏ty much everyone at Pocketpair is a huge fan"
Palworld dev reckons "very few companies could survive" a launch like theirs: "A lot of companies might crumble under the threats, under the pressure, under the negativity"
News ꦕ"Pocketpair really is a v𓄧ery, very friendly place"
"Staying MTX and advertisement free is absolutely key": Almost 20 years later, RuneScape fan turns his MMO love into an old-school RPG where fitness is the grind
News Walkscape wants to get ღfans of MMOs or games like Pokemon Go ☂to get moving
"Success beyond expectations, earning over $100,000": This weird job sim made in a year would be torture for me, but it's changed its developer's life after "bitter failure"
News Cabi🐲n Cre𓆉w Life Simulator brings job sims to the sky
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 is in development following the explosive success of Space Marine 2, and it's promising even bigger battles
News "This new edition promises an even more immersive experience, staying true to the Warhammer 4💟0,000 universe"
Jennifer Hale says she didn't see a single line as Mass Effect's Commander Shepard until it was time to record: "It was all cold reading on the spot"
news Video game voic♋e actors are of🦂ten thrown right into it
5,000 gold, 2,500 hours, and one priceless scroll: Baldur's Gate 3 player cooks up a "Midas run" by turning the RPG's bosses into solid gold trophies, because "why not"
news Look upon my riches and tremble
Actors supporting AI protections didn't know they were being replaced in Zenless Zone Zero update 1.6: "I found out the role was recast today alongside all of you"
News Soldier 11 an༒d Von Lycaon have ಌnew English voices
Oh no, Monster Hunter Wilds is so good that I'm already counting the days until its inevitable Master Rank expansion
Feature I've neveღr wanted🀅 an Iceborne or Sunbreak-style DLC more
Bethesda breaks silence as Starfield fans hope for an update: "We have a lot of exciting things planned for the game this year"
News Starfield is still very much alive
Best Monster Hunter Wilds weapons and full tier list
Guide Our weapon tier list ꧅for MH Wilds lays out all the most pow♉erful choices and what's best
Monster Hunter Wilds' story is as divisive as expected: some players hate the "relentless on rails handholding," others love the build-up to "the best scene in Monster Hunter history"
News Love🍒 it or hate it, at least the finale is an all-timer
Monster Hunter Wilds takes an infamously rare and annoying material from the old games and absolutely buries you in it – and also buries you in tiny spiders
News We can than🌄k the Nerscylla family f✤or fixing the economy
After 7 years, one of my favorite manga is suddenly ending and I don't know how to feel: My Dress-Up Darling finishes this month before the anime even gets season 2
News Shinichi Fukuda's hit romantic comedy cosplay serie🔯s comes to an abrupt end
Playing Monster Hunter Wilds in multiplayer is a confusing mess, but in defiance of Capcom I've jury-rigged a co-op campaign that actually works
Feature There's no way to make playing wi꧑th friends simple, but you can 💮make it less painful
Capcom asks Monster Hunter Wilds players how they feel about the game in a survey longer than most hunts, and I guess y'all had feedback because it crashed due to "heavy traffic"
News Hello, have you played Elden Ring, do 𒆙you watch YouꦯTube, and would you buy DLC?
A Monster Hunter Wilds bug doomed one player to fight the 5-minute punching bag tutorial boss for a freakin' hour: "I’ve had to sharpen my weapon at least 15 times now"
News "Hmmm this is taking a while for early game"
"Thank you, Monster Hunter": Japanese restaurant's sales jump after Monster Hunter Wilds gives millions of players a hankering for stretchy cheese
News A Nepalese restau𝕴rant in Japan has seen a curious spike in chee🔯se demand
I've played Monster Hunter Wilds for almost 60 hours and somehow missed this game-changing gathering tip
News Gathering a bunch of stuff at𝓀 once is much easier🎉 like this
And you thought Hollow Knight: Silksong is late – 37 years in the making, this retro Metroidvania has a whip-smart Steam Next Fest demo that's as Castlevania as it gets
News Beꦇyond the Ice Palace 2 brings a Commodore 64 game up to snu🍷ff
Monster Hunter Wilds revived a play style I fell in love with almost 10 years ago, and now it's one of my favorite ways to play all over again
Feature The old-🎀school great sword is so back in Monster Hunter Wilds
