Austin Wood
Austin freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree, and he's been with 12DOVE since 2019. They've yet to realize that his position as a senior writer is just a cover up for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a focus on news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.
Latest articles by Austin Wood
Monster Hunter Wilds players use the Palico character creator to remember lost pets: "I have shed tears multiple times but I also feel happy that I can still fight monsters with my buddy"
By Austin Wood published
news "They can accompany us into a whole new world," said one player
Days after Wii U gem Xenoblade Chronicles X was finally announced for Switch, Nintendo says the JRPG series has seen roughly 500% growth on Switch vs 3DS and Wii U
By Austin Wood published
news Xenoblade has sold over 7 million copies on Switch
The best Persona games, ranked
By Malindy Hetfeld last updated
Feature With Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Royal released, we rank the 12 best Persona games to see how the classics stack up
Artist reimagines Elden Ring as a Baldur's Gate-style top-down RPG "despite my love-hate relationship with the game," is surprised to see it's absolutely stunning
By Jordan Gerblick published
news Elden Gate has a nice *ring* to it
After 800 hours of practice finally paid off, hitless runner explains why a no-hit run of Borderlands 2 was way harder than games like Dark Souls or Skyrim
By Austin Wood published
news A hitless Borderlands 2 clear didn't even seem possible for a long time
Capcom wants to know what Monster Hunter Wilds players thought of the beta – Here are 11 things I want fixed before launch
By Austin Wood last updated
Feature The Monster Hunter Wilds beta was on its way to greatness, but not quite there
"Games have bugs and GTA is no exception": Former Rockstar tech lead shouts out modder behind hundreds of fixes for the original GTA trilogy on PC
By Austin Wood published
news The modder recently acknowledged a one-pixel mistake in one weapon icon
Assassin's Creed Shadows lead shuts down "attacks driven by intolerance" over the game's Black samurai and woman warrior, condemns "personal attacks" against devs
By Austin Wood published
news "Yasuke's presence in Japanese history is fact"
As Monster Hunter Wilds PC players fight horrible polygons and struggle to hit 60 FPS, Capcom says the game is "already in a more improved state compared to the beta"
By Austin Wood published
news The Monster Hunter Wilds PC beta test can give even moderately old PCs some trouble
Monster Hunter Wilds players use the beta character creator to recreate their hunters from Monster Hunter World, aged for good measure, and also their real cats
By Austin Wood published
news Monster Hunter Wilds joins the list of powerful character creators
After 500 hours in Monster Hunter World, the Monster Hunter Wilds beta feels like a new pair of shoes: fresh and stylish, but a little uncomfortable
By Austin Wood published
feature Opinion | Sadly Monster Hunter Wilds may have killed one of my favorite play styles
After a nerf in his home turf, the Elden Ring DLC's notorious final boss has seemingly invaded Yu-Gi-Oh, but I have bad news for him: he kind of sucks
By Austin Wood published
news Denial Deity Dotan reminds me of someone, I just can't put my finger on it
Ubisoft wants to restore the "creativity and innovation" that built its success in "2010 - 2020," and it's cut over 2,000 employees in 2 years to help do it
By Austin Wood published
news Ubisoft has slimmed down to a mere 18,666 employees
Monster Hunter was a "big inspiration for both co-op combat and weapon design" on Dead Cells dev's new roguelike: "The depth of each weapon means there's always more to learn"
By Austin Wood published
news Windblown launched just before the Monster Hunter Wilds beta test
As fans brace for Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom reveals it's lured around 3 million players to this action RPG series in the last 6 months alone
By Austin Wood published
news Monster Hunter has dominated Capcom sales for the last six months
Best Monster Hunter Wilds weapons and tier list for the Beta
By Joel Franey published
Guide Our weapon tier list for the MH Wilds Beta has all the best options for hunters
Manga fans around the world saved an underrated series at risk of cancellation: "I never would’ve imagined that so many people would be willing to go all in"
By Austin Wood last updated
News Love Bullet is getting a reprint, which is a good sign for a new manga
Borderlands fan will get to see Borderlands 4 early after Gearbox agrees to fly him to the studio following cancer diagnosis: "I never expected anything like this"
By Austin Wood last updated
news "It was awesome to see the CEO of Gearbox emailing me and telling me that he would do whatever he could to help me out"
Monster Hunter Wilds casually mentions 100-player lobbies ahead of its first beta, but this is no MMO: 16 players show up at once just like Monster Hunter World
By Austin Wood published
news Monster Hunter Wilds invites a lot of players to pile in at once
"I bought a membership before I bought a steak or had sex": MMO fan jailed for 9 years says they "thought about RuneScape every day" of their sentence because "there is no other game" like it
By Austin Wood published
feature You don't quit RuneScape, you just take breaks
Destiny 2 players were right: Bungie confirms an issue "in our code" making some god roll guns harder to get, and says it has already identified a potential fix
By Austin Wood published
news Destiny 2 "Weightgate" was real after all
"I'm honored that Stardew is included": Unstoppable roguelike Balatro continues its indie game bucket list with Stardew Valley collab art drawn by Eric Barone himself
By Austin Wood published
news Plus Cyberpunk 2077, Slay the Spire, and The Binding of Isaac for good measure
Helldivers 2 has a new Warbond coming next week, and it's got anti-stagger armor plus a booster that lets you sprint forever at the cost of your health
By Austin Wood published
news The Truth Enforcers Warbond is definitely, definitely not filled with lies
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