
Elie Gould
Elie is a news writer with an unhealthy love of horror games—even though their greatest fear is being chased. When they're not screaming or hiding, there's a good chance you'll find them testing their metal in metroidvanias or just admiring their Pokemon TCG collection. Elie has previously worked at TechRadar Gaming as a staff writer and studied at JOMEC in International Journalism and Documentaries – spending their free time filming short docs about Smash Bros. or any indie game that crossed their path.
Latest articles by Elie Gould

Peak dev solves game pricing and possibly all economics: '4 bucks is also kind of 5 bucks, 3 bucks is 2 bucks. And 2 bucks is basically free'
By Elie Gould published
News Oh, to be seen.

My Arc Raiders 2026 wishlist consists of new mobs, modes, and map conditions
By Elie Gould published
Wishlist New Year, same wishes.

I've just found a new cutesy Balatro, but instead of a deck of cards you get to tend to a garden and harvest flowers
By Elie Gould published
Happy harvest Look at the mult on those wild flowers.

Embark's CEO says they couldn't compete 'with the likes of EA and Activision' head on so they had to 'change the way games were being developed'
By Elie Gould published
News Where there's a will there's a way.

Arc Raider's defining feature, according to Embark's CEO, is all the odd player interactions: 'We did not expect people to take on roles of Defender of the Swamp'
By Elie Gould published
News It's the best proximity chat I've encountered in a very long time.

Todd Howard didn't want Deathclaws to be 'just another creature' in Fallout Season 2, and from I've seen so far they're just as terrifying as I remember
By Elie Gould published
News We've finally seen those infamous man-made monsters.

'We did not want to be close to them': The only game Arc Raiders wanted to avoid on release was predictably GTA 6, 'I don't think anyone wanted to be close to them'
By Elie Gould published
News Embark wasn't as worried about Call of Duty or Battlefield.

'Not bad for a dead game': Palworld managed to get four nominations in Steam's Best of 2025 Awards, including 2nd place for most played game
By Elie Gould published
News Third best seller? In the Year of our Lord 2025?

Arc Raiders is looking to nerf the Trigger Nade among other items, but we're not sure whether it'll only be weaker against players, not Arcs
By Elie Gould published
News Away with the pocket nukes.

'There is a bit of pressure': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs will stay true to themselves for their next game despite expectations—'we need to trust our instincts'
By Elie Gould published
News I'd be excited no matter what happens, honestly.

Fallout season 2's second episode arrives at the best Wasteland location to date as Todd Howard praises the show for taking 'such amazing care to treat locations with this obsessive authenticity'
By Elie Gould published
News You may even see a Zetan.

Silent Hill f didn't just give us a superb SH game in the year of our lord 2025, but it offered up one of the best in the series
By Elie Gould published
🏆 This is what I've been waiting for.

PowerWash Simulator 2 will kick off the new year with its best collaboration yet—hold onto your BMOs because Adventure Time is coming to powerwash
By Elie Gould published
News That Land of Ooo never looked so good.

'Our world is like a theme park': Fallout 76's latest expansion into the mysterious Ohio has proven to be its best move yet
By Elie Gould published
Sandy shocks You gotta get past the Rust King first.

'We're all big fans of Walton': Walton Goggins reprised his role as the Ghoul for Fallout 76's latest expansion, and it was a big hit among the devs
By Elie Gould published
News The Ghouls' got a job for you.

The first episode of Fallout season 2 solves the 15-year-old New Vegas mystery of the missing Vault 24
By Elie Gould published
News I should have guessed: commies.

PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
By Phil Savage published
The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.

'Leon isn't just handsome': Resident Evil Requiem devs gush about how great our favourite Resi character is, but do warn that this game will push him 'to his limits more than ever before'
By Elie Gould published
News Please don't hurt my poor floppy-haired boy.

Arc Raiders' Cold Snap event will turn 'every raid into a high-stakes survival run' as frostbite drives players into what little shelter remains
By Elie Gould published
News A chill is in the air as the new event drops tomorrow.

Arc Raiders devs are uplifted by how kind players have been to one another, but admit 'we're way worse people than the community' when it comes to engaging in PvP
By Elie Gould, Evan Lahti, Tim Clark published
News Do the devs proud, bring in a defib.

'Our ambition is to keep this game alive for the longest time': Embark's devs want to keep working on Arc Raiders 'as long as players engage with it and have fun'
By Elie Gould, Evan Lahti, Tim Clark published
News Sounds like a great plan to me.

Your bloodlust does have consequences in Arc Raiders, as a dev confirms, 'we do analyse behaviour and match accordingly'
By Elie Gould, Evan Lahti, Tim Clark published
News Aggression-based matchmaking confirmed?

'Quite a few things have taken us by surprise': Arc Raiders' wallhacks caught the devs off-guard as heaps of greedy players hunted for exploits
By Elie Gould, Tim Clark, Evan Lahti published
News Where there's a will, there's probably a wallhack.
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