Latest articles by Heather Wald
This gentle, calming gardening life sim is just what I need to decompress and relax
Features Indie Spotlight | The Garden Path is taking me back to my Animal Crossing New Horizons days
In Starfield, I've resorted to crime in my quest to collect every novelty mug in the RPG
Now Playing Now Playing | Forget credits! Novelty mugs are now the greatest treasure in Starfield
The Elder Scrolls 6: Everything we know so far
Features The Elder Scrolls 6 really is still happening
The Witcher 4 Polaris: Everything we know so far
Features CDPR's upcoming RPG The Witcher 4 will put a new spin on Geralt's universe
After 13 years, I finally played the Dragon Age Origins DLC I always avoided and what it made me do is unforgivable
Now Playing Now Playing | The Dragon Age Origins Darkspawn Chronicle's expansion is a nightmare
As Baldur's Gate 3 hits its first anniversary, here's why we've poured a cumulative 3,550 hours into Larian's world-beating RPG
Features Here's to 365 days of adventures in Faerûn – and the many yet to come
Closer the Distance is an emotional, heartfelt Sims-like adventure about loss and grief that moved me to tears several times
Features Indie Spotlight | This choice-driven adventure that plays like The Sims explores sudden loss and grief in such a moving way
Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a title speaks to what I love most about BioWare's RPGs
Opinion Opinion | The more I sit with it, the more I love Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a title and everything it means for our return to Thedas
After reading Tevinter Nights, there's one Dragon Age The Veilguard companion I can't wait to meet in the RPG
Opinion Opinion | As a long-time fan, I'm already planning out my Dragon Age The Veilguard character and faction, inspired by Tevinter Nights
Every time I replay Cyberpunk 2077's most unsettling quest, I'm reminded why it's a firm favorite
Now Playing Now Playing | One of the most disturbing Cyberpunk 2077 quests won't leave my mind
The 25 best Metroidvania games you can explore today
Best List Jump, slash, and shoot through the best Metroidvanias to play right now
Star Wars Outlaws: The Big Preview
Big Preview This month we are diving into Star Wars Outlaws, the highly-anticipated open-world Star Wars game from Massive Entertainment
I weirdly loved Jabba the Hutt as a kid, so I asked the Star Wars Outlaws devs what it was like bringing him to life
Interview Interview | From using casseroles to recreating the throne, here's how Massive made Jabba the Hutt's appearance in Star Wars Outlaws a reality
After replaying Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: The Veilguard's "mission-based" direction is all the more exciting
Opinion Opinion | Dragon Age: The Veilguard is set to be a mission-based RPG rather than open-world, which is music to my ears
After 700 hours, Cyberpunk 2077 has unexpectedly become one of my comfort RPGs
Opinion Opinion | I keep on reaching for Cyberpunk 2077 whenever I'm feeling low
The making of Kay's trusty sidearm in Star Wars Outlaws: "We really wanted that iconic blaster, but we also wanted you to have a full fat shooting experience"
Preview Preview | "What would a scoundrel be without a sidearm?"
I can't stop thinking about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the history of blood magic, and the way BioWare's RPG series handles morality
Opinion Opinion | I've fallen down a rabbit hole of the history of blood magic and morality in the RPG series
The Trailblazer ship in Star Wars Outlaws drew inspiration from an unlikely place: turtles
Preview Preview | Exploring the creation of the Trailblazer ship with Ubisoft's Massive
From Kay's wrist tattoo of Nix to ND-5's jacket, Star Wars Outlaws' characters have been designed to be "very authentic" but also "very new"
Preview Preview | A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Kay, Nix, and ND-5
You can "mess with" Star Wars Outlaws' GTA-style wanted system to make the "ultimate open-world playground type of self-imposed challenge"
News Star Wars Outlaws' GTA-like wanted system can become a "toy you can mess with" and "push as far as you want" to increase the difficulty
How Star Wars Outlaws is trying to tackle one of the features I wanted in Starfield: a transition from the open world to space flight
News Star Wars Outlaws technical director breaks how the jump from planets to space works
How Star Wars Outlaws skips RPG conventions like levels and XP to "reward player curiosity" and turn every skill we learn into "a little adventure in itself"
Preview Preview | Exploring Star Wars Outlaws' progression system with developer Massive Entertainment
How Massive crafted Kay and Nix's story in Star Wars Outlaws: "What would it be like for any of us to meet Jabba the Hutt for the first time?"
Preview Preview | Exploring the making of a scoundrel story in Star Wars Outlaws with Massive Entertainment
