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
Helldivers 2's annoying armored enemies are getting nerfed, devs look to tone down "spawn rates and health pools"
By Austin Wood last updated
news The most-requested Helldivers 2 change is coming, people
CD Projekt dev congratulates Cyberpunk 2077 player on finding an Easter egg photobomb after the RPG's latest update
By Austin Wood published
news The devs were just chatting about how nobody had found it yet
Helldivers 2 CEO says Arrowhead has "taken action internally to educate our developers" after game balance debates got out of hand
By Austin Wood published
news Comments from community and development figures fanned the flames
Helldivers 2 balance lead says the "don't nerf, only buff" approach is a horrible idea as the community reacts to top weapon nerfs
By Austin Wood published
news "I believe players are scared of nerfs, because it will ruin the fantasy of a weapon"
The original legendary Stalker trilogy, still an open-world FPS icon, gets "refined for console" in surprise Xbox and PlayStation release
By Austin Wood published
news The Stalker games that started it all finally jump to consoles
Oops, Destiny 2's best farm ever was literally just the MMO playing itself: bugged Lost Sectors were auto-completing and spitting out free Exotics in seconds
By Austin Wood published
news Farm it before it's patc– and it's been patched
Helldivers 2 dev casually confirms mechs are coming "soon" – meet the EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit
By Austin Wood published
news Arrowhead announces what we've all been hoping for
Putting out an MMO fire, Temtem devs confirm the last big update for the "MMO-lite," cut "all of the microtransactions in the game," and tease another new game
By Austin Wood published
news Temtem is almost out of new content, but the sort-of MMO will stay on for "a really, really long time"
Yuzu devs pay Nintendo $2.4 million, shut down the massive Switch emulator, declare "we cannot continue to allow" such "extensive piracy," and pull all code offline
By Dustin Bailey last updated
News Update: In less than a week, the Yuzu devs agree to a settlement and shut it all down
As Helldivers 2 players died millions of times on planet Mort, D&D-style war master Joel was "watching it all go down" and called it a "thing of beauty"
By Austin Wood published
news "He's as dedicated to the community as I am," community manager says of Joel
Helldivers 2 got so big that its virtual D&D master Joel needed "emergency" assistance: "He's only one guy, and he was just not sleeping ... sending me messages at 4am"
By Austin Wood published
news Helldivers 2 war master Joel needed reinforcements of his own
Helldivers 2 CEO acknowledges the meta in the best way: "Give the new player the shield backpack and the railgun. You can do without it if you are a true Helldiver"
By Austin Wood published
news Helldivers 2 players do love their railguns and shields
Money-hating creator of one of the highest-rated roguelikes in Steam history says "oops I made a second game" in the most casual reveal of 2024
By Austin Wood published
news HoloCure followup Holo X Break also looks great
The $6 Metroidvania that lit Steam on fire last year hits 100K sales, self-taught dev who made the game in a few months "still having trouble processing"
By Austin Wood published
news Psuedoregalia gets even better with a chunky map update
Brave Elden Ring player dies at least 2,333 times across "2-3 months" beating the RPG at level 1 even though "I'm terrible at these games"
By Austin Wood published
news This ain't your average level one run – it's even better
Borderlands studio Gearbox reportedly close to a sale once again
By Austin Wood published
news Gearbox was acquired by Embracer just three years ago
As catastrophic layoffs rattle the games industry, FPS legend John Romero says "I've never seen anything like we're seeing now"
By Austin Wood published
News "I am so sorry to everyone who has lost their jobs," Romero adds
Helldivers 2 players died over 10 million times taking a single planet, Mort, from the Automatons this week – and even then barely pulled it off
By Austin Wood published
news All in the name of democracy, and Mort
Helldivers 2's first balance patch is coming, dev responds to meta-weary fans tired of "underperforming" guns and stratagems
By Austin Wood published
news Hopefully it comes sooner rather than later
MMO community celebrates beloved player's release from hell after a truly filthy 2,500-hour Old School RuneScape grind: "I'm astounded at the sheer willpower"
By Austin Wood published
news OSRS YouTuber Limpwurt has done the improbable once again
Helldivers 2 escort missions are out of control, but we're in this together so the community's desperately trying to help their fellow recruits stay alive
By Austin Wood published
news And maybe, just maybe, the NPCs can survive too
As Helldivers 2 draws Metal Gear Solid 5 comparisons, Obsidian RPG master Josh Sawyer says "more games should just directly copy stuff that feels good"
By Austin Wood published
news And he's right
Nintendo takes Switch emulator Yuzu to court in major lawsuit, alleging it fueled 1 million illegal downloads of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom before release
By Austin Wood published
news Yuzu creator Tropic Haze is the latest target of Nintendo's legal team