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

GTA 6
"Don’t boycott GTA 6," fired Rockstar devs say

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The last hearing is due in September

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Deus Ex
After 44 years, legendary Deus Ex and System Shock developer Warren Spector announces his retirement

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News He's hanging up his keyboard and mouse

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God of War
God of War actor Christopher Judge doesn't want to join the TV show because he's "old as balls"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The voice of Kratos wants those he collaborates with to be respected

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PS5
The PS6 doesn't have a release date yet, Sony CEO says, because getting parts is still a nightmare

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Based on usual patterns, PS5's sequel would probably have been due late next year

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Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
Konami’s Castlevania relaunch will be delisted and removed before it escapes Apple Arcade jail

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Just ahead of Belmont's Curse coming out and all

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Stonks-9800
Indie dev says Sony suddenly ended their deal, delisting their games and cancelling PS5 port

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The games will leave the PS Store on August 23

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ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
"Buy the game on Steam": Publisher behind indie hit that sold 300k copies warns against resellers

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News TinyBuild's lost substantial money on these problems before

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No Man's Sky
10 years later, No Man's Sky boss Sean Murray would tell his younger self "don't do all the press"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Hello Games is going the opposite direction for Light No Fire

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Lord of the Rings: War in the North
"I argued vociferously not to release this up against Skyrim," says dev on LotR RPG's re-release

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The One Ring struggled against Bethesda's massive RPG

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God of War Ragnarok
God of War has lasted so long because devs "actually respect the fans," says Kratos actor Christopher Judge

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News He's glad TC Carson's coming back the remastered trilogy too

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Palworld 1.0 launch trailer screenshot shows a Chillet Ignis and Chillet smiling at the camera, cherry blossom trees behind them.
Palworld lead tells fans they "simply do not realize the sheer number of collabs we've rejected"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Terraria and Valheim just made sense, y'know?

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Beast of Reincarnation screenshot shows Emma running forward to the camera, a creature behind her.
Beast of Reincarnation director "truly sorry" the new action-RPG isn't "sufficiently enjoyable"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

That said, he's confident a lot of the game is resonating with fans all the same

Action RPGs
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
Sony killing PlayStation discs will make PS Store cheaper, former Square Enix financial exec says

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Square Enix, Ubisoft, EA, and other publishers will be competing more directly

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Rideshare "Stimulator"
AAA studio CEO denies fired writer was replaced with AI but wishes she was "in retrospect"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News That's not very nice

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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Lord of the Rings: War in the North re-release is just the start of "more classic releases"

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The Battle for Middle-earth and The Third Age could be next

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Phantom Blade Zero
Phantom Blade Zero brings in kung fu legend Donnie Yen to make its fights even more epic

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The Ip Man icon is stepping into the interactive sphere

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Lost Ark
Amazon gives up on MMOs, hands Lost Ark and Throne & Liberty to OG devs instead of closing them

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The two MMOs will change hands in the coming months

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Palworld
New Palworld patch makes building bases over water much easier and lets you earn more Holy Water

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Pocketpair is doing some fine-tuning

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DokeV
DokeV is "targeting a launch in the second half of 2028," nearly 10 years after it was revealed

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News There's a release window for the latent MMO

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Kliff from Crimson Desert asleep.
Crimson Desert DLC is coming "this year" as part of "various follow-up strategies" at Pearl Abyss

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Kliff's playground is expanding

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Aliens Fireteam Elite vanishes from Switch without refunds, leaving fans to curse the digital future

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The sequel doesn't yet have a release date on Switch 2

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GTA 6 character in sunglasses
Don't expect a GTA 6 discount anytime soon, says Take-Two CEO

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Strauss Zelnick warns no price changes are coming from the publisher

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Light No Fire screenshot showing a player riding a flying mount, steering it towards a mysterious obelisk in the distance
No Man's Sky lead planned to show more Light No Fire, but it's already topping Steam wishlists

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Hello Games doesn't feel more is needed right now

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With one black wing open, Sephiroth descends from a cloudy sky in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
With an even bigger catch than Capcom or Sony, Square Enix reports 90% of its game sales are digital

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News The data shows people's habits are changing

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Black Myth: Zhong Kui
Black Myth: Wukong sequel isn't using AI because the devs were inspired by Christopher Nolan

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Game Science is taking its time making Black Myth: Zhong Kui

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