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

Marvel Rivals' ranked distribution for Season 1 is pretty evenly spread except for the 482,526 players just sat in Bronze 3
By Elie Gould published
News Competitive isn't for everyone.

I've navigated Marvel Rivals' chaotic ranked play and dragged myself out of Plat hell, which means it's time to start preparing to do it all over again next season
By Elie Gould published
Tough love Succeeding against all the odds (Spider-Man players).

To celebrate Spider-Man 2 coming to PC, Marvel Rivals is adding a new Spider-Man skin, and saying fans are excited is an understatement
By Elie Gould published
News Now, all I need to do is learn how to play Spider-Man.

Overwatch 2 prepares to share 'Groundbreaking PvP gameplay changes,' and players can't decide whether this means we're getting 6v6 back or skill trees
By Elie Gould published
News Or will Moira finally cross over to DPS?

For COD’s sake: One player’s 763-day legal quest to make Activision unban their account ends in total success: ‘Worth the effort’
By Elie Gould published
News Now that's some serious dedication.

Deadlock's latest update makes a bunch of hero changes, including one suggested by a player who got laughed at for raising the idea
By Elie Gould published
News They hated him because he spoke the truth.

'Geralt cannot let Yennefer go': The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep has an easter egg that was cut from the main series, and it'll likely include more about Geralt and Yennefer
By Elie Gould published
News The most unsurprising Easter egg yet.

'Rocket's devastated': Marvel Rivals player who took on the daunting task of rising to GM without doing any damage accidentally fumbles the ball right before Celestial
By Elie Gould published
News Carefully, he's a hero.

Palworld studio's first move as a publisher is to save a struggling indie dev: 'This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025'
By Elie Gould published
News "Both Surgent and Pocketpair are well-versed in taking risks."

Mindwave is the story-driven spiritual successor to WarioWare that is so good I don't care that I keep messing up on the supposedly simple final boss
By Elie Gould published
Mind bend Catch the cats, avoid the kisses.

Pokémon TCG Prismatic Evolution scalpers are starting to hurt, thanks to the promise of reprints despite the current lack of supply
By Elie Gould published
News I would like just one card, please.

Marvel Rivals players are coming together to decide their least favourite map, and the loser will surprise no one: 'It's the worst in the game'
By Elie Gould published
News My archnemesis is just a bounce pad.

Marvel Rivals' upcoming Spring Festival introduces a few pretty cool skins and a new game mode that has a stark resemblance to Lucioball
By Elie Gould published
News Oh, let's break it down!

Planet Coaster 2 isn't the financial success that Frontier needed, according to a report, which means there's more pressure on Jurassic World Evolution 3 to bring in the big bucks
By Elie Gould published
News "We expect this game to have a lower revenue sustain rate."

A Marvel Rivals player 'hit GrandMaster doing 0 damage' through the blindingly simple strategy of healing teammates a lot
By Elie Gould published
News "It's flarkin funny."

'Who planned this garbage?' Streamers unite in slamming the official Twitch Marvel Rivals tournament for last-minute rule changes and unbalanced chaos
By Elie Gould published
News "Coughing Baby vs. Hydrogen Bomb."

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has now banned 136,000 accounts as part of the ongoing struggle to ensure fair play but still says that IP banning isn't an option
By Elie Gould published
News The grind never stops.

Instead of role queue, Marvel Rivals wants to trust players with the epic responsibility of creating a functioning team by themselves: 'We’ll be taking a little bit more of a Marvel-inspired approach'
By Elie Gould published
News You'll just need to carry on role-filling.

Ancient Egyptian horror game Amenti had everything lined up to make it a stellar scarefest—except it forgot to include some actual horror
By Elie Gould published
Dead easy Friend or Photo?

Legendary Japanese dev goes in hard on Switch 2 leakers: 'A filthy desire for approval that lacks a shred of rationality—The worst of scum'
By Elie Gould published
News He also cursed them to always have poop on their shoes.

Deadlock's ranked play has improved quite a bit since its arrival, but a small quirk has left only 75 people down at the bottom rank to battle it out
By Elie Gould published
News Someone's gotta do it.

Marvel Rivals devs have accidentally buffed Storm into a tornado-yeeting monster that everyone is picking, and no-one knows how to counter: 'A clustered group is a snack for us'
By Elie Gould published
News I'm feeling a lot of wrath, that's for sure.

'The team wants every kind of player to enjoy the game': Marvel Rivals director wants to foster a competitive scene, but not at the expense of fun
By Elie Gould published
News I've definitely heard that before.
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