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
Game-changing Palworld trick lets you transport any stack of items without being encumbered, even 9,999 stone
By Austin Wood published
news Move anything you want between chests in one easy trip
I was ready for Arknights: Endfield to be a cool open-world RPG, and it is, but I did not expect a shockingly in-depth base builder on top of that
By Austin Wood published
feature Hands-on | Arknights Endfield is a two-in-one RPG I was not expecting
Skyrim player creates self-imposed hardcore permadeath ruleset for the RPG's Legendary difficulty, then spends 150 hours trying to beat it
By Austin Wood last updated
Feature Inward_Perfection has done the improbable after four lost characters
As Blizzard course-corrects Diablo 4 Season 3, the action RPG greases the wheels with 2 weeks of 50% bonus XP and 30% faster movement
By Austin Wood published
news Diablo 4's Lunar Awakening event starts in a week
Refusing to be buried by Palworld, survival RPG Enshrouded hits 1 million players in 4 days
By Austin Wood published
news Dev says "this is just the beginning"
I've been obsessed with this Super Mario Odyssey-inspired Metroidvania since last year and now it finally has a release date
By Austin Wood published
news Biomorph is out in March
Genshin Impact 4.4 release date and time - When the Xianyun and Gaming banner starts
By Austin Wood published
news Here's when Genshin Impact version 4.4 launches
Destiny 2 finally got true loot rain in the Coil, and Bungie says it's ready to make it rain again: "We want to make sure that you're getting paid out for that time"
By Austin Wood published
news Bungie says the Coil's rewards aren't a one-time anomaly
Bungie casually reveals it made a Destiny 2 dating sim internally that fans of the MMO's many hotties will never get to play
By Austin Wood published
news Crow fans in absolute shambles
With its new demo, the "Hollow Knight meets Kirby" Metroidvania from former AAA devs has officially become one of my most-wanted 2024 releases
By Austin Wood published
feature Hands-on with an extended demo for Biomorph, which is finally out this year
The Pokemon Company is looking into potential copyright infringement, but Palworld fans don't think they're going to find anything
By Hope Bellingham last updated
News Palworld fans are confident its Pokemon-like is safe
Phil Spencer announces Microsoft is laying off nearly 2,000 people from its gaming division
By Ali Jones published
news Microsoft sheds 1,900 staff in pursuit of a "sustainable cost structure"
As Diablo 4 hits a new wave of problems in Season 3, Blizzard says it's monitoring early impressions and "will be discussing feedback internally"
By Austin Wood published
news Diablo 4's Season of the Construct is not off to a flying start
Diablo 4 added 5 new Uniques in Season 3, but the bad news is they're tied to a boss that everyone hates grinding
By Austin Wood published
news The Beast in the Ice is now a premium source of loot
Zelda superfan is 1,500 hours into Tears of the Kingdom quest to "be the first player on the planet to manually cap all materials," and could take years to finish
By Austin Wood published
news Bobby Blue Holliday is on a mission, and they won't be stopped
It's almost embarrassing that Pokemon got upstaged by something as sloppy as Palworld, a janky survival game carried by one good idea
By Austin Wood published
opinion Opinion | Palworld is fun enough, but I still like the idea of it more than I actually like the game
[Update] Game dev legend hailed as "asset Jesus" says they were banned from development events a day after speaking out against AI sponsors
By Austin Wood published
news [Update] Kenney Vleugels says the minor conflict has been resolved after "a friendly conversation"
Fearing Nintendo takedown, Palworld modding community bans links to Pokemon mod so that "lawyers don't nuke all of us"
By Austin Wood published
news Palworld is predictably getting Pokemon mods, and modders are worried about collateral damage
With bottomless open-world combat, Hyper Light Breaker could be the biggest roguelike of 2024 in more ways than one
By Austin Wood published
Preview Big in 2024 | Hyper Light Breaker looks like the open-world roguelike I didn't know I needed
The best stealth games you can sneak through right now
By Alex Avard last updated
Best Move like a shadow and strike down your foes in the best stealth games, from Hitman to Assassin's Creed
As Destiny 2 players celebrate long-awaited character customization, Bungie stresses "we don't have any current plans to monetize this" – or add a way to change races
By Austin Wood published
news If you're an Exo now, you're an Exo forever
This Metroidvania isn't even trying to hide the fact that it ripped off Hollow Knight's skin and is wearing it like a jacket
By Austin Wood published
news Deviator is absolutely gorgeous, because it looks exactly like Hollow Knight
Todd Howard says he's been sitting on everything about the Indiana Jones game "forever," from "what Indy was going after" to the "arc he was going to have"
By Austin Wood published
news Howard meant it when he said he's been trying to get this made for over a decade