Andy Robinson

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You’re damn right I brought back a full set of 2011 PSP gachapon minis

Epic Games has announced Unreal Engine 6 and unveiled Rocket League as its first title. vgc.news/news/epic-anno…

@henrywinter @HammersUnited2 Henry, you’re a great journalist but you had many opportunities to challenge your friend Karen Brady about this… West Ham fans have been vocal for m years about what’s been going on behind the scenes

“World-class team in a world-class stadium?” Second-tier team in a track-and-field stadium. West Ham United relegated to the Championship at the London Stadium. Fans have every right to be angry. They turned up. But where was the real leadership in the club? Or on the pitch in recent times (Bowen apart)? No urgency in the first half against Leeds. Taty and Bowen gave brief hope. But they couldn’t rise to the equation. Spurs survive. Many reasons for West Ham’s demise: some iffy recruitment, some below-par coach appointments (Lopetegui, Potter), defensive issues, lack of direction from board, tensions between fans and Sullivan, as well as an unsuitable stadium (fans far from pitch, rental so difficult to generate money). Record losses. And revenue will be hammered by the drop. Who gets sold? Fernandes and Summerville will be top of many clubs’ shopping list. And the loyal Bowen? Does Nuno stay? Will the fanbase want him to? Does Kretinsky make a move to take over? Would Sullivan sell anyway? So many questions. Who can provide the answers? Who will stand up to be counted? West Ham need a reset, a rethink, improved recruitment and better leadership - on and off the pitch. Their fans deserve better. #WHULEE #WHU

West Ham United’s impending relegation is the result of years of mismanagement and slow decline. The patchwork football club, in the 60k makeshift stadium overtaken by dozens of better run, historically smaller clubs with barely half that. Run with idiotic, short term thinking, by a chairman who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Loyal fans cast aside and treated with total disdain. No plan off the pitch, a confused mess on it, born from a total lack of professionalism and planning. Fighting relegation most seasons, despite regularly spending hundreds of millions (via payday loans) on old players recommended by the owners’ mates. A few memorable seasons with David Moyes papering over the huge cracks in the poorly hidden running track. A decade after we left the Boleyn Ground, WHU has never felt more lost. You’ll see few highlight reels from the club for the upcoming anniversary: for the most part, it’s been a torrid decade in the bowl. If relegation rids us of Sullivan, so be it. But with 100m of debt (how?) and double that owed in player purchases, it could be a long, long time before we’re at this level again. We’re about to find out just how many clubs we’ve fallen behind. #whufc #NomoreBS

@djbteamsters I’ve accepted our fate, but who knows

@Ironssparky1985 Love it!

@Andy_VGC To hot for that top 😅 I’ll be sporting this t today

Back from Kyoto for the relegation party 🙃

In Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, placeable UI elements are unlocked as the game progresses. While the game tries to prevent clutter, with intentionally bad placing it is possible to cover the entire screen in UI, making the game look like a parody of bad interface design.

Here's the second of my reports from BitSummit!

We were delighted to partner again with BitSummit this year, giving VGC’s Media Highlight Award to the hilarious competitive multiplayer painting game Sloppy Forgeries!

With Nakanishi-san!

With Nakanishi-san!

#Bitsummit Day one. Indie games and giant mascots

Japan.

Useful stock pic for future news stories from Bitsummit

Bungie is reportedly planning significant layoffs and ‘no Destiny 3 is greenlit’, following confirmation it’s ending Destiny 2 updates. Staff will reportedly focus on Marathon. vgc.news/news/bungie-re…

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced’s creative director has explained why the modern-day scenes from the original game are missing from the remake. videogameschronicle.com/news/assassins…

The Crazy Taxi X account has posted for the first time in seven years, potentially teasing the upcoming revival. videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-is-t…

Like a lot of Destiny players, I never clicked with the sequel. But the original is for sure one of my favourite experiences ever. It will be sad if this is the end. So many memories.

Bungie has announced it’s ending updates for Destiny 2 to focus on developing new games. “As our focus turns towards a new beginning for Bungie, we will begin work incubating our next games.” vgc.news/news/bungie-co…