Sam Roberts
Samuel is now a PR Manager at Frontier Development, but was once a staffer at Future PLC. He was last the Entertainment Editor at TechRadar, but before that he was the UK Editor at PC Gamer. He has also written for GamesRadar in his time. He is also the co-host of the Backpage podcast.
Latest articles by Sam Roberts
Final Fantasy 7 – how Square made one of the most important and influential RPGs of all time
By Sam Roberts published
Feature Director Yoshinori Kitase and art director Yusuke Naora reflect on the creation of Final Fantasy 7
10 years later: how Grand Theft Auto 4 raised the standard for open-world games and helped shape GTA 5
By Sam Roberts published
Retrospective Sombre, atmospheric and political, GTA 4 hosted one of the best missions in the series' history and paved the way for GTA 5's multiple protagonists
Why I love L.A. Noire’s fictional influences - the books, films and TV that made Rockstars crime sim
By Sam Roberts published
Opinion How other media shaped one of gaming’s best period pieces
It's just too easy to be a dick in GTA Online, so why bother being anything else?
By Sam Roberts published
Opinion Why is everyone so horrible in GTA Online? It just happens. All the time.
Searching for a master swordsman on the journey to hell in Final Fantasy 15’s Episode Gladio DLC
By Sam Roberts published
Opinion
Final Fantasy's version of Smash Bros will keep you busy until the FF7 remake gets here
By Sam Roberts published
Feature Can Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT please both fans and fighting game players on PS4?
BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins gave us a grand but sometimes flat fantasy world
By Sam Roberts published
Retrospective
How the creators of GTA swapped city streets for school beats in Bully: Scholarship Edition
By Sam Roberts published
Retrospective
Why 343 Industries and Creative Assembly were perfect partners to resurrect Halo’s strategy spin-off
By Sam Roberts, Chris Schilling published
Interview
Burial at Sea was envisioned as BioShock Infinite DLC, but it become a game in its own right
By Sam Roberts published
Opinion
Has the Marvel Cinematic Universe become too complicated to enjoy?
By Sam Roberts published
Opinion
Red Dead Redemption was Rockstar's masterpiece... and still is
By Sam Roberts published
Feature
Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children - is it okay to like it now?
By Sam Roberts published
Feature
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