Rob Dwiar

Rob Dwiar

Managing Editor, TechRadar Gaming and Streaming

Rob is the Managing Editor of TechRadar Gaming and Streaming. He joined in 2023 as the Deputy Editor of TechRadar Gaming (TRG), and has multiple years of games media and games writing experience under his belt, with a variety of bylines at games publications, but also in the world of gardens and landscapes.

Prior to joining TRG, Rob was the Commissioning Editor for Hardware at sister site GamesRadar+. and spent more than four years on that team. After this, he had a short but successful stint as Gaming Editor at WePC, but is now firmly in a position at TechRadar Gaming to help drive the brand forward to achieve its goals. Before joining GamesRadar+ in 2018, Rob freelanced for many places and has had work published over the last six years or so at the likes of GamesRadar+, Eurogamer, RPS, PCGN, and more. This writing often took, and still takes, the form of analysis and celebration of video game environments, landscapes, and horticulture - Rob is a qualified landscape and garden designer and an expert on the virtual landscapes and environments of games.

Articles by: Rob Dwiar

Spyro in Spyro: A Realm Beyond
Toys for Bob dev says the team tried to capture 'the feeling that we fell in love with' when developing Spyro: A Realm Beyond instead of worrying about features first

By Demi Williams Published

Toys for Bob focused on recapturing how the team felt about the Spyro series when making A Realm Beyond, rather than worrying about which features to include.

Fable
Fable will feature over 150,000 lines of dialogue, Playground Games confirms — 'We've had multiple studios set up running in parallel for over 1000 hours just this year alone, just recording VO'

By Demi Williams Published

Playground Games has said that more than 150,000 lines of dialogue have been recorded for Fable.

Summer Game Fest 2026
Everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2026 — from Final Fantasy 7 Revelation to Resident Evil Code Veronica remake and new Stellar Blade game

By Dashiell Wood Last updated

Our live coverage of Summer Game Fest 2026 as it happened.

Jesse and Dylan in Control Resonant.
It was always the plan to make a Dylan-focused game, says Control Resonant art director, but creating a 'high level' world came first — 'We create the world, and then there are opportunities to have these different lenses into it, or different stories'

By Demi Williams Published

Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that it was always the plan to make a Control game starring Dylan.

Dylan fighting several supernatural creatures in Control Resonant.
Remedy says Control Resonant's shapeshifting weapon was conceptualized for the first game when it considered enabling Jesse's gun to turn into a sword — 'We really needed to make sure that this is something that works and is fun on a very visceral level'

By Demi Williams Published

Remedy has said the team "needed to double down" on Dylan's melee-oriented combat in Control Resonant to make it "fun to play on a very visceral level."

The key artwork for Future Publishing's PC Gaming Show 2026
This year's PC Gaming Show will provide looks at more than 50 games and also feature a behind-the-scenes look at one of my most anticipated games of the year — here's how to tune in

By Rob Dwiar Published

This year's PC Gaming Show is nearly here, where we'll get a look at more than 50 games.

An image of Mephisto in Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred
Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred is one of the best expansions I've ever played — here's why

By Rob Dwiar Published

Lord of Hatred is epic, captivating, and a whole heap of fun — and it's pulled me right back into Diablo 4 once again.

Key art from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced showing Edward 'Blackbeard' Thatch
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says his top three favorite elements of the remake are the fight system, the new missions, and the new end game chapters — 'We have received a lot of positive reactions to the story'

By Demi Williams Published

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director Paul Fu has shared his favorite new elements that Ubisoft has added to the upcoming remake.

Edward Kenway leaping next to the Sony Collexion headphones and the WWDC 2026 invite.
ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from Google's Search overhaul to Sony's priciest wireless headphones ever

By Hamish Hector Published

The week's top stories from Apple, Sony, Ubisoft, Nvidia and more for May 23, 2026.

A screenshot from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced showing the Jackdaw engaging in naval battle with a Spanish war ship.
'We know that fans will love them' — Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says Ubisoft changed the music's execution in the remake and added new scores for some 'emotional moments' of the game

By Demi Williams Published

The music in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been tweaked, and new scores have been added to complement some of the more significant story quests.

The main cast of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced standing at a table in the captain's quarters of the Jackdaw
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced perfectly captures the spirit of the original, but benefits from some much-needed upgrades

By Rob Dwiar Published

Swash swash, buckle buckle

Edward Kenway firing a pistol in the Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced trailer.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says the modernized combat system has been upgraded to make varied tools flow better — 'We were inspired by early fan-made combo videos from the original'

By Demi Williams Published

Ubisoft was inspired by old fan-made Assassin's Creed Black Flag gameplay videos when it came to developing the modernized fighting system for Black Flag Resynced.

