Austin Wood
Austin freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree, and he's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize that his position as a senior writer is just a cover up for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a focus on news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.
Latest articles by Austin Wood
![Palworld](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wK6bcwV8ivUd9Bs5S8BUF9-320-80.jpg)
Palworld devs "apologize for inadvertently fixing a bug" that was apparently intentionally left in the survival game so players could have fun with it
By Austin Wood published
news The question is, will Pocketpair add the bug back in as a feature?
![PlayStation London PS5 game](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fkmv8yR7UMsjqUPtok4Aaa-320-80.jpg)
PlayStation cancels several unannounced projects amid heavy layoffs and a studio closure: "Sometimes, great ideas don't become great games"
By Austin Wood published
news PlayStation London's online game being the most obvious cancellation
![Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BkB3V8ytnUyZBnzjnjowee-320-80.jpg)
Oh no, here I go again: Genshin Impact dev's new-again action RPG Honkai Impact 3rd gets Part 2 release this week
By Austin Wood published
news Will this Mars chapter finally get me to try this game?
![Stardew Valley](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eS4triFu5Da7idzweNe65D-320-80.jpg)
Stardew Valley update 1.6 is coming next month, ConcernedApe confirms: "Now, back to the grind"
By Austin Wood published
news March is going to be a big month for Stardew Valley
![Helldivers 2 intro man](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DGWPd9ni5xMEQHDxrzeTFS-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 avoided PvP to reduce toxicity, so of course some players are being toxic anyway by fighting over shared resources and team-killing to steal weapons
By Austin Wood published
News A few bad apples are dragging down even the PvE matchmaking experience
![Monster Hunter Stories](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZfikEyNAmkCER5eFNBzSbJ-320-80.jpg)
If you like Palworld and Pokemon games, I'm once again asking you to try Monster Hunter Stories as the slept-on creature taming RPG gets a well-deserved remaster
By Austin Wood published
news The original Monster Hunter Stories finally escapes handheld platforms
![RuriDragon lead](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bSkHpGvys7Mw7P2bu4guh4-320-80.jpg)
This manga got 6 amazing chapters and then vanished for over a year, and it's finally coming back next month
By Austin Wood published
News RuriDragon is returning from hiatus and you can read it all for free
![Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance Nahobino](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q74JE6omU2QCST9wCCZccN-320-80.jpg)
One of 2021's best JRPGs escapes the Switch with a Persona 5 Royal-style expansion in Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, with updates that will eat 80 hours of my life
By Austin Wood published
news Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance is coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC too
![Elden Ring DLC weapons](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eyJoBfEzeGQPkC66dzqBML-320-80.jpg)
Miyazaki says Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's map is "probably" bigger than Limgrave, but he also said the base RPG would take about 30 hours and it took me 125
By Austin Wood published
news Hidetaka Miyazaki has a reputation for underselling things
![Temtem: Swarm](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nYqrMZ7cuCZgpF6xnTnE2Y-320-80.jpg)
Temtem CEO says the MMO's audience expects "infinite content" even though "it is not feasible to continue" big updates at all, so the dev's making a new game instead
By Austin Wood published
news Update: Crema assures fans it is still working on updates for Temtem in parallel with its new spinoff
![Baldur's Gate 3 volo eye](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kqNSJRcKTfdquaiDdAen7R-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 dev pledges "robust, cross-platform plan" to add mod support to the RPG this year
By Austin Wood published
news Hotfix 19 is out today, and Larian has something much bigger in the oven
![Elden Ring DLC](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uwedYpNffegEV4qjy5ysYb-320-80.jpg)
The coolest and dumbest weapons and spells in Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC reveal: a machine gun, this stabby shield, and a really big pot
By Austin Wood published
Opinion Opinion | Big fan of the big pot
![Elden Ring Messmer](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z8nMpF6LBCpgJTbC9NPf3-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree brings a new map called the Land of Shadow, and Hidetaka Miyazaki says it's at least as big as Limgrave from the base RPG
By Austin Wood published
news Miyazaki says "it will involve a warp of sorts to get there"
![Elden Ring DLC](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DuCEVQwHtEz6dsFhssWfoc-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring's Shadows of the Erdtree "expansion" looks sequel-sized, and it's got the $40 price tag to match – two-thirds of the base RPG
By Austin Wood published
news It even has its own premium edition
![Granblue Fantasy Relink](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FWacT4V4x9uunFf4zaSrtb-320-80.jpg)
Granblue Fantasy Relink is what I always wanted from the series: a great RPG with no gacha baggage
By Austin Wood published
feature Opinion | I see the gacha game that Granblue Fantasy Relink could've been and sigh in relief
![Octopath Traveler 2](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DhK9245Aj6s3d9mMWS4faB-320-80.jpg)
I spent 80 hours making the most overpowered JRPG party I've ever had, and then a secret boss kicked my ass for 3 days
By Austin Wood published
feature Now Playing | Octopath Traveler 2's real final boss, Galdera, is not messing around
![Crash Bandicoot](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SFFaAD4ia2H2ZFgEHwyYwJ-320-80.jpg)
After buying many of the biggest publishers on PlayStation and Nintendo, Phil Spencer says Xbox is already one of the biggest publishers on PlayStation and Nintendo
By Austin Wood published
news Funny how that works
![Xbox](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TsmpxmuMrkvDTKa9HRCrHH-320-80.jpg)
Phil Spencer shuts down multiplatform concerns, says next-gen Xbox console will "respect the investments that people have made" in the platform
By Austin Wood published
news Microsoft stresses that the Xbox platform isn't going anywhere
![Starfield weapons](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mBKb8pAP8PamYtTa3JSiuh-320-80.jpg)
4 Xbox games are coming to other consoles, but Starfield and Indiana Jones aren't
By Austin Wood published
news Xbox is keeping hold of its big exclusives
![Sheepy: A Short Adventure](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UHfXTyVwFf7EzFcqCXpzqg-320-80.jpg)
After 3 years of "a lot of painful work," first-time dev had no idea his game was one of the best-reviewed Steam releases of the year
By Austin Wood published
news Sheepy: A Short Adventure is a certified, totally free hit
![Granblue Fantasy Relink](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Zq9RhaoEt9VFQaFrBn3RgF-320-80.jpg)
Granblue Fantasy Relink is an early frontrunner for my GOTY after years of development hell, and the hit action RPG has now sold 1 million copies in 11 days
By Austin Wood published
news Granblue Fantasy Relink was worth the wait
![Astlibra Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qpn6sx7m52wDtNWJVtuX4T-320-80.jpg)
Just when I think it can't get any cooler, the most underrated JRPG of 2022 gets a whole roguelike with a "completely unreasonable difficulty mode"
By Austin Wood published
news Astlibra Revision is one of Steam's best-rated JRPGs, and now it's a roguelike
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dohDeBShUEmCJhhdTVEdWQ-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 will "never" add a PvP mode because the dev wants to "reduce toxic elements"
By Austin Wood published
news Helldivers 2 will remain a cooperative PvE experience