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Louise Blain is a journalist and broadcaster specialising in gaming, technology, and entertainment. She is the presenter of BBC Radio 3’s monthly Sound of Gaming show and has a weekly consumer tech slot on BBC Radio Scotland. She can also be found on BBC Radio 4, BBC Five Live, Netflix UK's YouTube Channel, and on The Evolution of Horror podcast. As well as her work on GamesRadar, Louise writes for NME, T3, and TechRadar. When she’s not working, you can probably find her watching horror movies or playing an Assassin’s Creed game and getting distracted by Photo Mode.

Latest articles by Louise Blain

Assassin's Creed Origins review: “This Egyptian playground is finally everything you wanted the Creed to be”

By Louise Blain published 26 October 17

Review

4 prosthetic pigs, 120,000 needles, and 2 vials of real blood. Saw by numbers is just as disturbing as you'd expect

By Louise Blain published 25 October 17

Movie News

The 20 best horror TV shows to binge and feed your dark soul

By Louise Blain, Rachel Weber published 25 October 17

Features

Watch the first 20 minutes of Assassin's Creed Origins

By Louise Blain published 24 October 17

Video

Watch Assassin's Creed Origins' Bayek solve a brutal murder mystery

By Louise Blain published 17 October 17

Video

See Assassin's Creed Origins' Far Cry-style camps in action in this exclusive gameplay walkthrough

By Louise Blain published 13 October 17

Video

You can battle Egyptian Gods and mythical beasts in Assassin's Creed Origins' free Trials of the Gods events

By Louise Blain published 11 October 17

NEws

Destiny 2 treasure chests Oct 10-17: Here's where Cayde-6's loot is on Nessus

By Louise Blain published 10 October 17

Watch video guides for every chest

Games

"All the stats really matter" - Assassin's Central breaks down Origins' loot with game director Ashraf Ismail

By Louise Blain published 6 October 17

Video

11 cool things we discovered in 8 hours of Assassin’s Creed Origins

By Louise Blain, Rachel Weber published 4 October 17

Hands-on

Assassin's Creed Origins has a difficulty setting for the first time in the series' history

By Louise Blain published 4 October 17

News

Destiny 2 treasure chests Oct 3-9: Here's where Cayde-6's loot is on the EDZ

By Louise Blain published 3 October 17

Guide

An updated PlayStation VR headset is on the way

By Louise Blain published 2 October 17

News

Watch the Destiny 2 Easter egg which reveals that Guardians are really good at falling off things

By Louise Blain published 22 September 17

Hidden Detail Destiny 2 is clearly a health and safety nightmare

Hidden Detail

Pokemon Go celebrates the Equinox with double Stardust, special eggs and OOOOOH Super Incubators

By Louise Blain published 20 September 17

News

Destiny 2 treasure chests Sept 19-25: Here's where Cayde-6's loot is on Titan

By Louise Blain, James Jarvis published 19 September 17

Guide

Assassin’s Creed Origins’ narrative director reveals 5 secrets of the new trailer - WAR ELEPHANTS!

By Louise Blain published 14 September 17

Features

6 questions the It movie Chapter 2 has to answer

By Louise Blain published 14 September 17

Features

Destiny 2 treasure chests Sept 12-18: Here’s where Cayde-6’s loot is on Nessus this week

By Louise Blain published 12 September 17

Guide

The best It movie Easter eggs, references, and things you might have missed

By Louise Blain published 11 September 17

Features

Here's how you get a Sparrow in Destiny 2

By Louise Blain published 11 September 17

Guide

Could your Destiny 2 screenshot snare you a Destiny 2 Apple Watch and bag of loot?

By Louise Blain published 6 September 17

Competition

You've still got a day to pre-order Destiny 2 to bag Exotic trace rifle Coldheart

By Louise Blain published 4 September 17

Deals

"Scary as sh*t" - the first It movie reactions are in and it's good news for King fans

By Louise Blain published 29 August 17

Movie News

The Mist doesn’t deserve a second season but this is why we need one

By Louise Blain published 25 August 17

Feature

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