About Us

Meet the team behind The Loadout, a merry gang of PS5 and Xbox experts bringing you the latest coverage of the biggest and best games and consoles.

Here at The Loadout, console gaming is at our very core, and we strive to bring Xbox and PlayStation players the very best coverage of the games and gear that matter to them. Whether you’re on the green team or the blue team, you’ll find all the latest news, opinions, features, and recommendations you need.

Editorial

A small (but mighty) team taking on the console gaming world, here are the people bringing you your daily PlayStation and Xbox coverage.

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Jamie Hore – Deputy Editor

Jamie has worked his way up from being The Loadout’s first staff writer in 2019 to become the site’s deputy editor. He also wields a degree in broadcast journalism, and has prior experience as a freelance writer. He possesses deep knowledge on top console series like EA FC (previously FIFA) and Call of Duty that he’s accumulated over 20 years of gaming on Xbox and PlayStation.

While Jamie enjoys a wide range of games, shooters are his main speciality – he has clocked thousands of hours on some of the best FPS games to ever grace consoles, such as Battlefield, Apex Legends, and Destiny 2. Right now, he’s mostly banking cash in The Finals on PS5, although the mouth-watering library of titles on Game Pass frequently lures him away to his small but mighty Xbox Series S.
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Aaron Down – Staff Writer

Aaron began life in videogames journalism with The Loadout in 2020. However, they honed their skills during their Digital Marketing MA, which have been utilized to great effect covering the best games on PS5 and Xbox. Playing and covering the best RPG games, is Aaron’s bread and butter, and their favorites from across the years include Kingdom Hearts 2 and Persona 5.

Aaron’s passion for console gaming spans over two decades, and in that time they’ve owned consoles on both the green and blue side of the divide. Their love for gaming stemmed from playing games like FIFA 98 and Resident Evil 2 on the PS1, while today they revel in the likes of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Mortal Kombat 1, and Call of Duty MW3. You may also find them reliving their Sunday League glory days in FC 24. (He/They)
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Rory Norris – Staff Writer

An expert on all things PS5 and Xbox and an avid Deep Rock Galactic propagandist, Rory has been with The Loadout since 2022. While he’s been a console gamer most of his life, he’s been writing about videogames for the last five years, covering all the latest news, guiding you through new releases and reviewing top titles.

There’s also a high chance that he’s using his History degree to make some wild connection to real history in the games we love on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. He’s fascinated by the connection between the Cold War and the development of the first ‘true’ videogames, and the way our experiences shape the gaming industry and how we interact with it.

While looter shooters are his favorite games to sink time into – he has racked up an unspeakable amount of hours playing Destiny 2 – he’s currently exploring and making tough decisions in Baldur’s Gate 3 and dominating the lobby in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 each season.

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Sam Comrie – Staff Writer

Sam joined The Loadout in 2022, but you can also find his byline on articles for NME, Inverse, Turtle Beach, and Dexerto. It’s safe to say he’s put his degrees in creative media and journalism to good use. Since becoming a games journalist, Sam has attended industry events such as Gamescom, attended hands-on previews for major triple-A games, and has covered some of the biggest Xbox and PlayStation news stories of the last few years.

Sam’s love for console gaming spans more than two decades, back to the times of Jackie Chan Stuntmaster and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the PS1. These days, you’ll mostly find him dropping in on Fortnite or getting jump-scared in Alan Wake 2 PS5 and Xbox Series X. When he isn’t daydreaming about the Skate 4 release date, Sam will be defending Gotham Knights from any hate and looking for an opportunity to talk about Max Payne.
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Adam Randall – Senior Ecommerce Writer

Adam is the Senior Ecommerce Writer at The Loadout and has been writing professionally for the past decade, and gaming recreationally for almost three. Someone who enjoys Xbox and PlayStation alike (plus pretty much anything else you can play games on), Adam looks after our buying guides, making sure they’re up to date so that you can find all the things you need to enjoy your favorite games as much as possible. As for Adam’s favorite games – well, the list is massive, but it includes Xbox’s amazing Sea of Thieves and PlayStation classic Final Fantasy IX.
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Corporate information

The Loadout was founded in October 2019 as Network N’s second original brand, and remains a fully owned-and-operated subsidiary of Network N Media Limited. Initially positioned as an esports-focused site, it has since evolved into its current form and now produces original writing across the gamut of console games and hardware.

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