
Anthony McGlynn
Anthony is an Irish entertainment and games journalist, now based in Glasgow. He previously served as Senior Anime Writer at Dexerto and News Editor at The Digital Fix, on top of providing work for Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PC Gamer, and many more. Besides Studio Ghibli, horror movies, and The Muppets, he enjoys action-RPGs, heavy metal, and pro-wrestling. He interviewed Animal once, not that he won’t stop going on about it or anything.
Latest articles by Anthony McGlynn

Nier: Automata creator shoots down rumor Square Enix forced the RPG's devs to alter character designs to avoid outrage: "I've never heard of such a thing"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News One of Nier's producers was the subject of a mistranslation

Among Us devs find their shoutout in Deltarune, Toby Fox immediately responds with "removed Among Us" patch notes
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Deltarune Chapter 4 is sus, and Toby Fox intends to fix it

Another Suikoden game is coming to PC as Konami continues the JRPG's resurgence, but the monkey's paw curls: it's a free-to-play mobile gacha game
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Suikoden Star Leap still doesn't have a release date, however

Not stopping with WipeOut or Doom 64, this prolific Dreamcast modder is bringing Mario Kart 64 to Sega's long-forgotten console
By Anthony McGlynn published
News A Sega fan does what Ninten-did as another N64 classic is ported to the Dreamcast

Elden Ring Nightreign players found one boring answer to the mystery of the game's 0.035% drop rate oddity, but insist there has to be more to the impossibly rare item
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The Cord End in Elden Ring Nightreign is perplexing the community

The previews for Death Stranding 2 are so good, Hideo Kojima's worried too many people will like it: "Maybe this is a problem"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Kojima gets concerned when one of his games is being praised too heavily

Multiplayer shooter Mecha Break has working toilets because you aren't a mech, you're a squishy person in a mech, and sometimes you gotta go
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The devs behind Mecha Break are keen on more than just player sshooting other mechs

Dragon Age: The Veilguard dialogue was reportedly rewritten to be more serious after BioWare worried it would face the same backlash as Forspoken for being too snarky
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Forspoken seemingly had an indirect influence on BioWare's latest RPG

Frenched-out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cast takes psychic damage watching speedrunner skip the cutscenes they worked so hard on: "Thank you so much"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Ben Starr had some choice words during a live Clair Obscur speedrun

Switch 2's controversial game-key cards come on a physical cartridge, but Capcom is still counting its sales of them as digital
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Street Fighter 6's game-key card sales won't be counted as physical

If Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid ever crossover, Kojima knows who should be a porter, even though they "won't be able to carry things so much"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Hideo Kojima has an unlikely choice for who would make a good ally to Sam Porter Bridges

Lies of P's Overture DLC is crushing players so hard that the devs are making it easier: "We identified areas that did not turn out quite as we intended"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Neowiz is reacting to Overture giving Lies of P veterans a difficult time

You aren't supposed to ride Dune: Awakening's sandworms, but the survival MMO's community has figured out a daring way to do it regardless
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Dune: Awakening players are figuring out how to conquer the Shai-Hulud

Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima is passing ideas onto his staff for after he dies, but he doesn't want them to copy him, because they "will go out of business": "I am not going to pass the baton to anyone"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The Death Stranding creator doesn't want Kojima Productions to follow in his footsteps

Elden Ring sleuth cracks Nightreign open to prove FromSoftware is still being very weird about stat scaling and hitting level 15 really doesn't matter that much
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Don't be fooled, Nightreign's levels are closer to Elden Ring than you might think

The Last of Us showrunner knows some of Neil Druckmann's ideas for The Last of Us Part 3, but he's not sure Naughty Dog will make any of them: "I don't know if he's zeroed in on one"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Whatever the studio makes, Craig Mazin will be playing it regardless

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date, plot, cast, and everything we know so far
By Fay Watson last updated
guide When will Miles Morales return?

Elden Ring Nightreign player becomes "world's first" to solo all 8 main bosses, back to back, without dying once: "We did it"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Every Nightreign boss was defeated in one foul swoop during a day-long livestream

The sandworm in Dune: Awakening mysteriously vanished from the MMO and nobody knows why, but I have good news: it's back
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Shai-Hulud disappeared from Dune: Awakening for a moment, but Funcom has restored order to Arrakis

Less than two weeks after release, prolific Elden Ring challenge runner beats Nightreign using only a shield, and he's not done yet: "We could’ve got hitless"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Despite just coming out, Nightreign is already being outdone by crafty Elden Ring players

While Hollow Knight Silksong fans rejoice after getting actual news, Starfield fans are in shambles as Bethesda's space RPG skips Xbox Games Showcase: "The game looks so dead"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Starfield players are disappointed after no-show, to the point they're starting to fear the worst

Wicked: For Good release date, cast, story, and everything else you need to know about Wicked Part 2
By Molly Edwards last updated
Guide From a release date to its cast, here's everything you need to know about Wicked: For Good

Doctor Who season 2: release date, cast, trailer, plot, and everything we know about Ncuti Gatwa’s newest season
By Bradley Russell last updated
Guide What's next for the Doctor?
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