
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 F꧙ilm 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 th🌠e 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

Hideo Kojima says Margaret Qualley got her Death Stranding role after he saw her dance in a viral perfume ad
By Issy van der Velde published
News Maybe the most Kojima thing he's ever done

After seeing Oblivion Remastered, Fallout 3's lead designer expects the RPG's own rumored remaster to be a lot like Fallout 4
By Issy van der Velde published
news Building settlemeꦰnts in the Capital Wasteland could be cool

Assassin's Creed Shadows will board the Ubisoft update train soon, with a big roadmap reveal next week: "Launch is only the beginning"
By Issy van der Velde published
news Get ready for more assassin action

Death Stranding movie director has done his research and played the game and Metal Gear Solid, but Hideo Kojima won't let him play the other entries in the series
By Issy van der Velde published
News I wonder why?

Oblivion Remastered is so true to the original RPG, it even keeps in a voice acting error that's been there for 19 years
By Issy van der Velde published
News It's like 2006 again

Diablo 4 could come to Nintendo Switch 2, but series head says "live services on Switch have been a little bit challenging in the past"
By Issy van der Velde published
News This could be a new era for Nintendo

With Ubisoft's hopes on its back, Assassin's Creed Shadows claws to the top of the March sales charts and follows Monster Hunter Wilds as 2025's second-best-selling US game
By Issy van der Velde published
news Is the company back on the rise?

"Let's just fail quickly": REPO devs pivoted to co-op horror after running out of money since their last game "hadn't been successful enough"
By Issy van der Velde published
news Little did t🔥hey know they had a hit oꦆn their hands

As fans recreate their ugliest Oblivion characters in the RPG's new remaster, Baldur's Gate 3 dev says "there is literally no better marketing campaign than viral funny faces from a Bethesda game"
By Issy van der Velde published
News "What in Talos’ name have you created?!"

Xbox embraces the publisher life once again as Oblivion Remastered comes to PS5 on day one
By Issy van der Velde published
News Sony fans rejoice!

As Mario Kart World approaches, fans remember bizarre Mario Kart 8 frame rate issue which has lasted 11 years, but only on the Wii U with CPU racers and on every 64th frame
By Issy van der Velde published
news Did you ever notice it?

Daredevil: Born Again sent me straight to this new fan-made demo and now I can't believe we haven't had an official game in 22 years
By Issy van der Velde published
News There hasn't 😼been an ofꦿficial game since I was a boy

Monster Hunter Wilds players have found a new way to dodge certain attacks flawlessly – using paid emotes to strike their best pose
By Issy van der Velde published
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People said it wasn't hard enough, so one Phantom Blade Zero dev cooked up a hardcore difficulty mode that changes enemy AI so much it feels more like PvP
By Issy van der Velde published
news This Extreme Mode will only unlock after bea𓆏ting the game for the first𒊎 time

Once "a massive MMO with millions of stars to explore," this 'Minecraft x No Man's Sky' survival game is still hugely ambitious: "What we felt was immense pressure to rise up to the comparison"
By Issy van der Velde published
news So far, it's doing a great job

Bethesda won't grow much for The Elder Scrolls 6, according to Starfield dev who thinks Rockstar's consistency is amazing given GTA 6's massive headcount
By Issy van der Velde published
News How many devs is too many?

New early access mech extraction shooter and battle royale looks like Transformers Beast Wars, and the child in me is very excited for it
By Issy van der Velde published
news Big bots, what's not to love?

"There were some blatant f**k-ups": Path of Exile 2 devs rush out emergency patches after nerfs lead to review bombing on Steam
By Issy van der Velde published
News They're trying to put out the fire quickly

And just like that, Monster Hunter Wilds' endgame is way more fun: a big pink bubble fox has saved us from Arkveld and Gore Magala, and there's more help on the way
By Issy van der Velde published
news A new hunt to get stuck into

"Terrible financial decision on my end": Switch 2 hopeful moves out of new apartment and flies over 800 miles to be first in line for the console at Nintendo's unopened San Francisco store
By Issy van der Velde published
News He's the seco😼nd to camp out, the other is in New York

As the Devil May Cry anime soars up Netflix's most-watched list, the DmC games on Steam are getting a boost of up to 20 times the player count
By Issy van der Velde published
News The same thing happened withಌ Cyberpunk and Edgerunners

Move over Yasuke, Naoe's kick can deflect arrows in Assassin's Creed Shadows
By Issy van der Velde published
News She didn't take an arrow to the knee

Metal Eden is Doom and Ghostrunner's cyberpunk lovechild, and I'm not fast enough to win the $1,000 speedrun prize pool
By Issy van der Velde published
News Gotta go fast
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