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Austin Wood

@woodwould.bsky.social
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13-year game journalist. Senior writer at GamesRadar+. Previously: PC Gamer, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer. Email: austin(dot)wood(at)futurenet(dot)com

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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 11h
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 14h
You ever just accidentally write a feature www.gamesradar.com/games/open-w...
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Crimson Desert reviewed worse with critics than players because critics didn't have enough time to play the game, suggests CEO at the company that gave critics less time
Pearl Abyss Europe CEO says Crimson Desert's magic is off the beaten path
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willow @fireatwillow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
(dragon’s dogma pawn at the grocery store) ‘tis an item we require in every aisle! a divide and conquer scenario would work best, seems
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've been mulling over this for a while, but if you're a game journo who has worked under Valnet and want to confidentially share your views on how the company is managing its publications and treating workers, I am all ears. Signal: kerrblimey.43 Email: chris.kerr@verticalslice.news DMs open
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I wanted to do this story because, as I told Blake in my outreach, I've grown up around chronic illness and I've spoken to many sick or disabled gamers about their experience with art. I think Blake's story is an important example of what games can mean to people and why they should be for everyone.
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A few weeks ago, a couple of Nintendo Switch Reddit communities rallied around a player who said "I'm dying" of ALS, and said the Ocarina of Time remake would be the first game he actually finishes. I spoke to him about his situation and what games mean to him: www.gamesradar.com/games/the-le...
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A dying man's quest to finish the Zelda Ocarina of Time remake: "This will be the first, and likely only, video game I actually beat"
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is especially meaningful to one player
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not enough was said of the nepo baby that is the Charm stat in Persona 3
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Rollin Bishop @rollinbishop.com · 29/09/2026
it has been an honor and privilege to field ashley's wild pitches and edit her even wilder copy. in a field full of stellar talent jockeying to be heard, ashley's voice remains absolutely one of a kind. to use her own words, i am fly-swatted to see her go. let our loss be your gain: hire ashley
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hire Ashley. I'm just learning of this change while on vacation. Ashley was an invaluable part of the GamesRadar+ US news team and regularly contributed outside her byline and to other verticals. The site will be worse without her.
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Rollin Bishop @rollinbishop.com · 27/09/2026
just for context: doing this will get you fired as a games journalist
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This just in: Unspeakable horrors have befallen Discord's mascot after fans responded to the company's age verification with torrential art
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If I added up every affix on every armor set I ever used in Nioh, Nioh 2, Nioh 3, and Wo Long, the sum still wouldn't make me give a single solitary shit
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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Guardian is doing some major hiring right now! If you have 2-3 years' experience in journalism, media and/or content creation, you can apply for the Digital Journalism Scheme - full time roles including 20% training time, £48k pa workwithus.theguardian.com/digital-jour...
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Digital Journalist Scheme
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
just a few more hours m8
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
hey quick question: who's gonna make those new destiny games
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Evan Lahti @elahti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Circled the opinion wagons with two other accomplished players to lay out our boldest thoughts on Slay the Spire 2, six months in. www.pcgamer.com/games/card-g... feat. @woodwould.bsky.social
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After 894 hours in Slay the Spire 2, these are our 12 strongest opinions
Our three editors have hundreds of runs in Slay the Spire 2. These are their verdicts after 6 months with the game.
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey Austin, why were you so frustrated with Mortal Shell 2? Well www.gamesradar.com/games/action...
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The worst experience I've had with a game all year: How catastrophic bugs in Mortal Shell 2 nearly killed it for me
Opinion | It's not me, it's you
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Very sorry to hear that. You've done great work and deserve far better. Wish you the best.
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
whisper it: playstation thinks you're stupid
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Over on the Old School RuneScape subreddit, players are celebrating the death of Elderwood like it's an upstart gladiator that just got gutted in the Roman Colosseum after insulting all their mothers." www.gamesradar.com/games/mmo/ch...
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ChatGPT employee makes a "RuneScape clone," immediately gets slapped by Jagex lawyers, then acts like he's leaving some great legacy behind in a goodbye post surely written by AI
Elderwood died as it lived: quickly
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GamesRadar+ @gamesradarplus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
48% of women say the gaming community and culture do not welcome or represent them www.gamesradar.com/games/48-per...
