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
Marvel's Spider-Man reportedly made a whopping $3.8 billion, although the math doesn't seem to add up
By Issy van der Velde published
News Either way, it definitely made a lot of money
Upcoming Hunter x Hunter anime fighting game unexpectedly banned in Australia, with no reason given for the decision
By Issy van der Velde published
News The country has surprisingly strict rules surrounding what's allowed in games
Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke teases that Larian has been "buzzing with all the new exciting stuff" while the post-launch teams have been hard at work on the RPG's big updates
By Issy van der Velde published
News Not Baldur's Gate 4, but still exciting
Need For Speed speedrunner who broke records using complex Half-Life tech wants to tackle Cyberpunk or Fallout next
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News Streamer Jeepy and one of his moderators explain how he got into speedrunning games with Half-Life's movement tech
The Witcher 4 studio CEO says the team will be staying pretty quiet before release, but he wants to "drop crumbs" to "whet the appetite" of the community
By Issy van der Velde last updated
News Get your napkins ready
Arcane writer says Riot let them kill anyone they wanted, even fan-favorite characters: "There were no limits to what we could do to make a good story"
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News Arcane isn't a video game, sometimes people die
Arcane writer explains that there's one thing the League of Legends show could do that The Witcher or The Last of Us' adaptations couldn't - change their source material
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News "Not a lot of games are as mobile, and moving, and changeable, as League of Legends is"
Arcane co-creator says he's been working on some top fan-picks for new stories "for months, in some cases years" - and hints that a pirate series could be on the horizon
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News So long Piltover, I'm heading to Bilgewater
"Cut to about 3 o'clock in the morning, I end up on the piano, the bars kicked us out, and I spent the weekend nursing a hangover": Troy Baker on the 9-hour bender that taught him how to bring Indiana Jones to life
By Issy van der Velde published
News "I can tell you the wrong way to do it"
Sony's own Black Friday sales confirm that a disc-drive is a must-have
By Issy van der Velde published
News These are barely discounts
Dev explains why the wait for anything new about Wolverine or Wonder Woman has been so long
By Issy van der Velde published
News There's a lot of logic behind it
Balatro creator says the business aspect of making his hit roguelike is something he's still "learning the ropes" of
By Issy van der Velde published
News LocalThunk talks us through the hurdles of making Balatro and his future plans
Have you ever wondered where GTA 5's powerlines go? Me neither, but the YouTuber who followed Skyrim's rivers to their source has found out and it's fascinating
By Issy van der Velde published
News This really scratched an itch in my nerd brain
Star Citizen has been in development for over 10 years, and it's just passed $750 million in community funding, but there's still no release date in sight
By Issy van der Velde published
News One of the most expensive games ever made
Tencent's new Horizon Zero Dawn ripoff is so blatant that even Blizzard's former president is speaking up about it
By Issy van der Velde published
News If I had a nickel, etc etc
The battle to be the highest-rated game of the year continues as Astro Bot finally claims the top spot from Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
By Issy van der Velde published
News Put your foolish ambitions to rest
You can get 3 of the best sci-fi RPGs ever made for the price of a cup of coffee as Mass Effect Legendary Edition goes on sale for less than $5 on PC
By Issy van der Velde published
News Coffee is too expensive these days...
Plague Inc's city-building sequel is "more happy and optimistic" than its predecessor, even if its creator thinks its $2 price tag is a "huge gamble"
By Issy van der Velde published
News "There is still an appetite for intelligent, sophisticated strategy games on mobile"
Indie phenomenon Balatro is one of the most-played games on Steam Deck this year, beaten only by Stardew Valley and previous GOTY winners Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3
By Issy van der Velde published
News The little roguelike that could
Palworld's next update is coming next month, and it's 6x bigger than the survival game's last major patch
By Issy van der Velde published
News It looks like it'll have at least one new Pal
Delta Force dev says hackers are a "long-lasting cancer" of FPS games: "It’s either us or the cheaters"
By Issy van der Velde published
News The team is taking a zero tolerance approach
Interstellar-style sci-fi RPG Exodus is getting a tabletop RPG from a former Mass Effect and OG Baldur's Gate developer
By Issy van der Velde published
News Only limited quantities of the book will be sold
Fortnite cheaters beware, Epic Games is "ramping up legal action" and will even be banning tournament players who play in squads with hackers
By Issy van der Velde published
News Even friends of cheaters could get banned
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