Key art from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced showing Edward Kenway dual wielding pistols
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says the team 'expanded' Edward Kenway's story and the theme of 'greed' in new content — 'I won't spoil too much of it for you, but we thought that that was a strong juxtaposition to who he is'

By Demi Williams Published

The team wanted to stick as closely to the Black Flag writer Darby McDevitt's vision "as much as possible"

A screenshot from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced showing the Jackdaw engaging in naval battle with a Spanish war ship.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director reveals there is 'probably almost nothing' left of the original code in the remake — 'Almost everything had to be rebuilt'

By Demi Williams Published

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director Paul Fu has revealed that the remake of the 2013 game is built from the ground up and features very little of the original code.

A screenshot from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced showing Edward Kenway in a stealth mission.
Edward Kenway's actor reflects on recording performance capture for Assassin's Creed Black Flag compared to his new Resynced scenes — 'I didn't have as big a ****ing headache as I did the first time'

By Demi Williams Published

Assassin's Creed Black Flag actor Matt Ryan has said that returning to record new performance capture for the game's upcoming remake, Resynced, has "reinvigorated" his love for the medium.

Matt Ryan in the Edward Kenway costume.
'There's a part of us wanting to kind of better ourselves, to elevate ourselves, to grow, to discover lands beyond us' — Edward Kenway's actor reflects on the journey of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, says 'There's a part of Kenway in all of us'

By Demi Williams Published

Almost 14 years after first recording the role, actor Matt Ryan has said he carries the journey of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's Edward Kenway with him everywhere he goes.

Matt Ryan in the Edward Kenway costume
'It's kind of humbling to come back to a project after all these years, to know that the fans love the game and they love the character so much' — Edward Kenway's actor speaks about revisiting the character for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

By Demi Williams Published

Matt Ryan, the actor behind Assassin's Creed Black Flag's Edward Kenway, has discussed revisiting the character 13 years later in the upcoming remake.

Key art for The Division Resurgence
The Division Resurgence proves that looter-shooters can work supremely on phones — and it’s converted me to being a mobile gamer

By Rob Dwiar Published

Proving that a high-profile looter-shooter game series can be translated perfectly to mobile, The Division Resurgence has totally won me over to small-screen gaming.

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An Audeze Maxwell 2 gaming headset on a black surface accompanied by four of the new ReSkin earcup designs.
One of my top gaming headset picks just got a new level of personalization — Audeze's ReSkin earcup covers let you 'bring flair and personality' to your headset

By Rob Dwiar Published

Audeze has announced its ReSkin earcups, a suite of limited edition earcup designs for the Maxwell 2 headset.

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni headset in midnight blue hovering above its DAC unit, and surrounded by illustrations of a mobile phone, PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X console all in black.
SteelSeries' new Arctis Nova Omni headset has finally displaced the Nova Pro Wireless as my favorite model from the brand

By Rob Dwiar Published

After championing the SteelSeries Nova Pro Wireless for years, the brand's new SteelSeries Arctis Nova Omni headset may be my new favorite from the brand.

Best HDMI cable for PS5
Best HDMI cable: recommended cables for your gaming display

By Rob Dwiar Last updated

This is our definitive guide to buying the best HDMI cable for PS5, Xbox, and PC no matter your requirements or budget.

Key art from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced showing Edward Kenway dual wielding pistols
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced will ‘bring the classic game back to life’ — here are 7 new things I’m looking forward to

By Rob Dwiar Published

As an Assassin’s Creed expert, here are 7 things I’m looking forward to in Black Flag Resynced.

The Stranger, the player character in Metro 2039 in a swampy environment
Metro’s unique flavor of post-apocalyptic misery is back in Metro 2039 — and I can’t wait to return to the ‘dark heart of the Moscow metro’ where ‘hope is lost' and 'the future looks bleak, if there is one’

By Rob Dwiar Published

Metro’s particular style of post-apocalyptic bleakness and misery is back with Metro 2039, and I’ve already reinstalled Metro Exodus to get in the mood.

A screenshot from sci-fi game Pragmata
Pragmata’s blend of puzzles, hacking, and combat makes for some of the best space action I’ve ever experienced

By Rob Dwiar Published

Hacking and combat combine beautifully in Pragmata, making for a satisfying and spectacular space action game

A picture of the Asus ROG Kithara audiophile wired gaming headset on a wooden surface.
The Asus ROG Kithara embraces hi-fi and makes for a powerful, precise planar-magnetic gaming headset

By Cliff Joseph Published

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Asus and HiFiMan combine to make an excellent wired audiophile gaming headset in the ROG Kithara, though a few missing features and a complex cable system hold it back.

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