Issy van der Velde
I'm Issy, a freelancer who you'll now occasionally see over here covering news on GamesRadar. I've always had a passion for playing games, but I learned how to write about them while doing my Film and TV degrees at the University of Warwick and contributing to the student paper, The Boar. After university I worked at TheGamer before heading up the news section at Dot Esports. Now you'll find me freelancing for Rolling Stone, NME, Inverse, and many more places. I love all things horror, narrative-driven, and indie, and I mainly play on my PS5. I'm currently clearing my backlog and loving Dishonored 2.
Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
GTA 5 Trevor actor wants the fan-favorite to be in GTA 6 just so Rockstar can kill him off immediately
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News A fitting end given what he did to Johnny
Bethesda fans raise $140k for prolific VA's medical bills as Bethesda describes him as "an incredibly talented and instrument part of our games"
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News Wes Johnson's iconic lines feature on Skyrim, Fallout, and as Oblivion's famous guards
Veteran GTA dev says Rockstar should make a GTA 4 remaster, but "it would be better" if it was a "quality remaster" this time
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News If Rockstar did it we wouldn't need to take matters into our own hands
Elder Scrolls co-creator is "super-grateful" for fan remakes, but says their existence is bittersweet: Daggerfall might have been "flaky and weird," but "no one had to recreate Casablanca"
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News Well, Casablnaca still runs at a consistent 24fps
Donkey Kong designer reveals his biggest problem with his Rare redesign, and explains how his childhood breakfast cereal ban shaped Diddy Kong, too
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News "We'll get somebody good to model it, to draw it properly when the time comes. But the drawings are just concepts."
Skyrim Special Edition is about to beat its concurrent player record 9 years after launch thanks to a huge sale
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News I can't believe there are people out there who didn't own Skyrim already
Former GTA dev weighs in on Rockstar's attempt to silence Vice City mod that ports the whole game to GTA 4: "This is what companies are supposed to do"
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News The modders have retaliated by making the mod standalone, meaning you don't need a legit copy of GTA to play it
Nintendo Switch 2 may be getting more Xbox titles as Phil Spencer is "really looking forward to supporting them with the games that we have"
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News He also congratulated the Nintendo boss for the console's bigger screen
In a rollercoaster week for Horizon Zero Dawn fans, its MMO is apparently not cancelled: "The 'H' that I mentioned has nothing to do with Horizon"
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News Some good news
Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 won't be a PS6 exclusive and it's been in the works for "about nine months already"
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News Who knows if the PS6 will even be out by then?
Nintendo stock dropped after the Switch 2 reveal's lack of detail, but it's now back up to its highest-ever price after analysts revised their forecasts
By Issy van der Velde published
News A real rollercoaster
Over 4 years after its launch, Cyberpunk 2077 hits 'Overwhelmingly Positive' on Steam: "Never dreamt it will be possible"
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News The mother of all second chances
Horizon Forbidden West is region-locked on PC 10 months after release for some reason, subjecting millions to Sony’s shenanigans
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News Why does PlayStation keep doing this?
Helldivers 2 player proposes new stratagems to restock vehicle ammo, and they're so good even the creative director seems on board
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News A very democratic idea
Palworld dev refuses to be baited into Helldivers 2 comparison: "I don't like you. Console war baiting in 2025 is beyond stupid"
By Issy van der Velde published
News "We just didn’t make a PS5 version, that's all"
The success of Black Myth: Wukong reportedly led to a surge in investment in games like the stylish action RPG Phantom Blade Zero
By Issy van der Velde published
Issy We also got a look at some incredible new combat and weapons
Rockstar literally just took down a Liberty City GTA 5 mod, but that's not stopping these modders porting Vice City into GTA 4 - and they might just get away with it
By Issy van der Velde published
News It looks gorgeous
Death Stranding 2 actors are finishing filming and getting gifts from Hideo Kojima, but "the game still remains in development," so don't expect it out any time soon
By Issy van der Velde published
News It's slated for release sometime this year
Nintendo Switch 2 expected to launch by September according to publisher Nacon, which "already has compatible games and a full range of accessories" for the new console
By Issy van der Velde published
News What could it have in store for us?
The Horizon Zero Dawn MMO has reportedly been scrapped, following close behind God of War and Days Gone dev multiplayer cancellations
By Issy van der Velde published
News A number of NCSoft games have reportedly had their development halted
As some analysts "hope" GTA 6 will normalize $100 games, one Baldur's Gate 3 dev points out that "prices haven't risen with inflation"
By Issy van der Velde published
News Are we playing robbers or being robbed?
After years in Discord's shadow, Teamspeak is coming back with a huge Discord-style overhaul, and it's encouraging you to purge your Discord accounts
By Issy van der Velde published
News Teamspeak isn't here to play
Palworld's roadmap includes a final boss and crossplay, but fans still want bigger bosses and more quests
By Issy van der Velde published
News We have a list of demands
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