Anthony McGlynn

Anthony McGlynn

Contributing Writer

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

Hollow Knight in Fortnite
Fortnite's Hollow Knight crossover items cost more than Hollow Knight itself – and Silksong, too

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Good to see Team Cherry's Metroidvania moving up in the world

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Hideo Kojima waving near a Sam Porter Bridges statue
Unity CEO launching an AI you can use to reproduce games says doing so "does not make you Kojima"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Unity Spark will apparently streamline development through AI

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A screenshot of one of the best RPGs ever made, Nier: Automata
Nier: Automata mastermind Yoko Taro says he's still making games for "dementia prevention"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News He's eyeing up early retirement nonetheless

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Death Stranding 2
Hideo Kojima wrote Higgs just for Troy Baker, and it's "one of the kindest things" he's ever done

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The Metal Gear creator loved Baker's Instagram performances too

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Final Fantasy 7 screenshot of Sephiroth with flames in the background
Final Fantasy 7's beloved soundtrack is mostly "boring," Nobuo Uematsu says, but that was on purpose

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News He started making music for the background

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A healer stood in front of a white wall in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss says using AI to replace devs is a "fundamentally flawed idea"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Warhorse Studios won't be using gen-AI assets any time soon, anyway

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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse key art showing a striking image of Rose Belmont with an arm covered in red raised holding a weapon, with a textured background
Castlevania Belmont's Curse skipping Switch 2 also baffles former Nintendo marketing lead

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The Switch 2 has been out for 16 months now

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The Witcher 3 Remastered glitch where an NPC's face has been reduced to just eyeballs and teeth
The Witcher 3 Remastered players are being haunted by the ghost of Assassin's Creed Unity

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Probably not what CD Projekt Red was hoping for here

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Hideo Kojima in a screenshot from the Xbox and Bethesda 2022 showcase.
Hideo Kojima would use a trip to space to make a game, because he doesn't "have any other skills"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News He reckons six months in the ISS would do it

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Halo Infinite
Halo Studios releases concept art for its version of Halo 7, teasing an "ancient, terrible creature"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The battle for Zeta Halo would've been wild

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A photo showing a smiling Hideo Kojima standing in front of a Kojima Productions logo following the Physint reveal
Hideo Kojima says Physint is "quite different" from Metal Gear: "I want plenty of new ideas"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Alas, the script isn't quite done yet

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Sam Porter Bridges flexes for the camera in Death Stranding 2
Hideo Kojima doesn't "much like the idea" of AI replacing artists after DLSS hit Death Stranding 2

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News But he thinks it's here to stay

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Palworld ~ More Than Just Pals cropped trailer screenshot of three pals - Chillet, Chillet Ignis, and Quivern - speaking with the player.
Palworld's cursed dating sim is a "little goofy thing" and not a proper spin-off, Pocketpair lead says

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Palworld Online's designation isn't specified

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 protagonist sighs into his hand
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead is "bored and tired" of "repetitive" RPGs and "games for teenagers"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Warhorse Studios is actively breaking the mold

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The Witcher 3 low-poly pigeon mod
The Witcher 3 mod swaps every single Griffin with the iconic low-poly pigeon: "He is back"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Geralt's got a new predator

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GTA 6
GTA 6 marketing turns NBA goliath Miami Heat into the Vice City Heat for one game

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Rockstar is going for a three-pointer here

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Wardogs two players dressed in ghillie suits as a small helicopter approaches from behind
Wardogs has already made over $100 million on Steam, but couldn't beat Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2

By Anthony McGlynn Published

Bulkhead's FPS is off to a roaring start

FPS Games
A close up of Geralt in The Witcher 3 Remastered.
Steam on track to earn a record $20 billion this year, analyst says after a massive September

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Valve is doing pretty well for itself, all things considered

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DIablo 4's Inarius close to smiting down a foe
A broken Diablo 4 charm is dominating Season 15, but the devs have "decided not to make changes"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The Hellfire Torch is causing a wildfire

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Dogmeat
Fallout 5 being set outside the United States "could be amazing," former Skyrim lead says

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Bethesda should head to Europe or elsewhere

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Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Every new Star Wars movie and TV show currently in the works

By Molly Edwards Last updated

Upcoming Everything you need to know about the new Star Wars movies and TV shows releasing in the next few years

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Gears of War: E-Day screenshot shows a man grimacing.
Gears of War: E-Day studio reportedly fears post-launch layoffs and Microsoft withholding bonuses

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The Coalition is bracing itself for what's to come

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Gears of War: E-Day
Gears of War: E-Day devs tease "special birthday gift" to celebrate the series turning 20

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The first five seasons are in The Coalition's roadmap

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Dune: Awakening
Dune Awakening boss says Denis Villeneuve feared the name "could be a little too close to Star Wars"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News It's not all Spice and sandworms

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Diablo 5
Diablo 5 "won't be ready for spring 2029," Path of Exile co-creator says, despite "Blizzard money"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News He knows a thing or three about shipping aciton-RPGs

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