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Chris Scullion

Edinburgh, Glasgow

Features Editor at VGC

Freelance Games Journalist at Freelance

Scottish games journalist for the past 18 years. Author. Deputy Editor @VGC_News and writer of gaming enyclopedias. Tired Old Hack. LGBTQ+ ally. Ex-ONM & CVG.

Articles

  • 1 week ago | videogameschronicle.com | Chris Scullion

    The development staff behind Lies of P are set to receive numerous bonuses as a result of hitting a big sales milestone. As reported by South Korean publication The Elec, the game and its recently released DLC Lies of P: Overture have now passed 3 million cumulative sales, taking all physical and digital sales on PC and console into account.

  • 1 week ago | videogameschronicle.com | Chris Scullion

    One of the reasons I’ve been covering video games for nearly two decades is because I still love that thrill of discovering something unexpected. Every now and then I’ll be presented with a game that completely takes me by surprise, and goes from something I previously had zero knowledge of, to an immediate entry near the top of my wishlist. At this year’s Summer Game Fest, that game was Out of Words.

  • 1 week ago | videogameschronicle.com | Chris Scullion

    Limited Run Games says it’s asked Nintendo to pull Gex Trilogy from the eShop because it’s currently not working on Switch 2. The publisher notes that 12 of its previously released games, which weren’t working on Switch 2, have all been fixed in the console’s recently released firmware update. The backwards compatibility report on Nintendo’s website lists 155 games that have “issues that prevent progress on Nintendo Switch 2, including games with start up issues”.

  • 1 week ago | videogameschronicle.com | Chris Scullion

    The co-founder of Limbo and Inside studio Playdead says he’s now being sued by the studio. Dino Patti – who co-founded Playdead with Limbo director Arnt Jensen – has said that after being threatened with legal action earlier this year, the studio’s lawyers intend to move forward with a lawsuit against him.

  • 1 week ago | videogameschronicle.com | Chris Scullion

    Throw a rock in the Steam store these days and it’ll likely bounce off a few horror games before landing in a bloody puddle. As someone who’s been a fan of horror films all my life – well, since I was allowed to watch them – navigating the genre can often be a frustrating affair.

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Chris Scullion
Chris Scullion @scully1888
18 Jun 25

Crossing fingers for Donkey Kong Bananza amiibo

Chris Scullion
Chris Scullion @scully1888
18 Jun 25

Been trying to find a good quality version of this for years. Can't stress how brilliant it is for those interested in this era. It's amazing that a doc crew was there to see Bandersnatch failing in real time and Imagine going bust – the bailiffs literally turn up at one point

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The BBC has re-released a classic 1984 documentary about the UK computer games industry. Commercial Breaks follows Ocean and Imagine Software, and captures the latter going bust as it tries to release its ambitious game Bandersnatch. https://t.co/7pd8NZTN8t https://t.co/5LEgyf2WWB

Chris Scullion
Chris Scullion @scully1888
18 Jun 25

By pure coincidence that yellow issue is the first one after I left ONM (well, was made to leave), dividing it neatly into the Chris and post-Chris ONM eras

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@bigk4thewin @ColonelFalcon A complete collection of Nintendo The Official Magazine. Issues 1 to 114. A very good read! https://t.co/iOArEQpnY8