Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 14hYou ever just accidentally write a feature www.gamesradar.com/games/open-w...gamesradar.comCrimson 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 timePearl Abyss Europe CEO says Crimson Desert's magic is off the beaten path 160
Reposted by Austin Woodwillow @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 91109460
Reposted by Austin WoodChris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'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 57863
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I 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. 091
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 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...gamesradar.comA 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 12612
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Not enough was said of the nepo baby that is the Charm stat in Persona 3 011
Reposted by Austin WoodRollin Bishop @rollinbishop.com · 29/09/2026it 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 12812
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hire 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. 1136
Reposted by Austin WoodRollin Bishop @rollinbishop.com · 27/09/2026just for context: doing this will get you fired as a games journalist 18693170
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This just in: Unspeakable horrors have befallen Discord's mascot after fans responded to the company's age verification with torrential art 030
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If 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 030
Reposted by Austin WoodKeza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The 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...workwithus.theguardian.comDigital Journalist Scheme 68566
Reposted by Austin WoodAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542411630
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 21/09/2026hey quick question: who's gonna make those new destiny games 040
Reposted by Austin WoodEvan Lahti @elahti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Circled 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.socialpcgamer.comAfter 894 hours in Slay the Spire 2, these are our 12 strongest opinionsOur three editors have hundreds of runs in Slay the Spire 2. These are their verdicts after 6 months with the game. 1113
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hey Austin, why were you so frustrated with Mortal Shell 2? Well www.gamesradar.com/games/action...gamesradar.comThe worst experience I've had with a game all year: How catastrophic bugs in Mortal Shell 2 nearly killed it for meOpinion | It's not me, it's you 020
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Very sorry to hear that. You've done great work and deserve far better. Wish you the best. 000
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...gamesradar.comChatGPT 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 AIElderwood died as it lived: quickly 020
Reposted by Austin WoodGamesRadar+ @gamesradarplus.bsky.social · 10/09/202648% of women say the gaming community and culture do not welcome or represent them www.gamesradar.com/games/48-per...gamesradar.com48% of women say the gaming community and culture do not welcome or represent themAlmost half of the women we surveyed don't feel comfortable in gaming spaces 021
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Spoke to them just a few weeks before launch, having seen the promising demo at GDC. Great reviews across the board, and then bam. 010
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Mortal Shell 2 was developed and tested in a magical alternate reality where nobody anywhere has vision problems 010
Reposted by Austin Woodashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026fromsoftware 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...gamesradar.comFromSoftware'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 0444
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 03/09/2026legit one of the best things at the show. 3D fantasy Downwell 010
Reposted by Austin WoodJeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026For @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-...gamesradar.comGTA 6 might be single-player but the coupled-up life changes everythingThe power of two 084
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 27/08/2026perhaps it's the list that's the worst, in that it is missing several Matts 120
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Saw someone describe it as the optional multiplayer mode of a single-player game I'd rather be playing, and it's stuck with me 000
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I 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...gamesradar.comThe Duskbloods network test was not good between lag, stuttering, and bad PvPThe Duskbloods is the first FromSoftware game I've immediately disliked 471
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 22/08/2026My 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. 080
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Weird when a game you reviewed is like a full grade better within a year thanks to patches 010
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026me when my idea is good: literally nobody wants it 020
Reposted by Austin WoodHaley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 12/08/2026All 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!) 312732
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026briefly thought that's what This was and my heart fell out of my ass 010
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I 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...gamesradar.comEchoing 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" 24313
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026And the whole shebang www.gamesradar.com/games/surviv...gamesradar.com10 years of No Man's Sky: How Hello Games and Sean Murray keep getting away with itInterview | In a time of "consumable" games, Hello Games sees "real beauty in keeping those things alive" 052
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Spoiling 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... 040
Reposted by Austin WoodGamesRadar+ @gamesradarplus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The 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...gamesradar.comThe 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" 072
Reposted by Austin Woodashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026i 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...gamesradar.comI'm boycotting Love and Deepspace for killing my virtual boyfriend, and so are 251,000 other loyal widowsThis is the War on Valko 04111
Austin Wood @woodwould.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Granblue Fantasy Relink is just a big grocery store where the only payment that is accepted is whoopass 030