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

GameStop blames Pokemon Company for botched Scarlet and Violet shiny giveaway: "Not our decision"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Special Shiny Pokémon for Scarlet and Violet have become subject to scalping

Black Ops 7 Beta playlist "where skill is minimally considered" gets stamp of approval from noted CoD disliker and former FPS pro Shroud: "It's actually kind of enjoyable"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The Black Ops 7 Beta is winning over Call of Duty cynics

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer says "there is no correct ending" to the French JRPG: "Both are heartbreaking in their own ways"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Neither of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's endings is canon, according to the dev team

After 14-and-a-half years and over $500k raised for charity, Minecraft YouTuber KurtJMac finally reaches the Far Lands
By Anthony McGlynn published
News KurtJMac reached the Far Lands in an epic finale to his Minecraft journey

The 5th most-wishlisted game on Steam, ex-Battlefield devs' extraction shooter Arc Raiders, was delayed 3 years because they realized it sucked: "This game is not fun"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Arc Raiders has had a long, troubled journey to your mouse and keyboard

Knights of the Old Republic remake screenshots surface from the scrapped original version of the troubled Star Wars RPG that's somehow still in development
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Aspyr's Knights of the Old Republic remake has resurfaced in old screenshots

Wasting no time, Dying Light: The Beast players have killed over 2 billion zombies in the first 2 weeks of release after racking up a collective 2,943 years of playtime
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Dying Light: The Beast has inspired an appropriate level of chaos

Following its latest Xbox Game Pass price jump, Microsoft immediately tries to justify the decision with more day one releases and increased "value"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is now 50% more expensive, and people are displeased

As Spider-Man fights Cloud from Final Fantasy 7, Magic the Gathering pro laments the card game's slop-ification: "I am a pig and I eat slop"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Magic the Gathering is on a slippery slope commercially

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date, plot, cast, and everything we know so far
By Fay Watson last updated
guide Everything you need to know about the next Spider-Verse movie

"I am rethinking what went wrong to ensure it won't happen again": Manor Lords creator ends months of silence and reveals a huge update to the city builder's AI towns
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Manor Lords just got a long list of improvements after months

Yes, Ghost of Yotei has brought back the hot springs, causing the exact reaction you’d expect: "Jin’s butt is still unsurpassed"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Ghost of Yotei is spurring a rivalry between Jin and Atsu, of sorts

"A couple of people had mental breakdowns": Forget GTA 6, Bully's "brutal" 120-hour development weeks might be Rockstar's worst-ever crunch - "the office started to feel like a prison"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Bully was a lot more stressful to make than it was for anyone to play

First major Hades 2 update fixes all sorts of glitches and makes one of the most annoying minibosses easier
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The post-launch Hades 2 patch is about to make one fight a little less grating

Ubisoft and Tencent's new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry studio has a name, and it's reportedly already making games
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six Siege, and more are being handled by the joint venture

Borderlands 4 director shoots down conspiracy theory about loot drops: "RNGesus is a spiteful god at times"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Borderlands 4 isn't punishing anyone for farming bosses through weaker drops

Sonic Racing: CrossWorld's cross-play was "leagues more difficult" than any other part of development, but including it was crucial for good matchmaking
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorld introducing cross-play was a long, tricky process for Sonic Team

The Witcher 4's biggest mystery comes from an accident, says series creator Andrzej Sapkowski, who "deemed it unworthy of development and narratively incorrect"
By Anthony McGlynn published
News The Witcher author says CD Projekt Red has "clung to the idea with remarkable tenacity"

How to watch The Defenders Saga in order on Disney Plus
By Jack Shepherd last updated
News The Netflix Marvel shows are now known as The Defenders Saga on Disney Plus. Here's how to watch them in order

Now that The Wind Waker is on Switch 2, I'm begging Nintendo to revive the Dark Souls of Zelda games
By Anthony McGlynn published
Opinion Opinion | Master Quest is an official, alternate version of Ocarina of Time that lives up to its name

8 years after release, a stunning new Dark Souls 3 speedrun world record has been set, and I started scratching my head about 75 seconds into watching it
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Dark Souls 3 has been beaten in under 25 minutes.

"We don't want CoD movement, we want Battlefield": Battlefield 6 hopefuls are already asking DICE to rein in its slide as preview streamers fly around the map on ice skates
By Anthony McGlynn published
News Battlefield 6 looks a little too much like Warzone at the moment, and players aren't happy

For the first time since the original Dark Souls, Elden Ring Nightreign sleuth finds FromSoftware significantly changed how grab attacks work – creating a 0.2-second window for one old boss
By Anthony McGlynn published
News A couple of old foes from Dark Souls got a little rework in Nightreign.
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