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48% of women say the gaming community and culture do not welcome or represent them
Almost half of the women we surveyed don't feel comfortable in gaming spaces
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
an unlikely canary, to be sure
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Spoke to them just a few weeks before launch, having seen the promising demo at GDC. Great reviews across the board, and then bam.
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Mortal Shell 2 was developed and tested in a magical alternate reality where nobody anywhere has vision problems
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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
fromsoftware is going to add PvP romance to the duskbloods, because they said they're making games just for me now actually :) 💓 www.gamesradar.com/games/action...
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FromSoftware's first-ever player romance builds on "the maidens in Elden Ring," says Hidetaka Miyazaki: "It's a transient, ephemeral love, which is maybe a motif I'm striving for"
Sorry, Ranni, I'm moving on in The Duskbloods
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
legit one of the best things at the show. 3D fantasy Downwell
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
sisyphean, every time
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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
For @gamesradarplus.bsky.social I wrote about GTA and the constant, quiet negotiation of coupledom: "Neither is a loose cannon in fake-Florida. Instead they're a pair of nunchucks, holding each other steady and reeling each other in." www.gamesradar.com/games/grand-...
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GTA 6 might be single-player but the coupled-up life changes everything
The power of two
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
perhaps it's the list that's the worst, in that it is missing several Matts
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
brb commenting
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
how dare u
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Saw someone describe it as the optional multiplayer mode of a single-player game I'd rather be playing, and it's stuck with me
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
i was JUST playing through 4
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I did not like The Duskbloods at all, and I was winning: "It's you, two other Bloodsworn, and three summons chucked into a small arena like marbles in a blender. Skill is not high on the list of factors that determine the winner." www.gamesradar.com/games/action...
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The Duskbloods network test was not good between lag, stuttering, and bad PvP
The Duskbloods is the first FromSoftware game I've immediately disliked
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My 30s have seen me actively avoid more information + screen time that can o n l y harm me. No value in it, nothing actionable, nothing memorable, no learning to be had, just Bad Shit bleeding in. Your head is not a vessel for all the world's problems but social media so badly wants it to be.
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Weird when a game you reviewed is like a full grade better within a year thanks to patches
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
me when my idea is good: literally nobody wants it
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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
All I know is what I see, and what I see is dozens upon dozens of executed publishing agreements w/ anti gen-ai clauses. It's not as accepted as the corps selling the ai tools want us to think. From my perspective, the indie industry is fully anti-ai. (thanks to @woodwould.bsky.social for the chat!)
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
briefly thought that's what This was and my heart fell out of my ass
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
your games radar, even
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I also had a great chat with @haleyfax.bsky.social about her experience with dev/pub contracts and AI clauses, and it certainly lines up with what I've heard from devs www.gamesradar.com/games/echoin...
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Echoing Palworld dev, video game lawyer says all her clients have anti-AI contracts because gamers hate it and it's a copyright landmine: "I think we're going to see lawsuits"
"Don't touch it. It's not worth the legal liability"
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
And the whole shebang www.gamesradar.com/games/surviv...
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10 years of No Man's Sky: How Hello Games and Sean Murray keep getting away with it
Interview | In a time of "consumable" games, Hello Games sees "real beauty in keeping those things alive"
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Spoiling the crap out of my favorite interview in ages because I need everyone to read what Sean Murray said about No Man's Sky www.gamesradar.com/games/surviv...
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GamesRadar+ @gamesradarplus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Elder Scrolls 6 demo had a surprise guest at Bethesda HQ: a giant inflatable rat set up by protesting employees to watch Xbox execs who oversaw "devastating layoffs" www.gamesradar.com/games/the-el...
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The Elder Scrolls 6 demo had a surprise guest at Bethesda HQ: a giant inflatable rat set up by protesting employees to watch Xbox execs who oversaw "devastating layoffs"
"It's up to us to stand up for each other and protect the future of our careers and the game industry"
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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
i uninstalled love and deepspace after nearly two years 🐺 it was kind of motivated by infold canceling valko before he got to take his rightful place as my bulgarian wolf husband 😿, and kinda because i'm tired of no one understanding "what women want" www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/im...
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I'm boycotting Love and Deepspace for killing my virtual boyfriend, and so are 251,000 other loyal widows
This is the War on Valko
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Granblue Fantasy Relink is just a big grocery store where the only payment that is accepted is whoopass
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
in my bones
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Saw this and thought of Fall Guys
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Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
now here's a headline with some chest hair
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