Dustin Bailey
Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.
Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
Charity speedrun icon Games Done Quick has a new owner, but he says the GDQ vibes aren't changing: "It's basically like a family get-together"
By Dustin Bailey published
Interview Interview | GDQ founder Mike Uyama's long-delayed plans to step down are coming to fruition, and director of operations Matt Merkle is more than ready to take the helm
Eric Barone says "I have not touched Haunted Chocolatier in a long time" because he's still working on getting Stardew Valley 1.6 to console
By Dustin Bailey published
News "There are reasons for this, but the bottom line is that they are not out yet, we are still working on them"
There's no sign of Call of Duty's beloved Nuketown map in Black Ops 6 - except for its "birthplace" in Warzone's Area 99 and a nuked version in Sandhouse
By Dustin Bailey published
News Black Ops 6 has all the Nuketown you could ever want, except for actual Nuketown
Early Star Wars Outlaws PS5 players paid $110 only to have Ubisoft issue a new patch and tell them to start a new save file or face game-breaking bugs
By Dustin Bailey published
News "If you continue on a prior save you will unfortunately face issues and progression blockers"
The retro collection Tetris has always deserved is finally coming, complete with the incredible SNES battle Tetris variant that's been lost in Japan for 31 years
By Dustin Bailey published
News Finally, a chance to play Tetris Battle Gaiden
After 29 years, the secret best PS1 JRPGs finally return with the Suikoden HD remasters that were beginning to look like vaporware
By Dustin Bailey published
News A 2 year delay couldn't hold this remaster collection down
Pizza Tower hits Switch today, and after 19 months of begging, fans of the Wario Land throwback couldn't be happier: "My Switch has a purpose now"
By Dustin Bailey published
News The best-rated 2D platformer on Steam has finally jumped to Switch
BioWare explains what Dragon Age: The Veilguard companions actually do in combat, revealing all 5 abilities for the RPG's 7 party members
By Dustin Bailey published
News I'll be taking the necromancer and the dragon hunter who breathes fire, thanks
Assassin's Creed actor "honored" to return as fan-favorite Ezio in the most unlikely place - AEW wrestler Will Ospreay's entrance at Wembley Stadium
By Dustin Bailey published
News "We are assassins"
Since Dying Light: The Beast is now an "18+ hours" game, next month the devs will delist the Dying Light 2 edition that had it as DLC – but not before a final 6-day sale
By Dustin Bailey published
News "While we were developing Dying Light: The Beast it has outgrown its original scope"
August Nintendo Direct announced promising 40 minutes of third-parties and indies, Nintendo immediately says "there will be no mention" of Switch 2
By Dustin Bailey published
News The Nintendo Direct is upon us, but Nintendo's next console is holding back
After 22 years, the one and only game Sega developed for PS1 finally has an English translation, and it's a gateway to the '00s world of J-pop idols and Hamtaro anime
By Dustin Bailey published
News A delightful little obscurity just got much easier for English speakers to play
Greedfall 2 boss says Baldur's Gate 3's breakout success "allowed us" to do early access
By Dustin Bailey published
News "It's so interesting to be able to exchange with the players to improve the game"
Silent Hill 2 veteran says the survival horror classic would have featured David Lynch-inspired multiple protagonists if it didn't make the story "too complicated"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "There was an idea that two or three guys were the main protagonists"
Black Myth: Wukong is "one of the fastest-selling games of all time," beating Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy with 10 million copies sold in just 4 days
By Dustin Bailey published
News Black Myth: Wukong ain't monkeying around
As game actors strike for AI protections, Amazon Games boss says we need more AI and it's not "taking work away" because "for games, we don't really have acting"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "The majority of the team sits in programming and that's not going to go away because that's all about innovation"
33 years later, the $10,000 PC that built Civilization 1 is enshrined at Firaxis alongside the leather chair that Sid Meier sat in to make it
By Dustin Bailey published
News It did take some "creative salvage" to get it working
Baldur's Gate 3 artist fondled a pack of Oreos to get the tentacle-stroking mind flayer sex scene just right: "Some things should probably stay behind the scenes"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Larian wants to be sure you know the Oreos were "cream-filled"
Rockstar finally acknowledges GTA RP with an in-game promotion a year after it bought the mod team that brought the servers to life
By Dustin Bailey published
News FiveM's still cooking
Mafia: The Old Country really is skipping Italian voiceover - instead, it has "voice acting in Sicilian, inline with the game's setting in 1900s Sicily"
By Dustin Bailey published
News That's real authenticity
Space Marine 2's monetization won't feel "like you're getting poked" because nobody wants horse armor anymore - "I can say that because I worked at Bethesda"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "People don’t want to be sold horse armor anymore"
After 18 years, College Football 25 obliterates the best-selling PS2 NCAA game's record and rockets past Helldivers 2 on the US top seller charts
By Dustin Bailey published
News NCAA 07 has been toppled
"Come on, Todd": Xbox boss Phil Spencer was one of the Starfield players begging Todd Howard for a better way to travel - "I'm tired of walking around this planet"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Spencer wanted the Rev-8 as much as the rest of us
3 years after Google shut down the studio behind this cult Metroidvania, they're back with a bigger, bolder sequel featuring a legally distinct evil megacorporation
By Dustin Bailey published
Preview Preview | Revenge of the Savage Planet is rejecting AAA conventions and doubling down on corporate satire
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