Latest articles by Heather Wald
10 games like Pokemon for the discerning trainer
Feature If you've caught them all, why not catch these games like Pokemon to scratch your trainer itch
10 games like Valheim you should play next
Feature From God of War to The Long Dark, these games like Valheim carry on the Viking vibes and hardcore survival gameplay
Avowed's simple solutions to common RPG problems means I can just get lost in the fantasy of its combat and world
Now Playing Now Playing | I love how Avowed gets shot of classic RPG annoyances
The 10 best Games like Borderlands to play right now
Best List From Helldivers 2 to Risk of Rain, here are the best games like Borderlands to play today
The 25 best free games you can play in 2025
Best List Get your hands on the best free games across PC, Xbox, PS5, and Nintendo Switch
The best JRPGs to play in 2025
Best List From Metaphor: ReFantazio to Dragon Quest 11, these are the best JRPGs you can play today
10 Games like Genshin Impact to play next in 2025
Best List From Infinity Nikki to Zenless Zone Zero, here are the best games like Genshin Impact to play right now
I finally played The Order: 1886 for its 10-year anniversary, and I can't help but wonder where a scrapped sequel could have gone
Now Playing Now Playing | 10 years later, I finally tried The Order: 1886 and I was pleasantly surprised by its myth-laden Victorian setting
I don't fast travel in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to channel the immersive feel of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Cyberpunk 2077
Opinion Opinion | Refusing to fast travel in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is making my encounters feel more organic - Red Dead Redemption 2 style
In Avowed I keep falling into the same habit as Skyrim's inescapable stealth archer, but I just can't resist
Now Playing Now Playing | I can't stop reaching for the bow in Avowed, but I'm loving my lethal stealthy approach
The best Yakuza games, ranked
Best List Kiryu, Kasuga, or Majima? The best Yakuza and Like a Dragon games merge action-packed Japanese crime capers with seriously silly fun
10 Games like Hollow Knight to play while you wait for Silksong
Best List The best games like Hollow Knight to play after you've beaten all those bosses
Everwild: Everything we know about the new game from Rare
Guide Everwild is a beautiful upcoming adventure game where natural and human worlds collide
Games like XCOM and XCOM 2 for more tough turn-based trials
Feature Plan your next move in these games like XCOM and XCOM 2, from Battle Brothers to Shadowrun
Upcoming Obsidian games: Every new Obsidian game in development
Upcoming The list of upcoming Obsidian games is small but mighty, with The Outer Worlds 2 leading the charge
Games like Undertale that subvert and surprise
Feature These games like Undertale will scratch that itch Toby Fox's game has been causing since 2015
15 Best games like It Takes Two for more co-operative fun
Best List Here are the best games like It Takes Two to play right now before you check out Split Fiction
10 games like Ghost of Tsushima for open-world explorers
Feature Get ready to travel far and wide with these games like Ghost of Tsushima
Reflecting on Assassin's Creed's romances has me looking forward to "the more developed relationships" in Assassin's Creed Shadows
Opinon Opinion | I'm excited to discover what it'll be like to find love in Assassin's Creed Shadows
Afterlove EP is a Persona-tinged mix of rhythm game meets visual novel, and its characters really steal the show
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Afterlove EP explores love, loss, creativity, and grief in a beautiful manga-inspired art style
The best thing about State of Play was Konami's new Inside-like platformer that promises to let me "truly understand what it feels like to be an octopus"
Opinion Opinion | I can't wait to dive into Konami and ZDT Studios' new platformer
Games like Red Dead Redemption 2 to storm the old west with
List These games like Red Dead Redemption 2 are here to soothe those post-Morgan blues
