Latest articles by Heather Wald
Upcoming indie games for 2025 and beyond
Upcoming The most exciting upcoming indie games that should be on your radar in 2025 and beyond
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Everything we know so far about the upcoming Switch game
Guide Metroid Prime 4 finally got a release date for the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and Samus' return looks well worth the wait
10 Games like Call of Duty that you should play now
Best List Looking for a new FPS? Then you'll want to check out our list of the best Call of Duty alternatives
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – Everything you need to know about the new shooter
Guide Black Ops 7 is finally here and returns us to BO2's dark, tech-dominated future
Winter Burrow is like a very cozy, laid back Don't Starve with a bittersweet edge that tugs at the heartstrings
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Winter Burrow had me knitting clothes, baking pies, and contending with the cold
The 10 best Call of Duty games of all-time
Best List Black Ops 7 is finally here, so before it drops, here are the best Call of Duty games
The 10 best Resident Evil games of all time
Best List Discover the best Resident Evil games of all time, plucked from the survival horror series' 30-year legacy
10 best Far Cry games of all-time, ranked
Best List With Far Cry 6 and its expansions released, we explore the best Far Cry games you can play right now
Kingdom Hearts 4: Everything we know so far
Guide Missing Link has been axed, so Kingdom Hearts 4 seems to be Square Enix's sole focus right now
Upcoming Switch games for 2025 and beyond
Upcoming There are still loads of upcoming Switch games to look out for this November, now that Pokemon Legends is finally here
Everything we know about The Duskbloods
Guide FromSoft's upcoming PvP game The Duskbloods is a Switch 2 exclusive with plenty of bite
The 25 best Nintendo Switch games to play right now
Best List Here's the best Switch games of all time, from Pikmin 4 to Splatoon 3
Assassin's Creed Hexe: Everything we know about the new flagship AC game
Guide Spooky season is over for 2025, but Assassin's Creed Hexe still has my full attention
GTA 6: Everything we know so far
Guide GTA 6 is coming in 2026, and here's all the latest news and updates from Rockstar Games while you wait
The best Zelda games of all time
Best List From Majora's Mask to Tears of the Kingdom, here are the 10 best Zelda games to play right now
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
Upcoming Ubisoft games: Every new Ubisoft game in development
Upcoming There are plenty of upcoming Ubisoft games in the works now that Assassin's Creed Shadows has launched, and we finally have at least one release date
The best Xbox One games of all time to play now
Best List Here's our pick of the best Xbox One games of all-time
State of Decay 3: Everything we know so far
Guide Here's all the latest State of Decay 3 development news and gameplay details on the upcoming zombie survival entry
The 25 best PS2 games of all time
Best List Looking back at the best PS2 games that defined Sony's second gen console
Mass Effect 5: Everything we know so far about the new BioWare adventure
Feature All the details on the new Mass Effect game - aka Mass Effect 5
Stop everything, this vampire decorating sim screams dark romantasy and I can't wait to get my hands on it in 2026
Opinion Opinion | I'm locked into my romantasy era, and My Eerie Lair is firmly on my wishlist
The 25 best single-player games to play right now
Best List Become a legend in the best single player games, from Arthur Morgan to Indiana Jones
The Outer Worlds 2 is an RPG that's as much about what you can't do as what you can: "Everybody is going to have a different experience, and they may not see everything, and that's okay"
Interview On the Radar | "We want the player to understand the breadth of what the game is, but also their place in that and where they could be going"
I love that the Flaw system calls me out on my RPG behavior in The Outer Worlds 2's and then asks me to double-down on it: "Because flaws are optional, we knew we could actually push them a little bit harder"
Interview On the Radar | "We're always trying to look at and observe the player doing something"
