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
I don't want to alarm Elden Ring players, but I think I found the next Bloodhound's Fang in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, because this sword feels incredible
By Austin Wood published
news I see this specific light greatsword getting a lot of use
Hades 2 Patch 2 is here and absolutely loaded with massive balance changes for the roguelike's weapons, and Boon updates are coming next
By Austin Wood published
news Basically every weapon in Hades 2 just got a buff of some kind
Destiny 2 "servers not available" errors are rampant as The Final Shape chugs, Bungie suggests restarting your console or Steam as maintenance gets extended
By Austin Wood published
news The Final Shape launch brought all the Guardians to the yard and now the yard is too full
Genshin Impact 4.7 release date and time - When the Clorinde banner starts
By Austin Wood published
news Here's when Clorinde and Sethos arrive in Genshin Impact version 4.7
Bungie shares a critical PSA for Destiny 2 players jumping into The Final Shape today: be careful with the co-op campaign, and expect some bugged abilities
By Austin Wood published
News Destiny 2: The Final Shape is upon us, so don't ruin it for yourself
The Elden Ring DLC is way bigger than we thought with over 10 bosses and "around 100" new weapons coming in Shadow of the Erdtree
By Austin Wood published
news The Elden Ring DLC practically comes with a whole new arsenal
The Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree is the best thing it could possibly be: more Elden Ring, but way harder
By Austin Wood published
feature Summer Preview| With some of the best weapons FromSoftware's ever made
New Genshin Impact character Emilie revealed for update 4.8 – the first Dendro character to come to the RPG in over a year
By Austin Wood published
news Genshin Impact 4.8 will seemingly add one new five-star Dendro unit
The best Destiny 2 Exotic weapons that all Guardians should get
By Will Sawyer last updated
Guide These are the best Exotic weapons in Destiny 2 that can get you through almost any activity
Monster Hunter Wilds trailer shows off new monsters, updated weapons, the best graphics in the series, and bonuses for World and Iceborne players
By Austin Wood published
news Monster Hunter Wilds looks even better than Monster Hunter World
5v5 competitive shooter Concord reveals July beta and August launch, looks like Overwatch meets Guardians of the Galaxy in new gameplay trailer
By Austin Wood published
news Concord dev Firewalk has several former Destiny veterans on staff
In a stunning commitment to playing RPGs your way, Genshin Impact player spends 3 years min-maxing the worst character: "I usually advise others not to build her"
By Austin Wood published
news Do not play Amber unless you really like Amber
Strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord supposedly takes 60 hours to beat – it took me 240 and is now one of my favorite games of all time
By Austin Wood published
feature Opinion | Why this amazing game took me twice as long as Elden Ring
Hands-on with Destiny 2: The Final Shape: The campaign is way better, and Prismatic feels broken even if Bungie says it isn't
By Austin Wood published
Feature The Final Shape makes a great first impression after several hours
Destiny 2's lead gun guy answers our biggest questions about The Final Shape: new weapon mods, the next raid DPS meta, and just "a small amount of power creep"
By Austin Wood published
feature Interview | Weapons lead Chris Proctor on Destiny 2's evolving arsenal
It finally happened: in The Final Shape, Destiny 2 is nerfing the crap out of Well of Radiance, the most overpowered Super in the MMO's history
By Austin Wood published
news Is Well of Radiance dead? Maybe not, but it's a lot worse in The Final Shape
As Helldivers 2's creative director steps down as CEO, he agrees guns are too weak, armor is too boring, and planets are too repetitive
By Austin Wood published
news Johan Pilestedt wants to get his hands dirtier in game design again
Immediately after releasing my new all-time favorite strategy RPG, Japanese juggernaut Vanillaware is hiring for a new action RPG
By Austin Wood published
news Music to my ears
Just 3 known players remain in the Nintendo Network servers as beloved JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X, "known to have the worst netcode on the Wii U," loses its last
By Austin Wood published
news Thankfully, they cleared the online-exclusive challenges beforehand
Dev of open-world RPG hiding a whole base builder is "impressed" by games like Factorio and Satisfactory, but says Arknights: Endfield "will be quite different"
By Austin Wood published
Feature Interview | Arknights: Endfield feels like a true base builder RPG
The new Elden Ring DLC story trailer is peak FromSoftware: 3 minutes of messed-up war lore beamed straight into your eyeballs
By Austin Wood published
news Shadow of the Erdtree's latest story trailer doesn't disappoint
Elden Ring player wins $1,000 bet with her husband by beating the RPG after nearly 50 hours of grinding: "It was extremely painful ... I don't play games often"
By Austin Wood published
news The newly crowned Elden Lord says she rage quit "pretty much every day"
FromSoftware producer reappears after 3 months, drops an Elden Ring DLC image that looks exactly like Bloodborne, explains nothing, leaves
By Austin Wood published
News Squint your eyes and we're back in Yharnam
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