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

Helldivers 2 patch fixes the notoriously annoying Rupture Warriors by debuffing attacks and armor, as Arrowhead aims to actually "make them fun" and "less unfair"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Arrowhead is giving Helldivers 2 a lot of TLC right now

The 25 best Netflix horror movies to watch right now
By Becky Darke last updated
Best List From Fear Street to Talk to Me, these are the best horror movies on Netflix to watch in October 2025

As Battlefield 6 cracks down on Portal bot farms with XP caps, rules for in-game activity and more, dev says "a curated list of community servers" will have progression enabled as a test
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The war of Battlefield 6 versus XP farming continues

"It did great": Ghost of Yotei sales are matching the famously efficient Ghost of Tsushima in the US, analyst says
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Ghost of Yotei is doing famously in its first month

Invincible season 4 release date speculation, story, cast, and more
By Bradley Russell last updated
Guide Everything you need to know about Invincible season 4

Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke is "happy" Larian devs talk about "what they did wrong" with their RPGs, but says "they should just chill out" and remember the good things too
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Larian isn't a studio to rest on its laurels

Borderlands 4 set multiple US records for Gearbox as the fastest-selling game in the series, the first to debut as the best-selling game of its month, and becoming the third-best seller of 2025, analyst says
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Borderlands is more popular than ever, in the United States at least

Google's terrible AI Overview thought GTA 6 has a twerk button because one dedicated soul spent 3 months lying about it: "I didn’t even try to make anything with convincing evidence"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Grand Theft Auto 6 may or may not allow you to twerk

Battlefield 6 has started phasing out XP farms with latest update designed to "support healthier matchmaking" and make Portal "more enjoyable"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News EA and DICE have already been making progression in the FPS easier

Tired of making "many, many Battlefield titles," former DICE devs started innovating with upcoming extraction shooter Arc Raiders and help from the past: PS2 classic Shadow of the Colossus
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Team Ico had a heavy hand in the Steam-topping game

Silo season 3: Everything we know about the upcoming return of the hit Apple TV Plus sci-fi show
By Emily Murray last updated
Guide Here's everything you need to know about Silo season 3 from release date speculation to cast and plot teases

The PS5 "really brought something special," says AstroBot lead, like a powerful SSD that cut down load times for people who die a lot in Souls games
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The PlayStation 5 has made playing FromSoftware's games a little easier

Battlefield 6 players keep making maps unplayable by whacking drones with sledgehammers, and it's funny, but broken: "Ban the sledgehammer until it's fixed"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Both maps and modes are becoming a literal race to the top

Square Enix is "actively considering" Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 DLC, Naoki Hamaguchi says, or maybe even another installment entirely: "Things are really up in the air"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Don't count on Queen's Blood getting a full release, however

Former Battlefield 6 campaign lead is "disappointed" he and other devs "were not properly credited" in the new FPS after working "tirelessly for 1 to 2.5 years, building the foundation"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Marcus Lehto was a creative director on Battlefield 6 for a time

"We received a lot of 'JRPGs are back' comments," says Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director, but the success of a turn-based game like Clair Obscur: Expeditition 33 isn't going to warp Square Enix's plans
By Anthony McGlynn last updated
News Clair Obscur's popularity isn't impacting Final Fantasy just yet

The Steam store just added a feature I didn't know I needed until Valve pointed it out: a dedicated page for every bundle containing a game
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Hooray for Steam making finding discounts easier

Former PlayStation boss praises Microsoft’s publishing strategy, but can’t get his head around Xbox's Game Pass price hike: “I don’t understand”
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Shuhei Yoshida believes Microsoft is carving out its own path

Arc Raiders players are split over nerfing drone enemies after the server slam for the new multiplayer shooter from ex-Battlefield devs: "That's a you issue not a game issue"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The new extraction shooter is already splitting opinion

The Mandalorian and Grogu: everything we know so far about the next Star Wars movie
By Molly Edwards last updated
Guide Everything you need to know about the next Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian & Grogu

Repeating it "a bajillion times," Helldivers 2 studio CEO insists Gameguard anticheat isn't behind the game's performance issues: "We see no evidence of it"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Arrowhead is up against it on Helldivers 2's problems

As Red Dead Redemption 2's reveal trailer turns nine years old, fans look back at the worst reactions to it: "The main character seems completely tasteless"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Red Dead 2 had some boos before launch

Battlefield 6 players asked for changes and the devs brought a sledgehammer: Conquest changes rolled back, and progression is much easier to ward off XP farms
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Well, that was fast

Borderlands 4 update that aims the nerf cannon at its most broken builds delayed into next week, so enjoy your crit knife until then
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Borderlands 4 is clamping down on those crit knife builds

Creative Assembly teases "new historical and fantasy" Total War games to be revealed this year, promises it will fix Total War: Warhammer 3 in the meantime: "We’re sorry that the game entered this state"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News New games and more fixes for Total War: Warhammer 3 are on the way
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