Elie Gould

Elie Gould

News Writer

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

Kline looking confused.
The Backrooms film left me with more questions than answers and that's why it's the perfect adaptation

By Elie Gould Published

Endless Obscurity Open that window, break through the pane.

Endless Obscurity
arc raiders
An Arc Raiders player demonstrates how to kill a Bastion in 16 seconds without a Deadline—now I'm questioning my own skills

By Elie Gould Published

News "You need to be wearing the doctor's outfit with this kind of surgical skill."

News
Ciri smiling in the Witcher 4 tech demo.
CDPR is aiming to 'release 3 Witcher games within a 6 year period' but don't expect any expansions for the upcoming trilogy

By Elie Gould Published

News I don't think we have much to complain about if that's the case.

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News
A close up of the newest tank hero Hazard.
An Overwatch poster has been spotted in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, leaving some to speculate a collaboration is on the horizon

By Elie Gould Published

News If Soap gets added to Overwatch he better go to Hazard.

News
A salmon nigiri holding a powerwasher.
Cozy cleaning sim Moldwasher is perfect for fans of PowerWash Simulator, or any life-long haters of the fungi Stachybotrys Chartarum

By Elie Gould Published

Wash up If Stachybotrys Chartarum has no haters, I'm dead.

Wash up
007 First Light - Bond in M's office looking pensive
007 First Light has sold 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours and claims the victory of 'fastest selling title in IO Interactive's history'

By Elie Gould Published

News I wonder who the seventh person to buy the game was?

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News
mercy overwatch
Overwatch's general manager has ignited player hopes for an animated series after revealing that he 'would not rule out' other narrative experiences in the future

By Elie Gould Published

News I've waited 10 years for this.

News
Zarya
Overwatch's latest anniversary mode brings back pre-Overwatch 2 6v6 and I have to admit, I missed it

By Elie Gould Published

Throw back I forgot how much fun playing off tank is.

Throw back
Emma Frost with a love heart
Victims of cheaters in Marvel Rivals will be refunded all the ranked points they lost if they report them thanks to NetEase's new Anti-Cheat Rank Compensation System

By Elie Gould Published

News The hunt for cheaters begins.

News
Marathon Equitable Distribution: A close-up shot of Triage looking up over their shoulder with a stunned expression.
Marathon season 2 is kicking off with a free week so new players can try Bungie's extraction shooter out on a 'clean slate'

By Elie Gould Published

News I might just join for that suppressed SMG.

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News
Wheatley and GLaDOS (left) | Kane Parsons attends the BACKROOMS London Special Screening at Vue West End on May 19, 2026 in London, England (right).
Backrooms director Kane Parsons explains how influential Valve's Portal is to his work: 'I frequently have dreams where I'm just in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center'

By Elie Gould Published

News Remember, no Portal just before bed.

News
Winston adjusting his glasses while looking at a screen
'This world means so much to us': Overwatch's game director celebrates its 10 year anniversary by mapping out how it all began

By Elie Gould Published

News Here's to another 10 years.

News
CD Projekt Red confirms it's working on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion after accidentally leaking it on its own storefront

By Elie Gould Published

News Songs of the Past will release sometime next year.

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News
Forza Horizon 6 best cars: A McLaren P1 driving down a wet road towards the camera, spraying water behind it.
Forza Horizon 6 players are being terrorised by the plague that is Bowie Knife99

By Elie Gould Published

News "Justice for all the Bowie Knife victims."

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News
Marvel Rivals Season 4: A close-up shot of Daredevil, looking up slightly with a determined facial expression under his mask.
Marvel Rivals has banned 485 accounts and dished out just 3 hardware bans after the latest slew of cheaters but players are begging for more

By Elie Gould Published

News Cheating in Marvel Rivals? Believe it or not straight to jail.

News
Jason and Lucia sitting on a pier, enjoying a beer together in the first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer.
GTA 6 was meant to release today, and amid everyone mourning what could have been one superfan decides to queue up at GameStop anyway

By Elie Gould Published

News GTA 6 during a heatwave after a bank holiday, we could've had it all.

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News
One Move Away screenshots
One Move Away is a great cosy packing game, even if it had me rage-flinging boxes into the back of a truck

By Elie Gould Published

Sort it What the hell am I meant to do with this weird lamp?

Sort it
Arc Raiders update patch notes: Three characters, standing holding weapons, wearing different cosmetic sets.
An Arc Raiders player who's 'sick of hearing about PvE' has come up with a 'Rival Gangs' PvP mode, and it sounds sick

By Elie Gould Published

News You've piqued my interest.

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News
Dying Light 2
Dying Light's former director believes devs are obligated 'to focus and listen to the players' because as soon as a game's released 'it stops being only your game'

By Elie Gould Published

News 60% of the time, it works every time.

News
Protagonist running and looking up to the sky.
Zach Cregger's inspiration for the upcoming Resident Evil film once again proves he knows ball

By Elie Gould Published

News Yup, that sounds like Resident Evil to me.

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News
An Overwatch player has come up with an ingenious plan to remind others how to actually play the game: 'A little ego check never hurt anyone'

By Elie Gould Published

News Imagine the spawn door telling you to uninstall the game.

News
Overwatch x SF Widowmaker and Hanzo
I've played 1000s of hours of Overwatch but it wasn't until its new Anniversary game mode that I discovered I have no clue what the hell I'm doing

By Elie Gould Published

Reality check That there Dragonblade is tricky.

Reality check
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor walking through the backrooms.
Backrooms actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was surprised to find out the 30,000 square foot set is the first of its kind: 'I thought that somewhere it had been built before'

By Elie Gould Published

News Those shorts do look pretty convincing to be fair.

News
arc raiders
Arc Raiders has added Denuvo anticheat 'initially to a limited player pool' after a successful rollout in The Finals

By Elie Gould Published

News This is part of a continued effort to improve fair play.

News
Party Animals
Party Animals' studio finally cancels its AI video contest and promises to approach topics like this in the future 'with a much more humble and cautious attitude'

By Elie Gould Published

News "We would like to offer our deepest apologies to all players."

News
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