Dustin Bailey
Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.
Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
![The Rogue Prince of Persia](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pGFMt2CYjRjdV4i9PoVG87-320-80.jpg)
"Even Baldur's Gate 3 became so good because of Early Access," which is why the Dead Cells devs are using the same trick for their roguelike Prince of Persia
By Dustin Bailey published
News "This is not a reskin or a clone" of Dead Cells
![Stellar Blade](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bcm27A8x6rb5KQvpNGkTw5-320-80.jpg)
Oh, that's why the Stellar Blade devs were terrified by demo players: one fan's spent "about 60 hours" maxing Eve's skill tree before the action RPG is even out
By Dustin Bailey published
News Turns out Shift Up has a good reason to be concerned
![LittleBigPlanet2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BxFwTsmSGQuJjBSK48z39j-320-80.jpg)
Super Mario Maker fans got to say goodbye to their game, but Sony just unceremoniously pulled the plug on LittleBigPlanet and 16 years of community creations
By Dustin Bailey published
News The temporary shutdown is now permanent
![Ella Purnell as Lucy in Fallout](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MT825SDwKXgrU62LhPkWbT-320-80.jpg)
Fallout co-creator weighs in on the TV show's lore controversies and says maybe the games are wrong
By Dustin Bailey published
News Overall, Tim Cain says "I liked it and I can't wait for a season 2"
![Microsoft](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QnXUtsEaPQCjmBQjeP9sVT-320-80.jpg)
After 13 years, Minecraft's most legendary journey to the Far Lands has just passed the final milestone before the end
By Dustin Bailey published
News Far Lands or Bust has hit another massive milestone
![Best co-op games - Stardew valley](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/djXgsquBbnVpYSXCf9y9jK-320-80.png)
Stardew Valley update adds new mine layouts and a bunch of quality-of-life upgrades, and bans "two inappropriate names" from the name generator
By Dustin Bailey published
News We're getting new mine layouts, "fish frenzies," and a "special cutscene"
![Mario and Luigi in the boxart for Super Mario Maker 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NuuYvMBng4C2YPBwR62vuA-320-80.jpg)
Legendary Mario dev says the wild rush to beat every Super Mario Maker level before servers died is "actually pretty cool"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Nintendo now knows about the community's incredible efforts
![Antonblast](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7XSbwqKVqNcpPn9eyYnV8j-320-80.jpg)
This Nintendo Indie Showcase debut had platformer fans calling it a Pizza Tower clone, but they're both inspired by the same 2001 GBA classic
By Dustin Bailey published
News Wario Land's influence still lives decades later
![Hades 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7D9D8ZCbDhsVf72tHegrfF-320-80.jpg)
In less than 3 hours, Hades 2's new and returning characters have already put the entire fandom in horny jail
By Dustin Bailey published
News "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabssssssssss!!"
![SteamWorld Heist 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cUjoD45RS7GVC7YN5wFWm7-320-80.jpg)
An incredible XCOM-like strategy game is finally getting a sequel after 9 years - the latest in a criminally slept-on series that's never seen a bad game
By Dustin Bailey published
News The big 'one more thing' at Nintendo Indie World wasn't Silksong, but it was something very, very cool
![Yars Rising](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xRACjRWtFcMyevWF7hTwXD-320-80.jpg)
After 42 years, one of Atari's weirdest, best games is getting a cyberpunk, anime, Metroidvania sequel
By Dustin Bailey published
News This isn't what I remember Yars' Revenge looking like
![Free Stars: Children of Infinity](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ycZEvwBGZkavQD8TsCfDkF-320-80.jpg)
After 32 years, the 1992 open-world space game that helped inspire Mass Effect is getting a proper sequel
By Dustin Bailey published
News Free Stars: Children of Infinity is Star Control 3 in all but name, and it managed to smash a $100,000 Kickstarter goal in under 3 hours
![PlayStation Experience](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7PXL8RvtTMXjvaFAPRKz8B-320-80.jpg)
After 18 years, PlayStation's year-round E3 trailer resurfaces on Facebook Marketplace for $70,000, from a vendor who apparently has no idea what they're selling
By Dustin Bailey published
News The PlayStation Experience trailer lives
![Hades 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FFBhrWY7bFpcJLdpQaWCkK-320-80.jpg)
Hades 2 beta will "begin shortly," sign-ups are already live, and the roguelike's "Early Access shouldn't be far behind"
By Dustin Bailey published
News The test will be "longer than a week, shorter than a month"
![Star Wars Sabacc](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2MENGFxBzMCu5AeWnh43bM-320-80.jpg)
After 41 years, Star Wars Outlaws is the first video game to feature the franchise's iconic but nearly abandoned card game
By Dustin Bailey published
News Somehow, Sabacc has returned
![Shadow the Hedgehog](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/serExf2n9wDSAommRqLYyZ-320-80.jpg)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 finds its Shadow actor in John Wick star Keanu Reeves
By Dustin Bailey last updated
News Yeah, I'm thinking Shadow's back
![Three sheep from Palworld stand behind machine guns](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w5y6TPhqjXR9aXHeTJXLqF-320-80.jpg)
Palworld fixes "an issue that caused all Pal attacks to deal only half the intended damage," confirming the survival game community's suspicions
By Dustin Bailey published
News Yes, your Pals have only been dealing a fraction of the intended damage
![Destiny 2 Into the Light](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZnrZKWG7Uex3wqGK7W33U8-320-80.jpg)
Destiny 2 dev thought it would be "impossible" for someone to clear the MMO FPS's new horde mode solo until now: "I'll never underestimate this playerbase again"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "I hereby bestow the ultimate honor, you're That Guy"
![Star Wars Outlaws](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JUex4Pgcy6UUJRJJQs5cL7-320-80.jpg)
Star Wars Outlaws has cameos that should please "oldheads and youngheads" alike, but don't expect to be hunted down by Boba Fett
By Dustin Bailey published
News "There are a few canon Star Wars characters that we'll meet across the adventure"
![Carl Johnson rides a motorcycle and fires a submachine gun into the night in GTA: San Andreas.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5GzyX5ocSuV9mUb4gAG8HP-320-80.jpg)
GTA San Andreas speedrunner meets the dev who programmed the nonsense that destroyed her run, and he's "so sorry"
By Dustin Bailey published
Here we go again
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zdiwidETy9fNPnFXFPHVxG-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 players were right: the new Warbond's Ground Breaker armor has the wrong passive bonus, but Arrowhead says it'll be fixed soon
By Dustin Bailey published
News A hotfix is incoming
![Wrecking Crew '98](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f6UaMoTgqjGQ39XXfMeRUX-320-80.jpg)
After 26 years stuck in Japan, Nintendo finally releases forgotten SNES Mario worldwide on Switch
By Dustin Bailey published
News Wrecking Crew '98 finally gets a worldwide release
![Riqa](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VcdjY2QbvHqmdTZek2yssg-320-80.jpg)
After 25 years, the lost N64 game that could've been Nintendo's answer to Tomb Raider has been preserved online
By Dustin Bailey published
News A forgotten piece of gaming history lives on