Matt Morgans

Check out VGR's Top 5 Gamescom Announcement picks in our latest short event recap video!
 

Hi everyone! Please do check out VGR's exclusive interview with Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White of Finishing Move where we discuss their work composing the Borderlands 3 soundtrack and why they think fans are going to love it!
https://www.vgr.com/finishing-move-fans-love-borderlands-3-soundtrack/

Hello everyone!
For my masters project I'm investigating why people own games which they do not play.
If you have a spare 5 minutes please could you fill out the questionnaire linked below?
All the unplayed games
Thankyou!

Hi everyone! Please do check out VGR's exclusive interview with Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White of Finishing Move where we discuss their work composing the Borderlands 3 soundtrack and why they think fans are going to love it!
https://www.vgr.com/finishing-move-fans-love-borderlands-3-soundtrack/

EA always overdo the microtransaction thing so the iron box event thing never surprised me in the least bit and I don't mind another Saints Row but no more demons/futuristic vehicles/weird superpowers. I also don't want it to be a crappy GTA ripoff, they need to add some unique mechanics. I'm excited to hear that another Timesplitters will be out - it feels like forever since I've played it.

Hi everyone, episode 17 of the VGR Weekly Recap is now available on YouTube!
This week, we discuss Death Stranding, rumours that Call of Duty 2020 could be a Black Ops reboot, and a new plan among publishers to reveal lootbox drop rates (along with its potential flaws), and even more! As always, if you have any questions or feedback, let us know in the comments!
 

Hi everyone,
This week in the Weekly Recap, we discuss the recent backlash over Apex Legends' Iron Crown Collection event, the news that THQ Nordic has Saints Row and Timesplitters games in development, and more!
 

Hi everyone, episode 17 of the VGR Weekly Recap is now available on YouTube!
This week, we discuss Death Stranding, rumours that Call of Duty 2020 could be a Black Ops reboot, and a new plan among publishers to reveal lootbox drop rates (along with its potential flaws), and even more! As always, if you have any questions or feedback, let us know in the comments!
 

So it's time for a competition. This time I'm giving away a copy of Ion Fury for PC (Steam).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/562860/Ion_Fury/

The only thing you need to do is answer correctly and a winner will be randomly chosen from those who have answered correctly. So here we go!

Episode 16 of the VGR Weekly Recap podcast is now up on YouTube! This week, we discuss Ninja's exclusivity deal with Mixer, Borderlands 3 going gold, the disastrous E3 leak, and revelations about Rockstar North's shady decade-long tax evasion!
 

Seeing the latest GTA V DLC banned in at least 50 countries is hilarious to say the least because there have been somewhat similar updates with gambling mechanics but because it isn't in a casino setting those same countries allow it.

Hi everyone,
Episode 15 of the Weekly Recap is now up on YouTube! This week, Jacob and I discuss the GTA Online Diamond Casino update being banned in 50 countries, the pre-order design of Borderlands 3 vs. Cyberpunk 2077, the Fortnite World Championship, and more! Check it out!
 

Hi everyone,
Episode 15 of the Weekly Recap is now up on YouTube! This week, Jacob and I discuss the GTA Online Diamond Casino update being banned in 50 countries, the pre-order design of Borderlands 3 vs. Cyberpunk 2077, the Fortnite World Championship, and more! Check it out!
 

I used to play Fie Emblem on the GBA all the time - it was one of my favorites in terms of story and gameplay. I'm glad that the story and gameplay aspect of the series is still the strong point. 
 

Hi everyone,
If you haven't seen them yet, VGR recently released four short-form videos for Fire Emblem: Three Houses, put together by Jacob Smith, about the lore and each of the game's houses! If you're interested in Three Houses, please do check them out!
 
 
 
 

The last of VGR's five E3 recap videos is now up on YouTube! This time, Jacob and I recap Nintendo's conference. Once again, apologies that the audio quality is a bit subpar this time - Jacob accidentally recorded on the wrong microphone for videos 4 and 5. It should be back to normal next time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwHsQ8hZ-tE
 

Hi everyone, here's our recap and top 3 announcement picks for the Square Enix E3 conference! Apologies for the audio quality on this one, Jacob accidentally recorded with the wrong microphone and we didn't realise until after we'd finished! 
 

Hi everyone, episode 3 of VGR's 5-episode E3 recap series is now up on YouTube! Jacob and I recap all the major announcements from Bethesda's E3 2019 conference and pick what we each think are the top 3 announcements of the event. What do you think of our picks? Let us know in the comments below!
 

Check out episode 2 of our 5-episode recap series! Our second video recaps the Ubisoft press conference, and Jacob and I choose our top 3 announcements from the event. I'll be posting the Bethesda video very shortly, while Square Enix and Nintendo should follow shortly after. What do you think of our picks for Top 3? Let us know in the comments!
 

In lieu of a podcast this week, Jacob and I are recording and releasing a recap video including our Top 3 picks for most exciting announcements for all five of the major E3 conferences. The first is for Microsoft, and you can check it out below - the rest will be coming very soon! What do you think of our picks for Top 3? Would you have picked differently? Let us know in the comments!
 

Hi everyone, here's our recap and top 3 announcement picks for the Square Enix E3 conference! Apologies for the audio quality on this one, Jacob accidentally recorded with the wrong microphone and we didn't realise until after we'd finished! 
 

Check out our interview with Tymon Smektala, Lead Game Designer for Dying Light 2!
https://www.vgr.com/dying-light-2-player-choice-build-ambitious-world/

In lieu of a podcast this week, Jacob and I are recording and releasing a recap video including our Top 3 picks for most exciting announcements for all five of the major E3 conferences. The first is for Microsoft, and you can check it out below - the rest will be coming very soon! What do you think of our picks for Top 3? Would you have picked differently? Let us know in the comments!
 

Check out our interview with Tymon Smektala, Lead Game Designer for Dying Light 2!
https://www.vgr.com/dying-light-2-player-choice-build-ambitious-world/

Just to address some points there:
- Merchandising is a very different thing to in-game microtransactions (not to mention, likely handled by a totally different department at Bethesda), so that doesn't concern me at all looking to Elder Scrolls 6. Bethesda totally bungling their Fallout 76 merchandising didn't actually make the game itself any better or worse or affect its development.
- I agree that Creation Club needs something of a redesign, but again, I'm not concerned about that at all looking ahead to Elder Scrolls 6. Mods are totally optional, and not official content.
- While Fallout 76 was definitely not a huge success, Blades arguably was - even if players are unhappy, the game got over a million downloads and made over $500,000 in its first week alone. (https://www.vgr.com/elder-scrolls-blades-million-downloads-first-week/). That's a huge success by any metric. Whether they can sustain that success is another matter, but I suspect that they probably will - they've already made several changes based on player feedback.
- Finally, I personally have no qualms with the Fallout 76 repair kits, and I agree with Bethesda that they don't constitute pay-to-win - here's an analysis of why (https://www.vgr.com/bethesda-pay-to-win-criticism-fallout-76-repair-kits/). I didn't see any widespread criticism of repair kits from people who were actually active players of the game, only from people on social media who jumped to conclusions due to misleading headlines. In fact, Bethesda promised to remove them if the kits were found to provide a tangible advantage.