Hope Bellingham
After studying Film Studies and Creative Writing at university, I was lucky enough to land a job as an intern at Player Two PR where I helped to release a number of indie titles. I then got even luckier when I became a Trainee News Writer at 12DOVE before being promoted to a fully-fledged News Writer after a year and a half of training. My expertise lies in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, cozy indies, and The Last of Us, but especially in the Kingdom Hearts series. I'm also known to write about the odd Korean drama for the Entertainment team every now and then.
Latest articles by Hope Bellingham
![Steam Deck](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YbipXjzmyNG7qg25b9CfYV-320-80.jpg)
Steam upgrades its family plan, allowing your kids to ping you to pay for their shopping cart and get you banned by cheating on a shared account
By Hope Bellingham published
News Parents are about to get a lot of payment requests
![Palworld](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zMr4AoJFWH9JRU4BScNTE7-320-80.jpg)
Palworld dev is hiring artists for official comics, promises "cuteness and fun" yet immediately shares cutthroat sadness
By Hope Bellingham published
News Please do not create heartbreaking comics like this
![Balatro](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5uuPqTZFxHMNv7q7xe3wpa-320-80.jpg)
In under a month, solo-developed instant-classic roguelike Balatro has sold 1 million copies, will soon destroy global productivity with mobile release
By Hope Bellingham published
News Get ready to lose even more of your time
![Wonder Woman game](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S8jwRXY7C9VDABHCt4sCmW-320-80.jpg)
It looks like Gotham Knights studio Warner Bros Montreal is working on the upcoming Wonder Woman game
By Hope Bellingham published
News A job listing has revealed the studio's support work
![Stardew Valley](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gEut8nm2Zf9bCe9oGgzfUo-320-80.jpg)
At long last, Stardew Valley's 1.6 update lets you chug a jar of mayonnaise
By Hope Bellingham published
News This is the most cursed patch note by far
![Monster Hunter World](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c9ESNmFn2pC3jcN2AgDcjK-320-80.jpg)
At 25 million copies sold, Monster Hunter World is such an unprecedented success that it's over 25% of the total sales of the 20-year-old action RPG series
By Hope Bellingham published
News A lot of people love Monster Hunter World
![Dragon's Dogma 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LT3fY5HWSKpsVzsyuSJCuU-320-80.jpg)
Dragon's Dogma 2 director says "it's okay if you buy both" as it and release date rival Rise of the Ronin gear up for an RPG showdown
By Hope Bellingham published
News Princess Peach: Showtime is also out on the very same day
![Minecraft 1.17 Lightning Rod](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FbnW4tResFEJjhVrdbR996-320-80.jpg)
Updating Minecraft on PC through the Xbox app might delete your worlds, Mojang warns
By Hope Bellingham published
News But don't worry, there's a fix
![Palworld](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dXkKjius9p9pDo9jJw8vmj-320-80.jpg)
Palworld devs "in talks" to bring the survival game x Pokemon mashup to more platforms in the future
By Hope Bellingham published
News Pocketpair is open to partnership or acquisition offers
![Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ertQ7J4VTzXfs9qjzteMnU-320-80.jpg)
Star Wars Battlefront collection blowback gets worse as players discover it demands over 8x more storage than the original games combined
By Hope Bellingham published
News The Battlefront games have grown a lot in 20 years, it seems
![Gameloft unnamed fantasy game concept art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HwmCVMK4SfgRhKriW57Jqc-320-80.jpg)
The next D&D video game revealed: Disney Dreamlight Valley dev announces a survival game, life sim, action RPG all-in-one with the same setting as Baldur's Gate 3
By Hope Bellingham published
News Gameloft is teaming up with Dungeons & Dragons
![Detective Pikachu smiling and giving a thumbs up](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JPcE9uFNFCK3jk63gf7qy8-320-80.jpg)
Former Pokemon lawyer explains why Nintendo goes after so many fan games: "No one likes suing fans"
By Hope Bellingham published
News Don McGowan has worked at The Pokemon Company, Microsoft, and Bungie
![A screenshot of a character in Dragon's Dogma 2.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wsMiPn3uQK2GpPGE2x38XJ-320-80.jpg)
Dragon's Dogma 2 isn't even out yet but one fan has already spent 27 hours in its character creator alone
By Hope Bellingham published
News How many more hours will they get in before next week?
![Rental](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zYcdNeysgnvotouHMuvgqi-320-80.jpg)
Steam's new indie horror darling is like a cursed version of Animal Crossing and suddenly Tom Nook seems like the best landlord ever
By Hope Bellingham published
News Imagine Animal Crossing but set in Silent Hill
![Palworld](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UemQw7Wdt5GKsbp5TWXH89-320-80.jpg)
To get better updates out quicker, Palworld dev asks players "genuinely interested in bug hunting" to help polish the survival game through its new testing program
By Hope Bellingham published
News You can play a part in Palworld's development
![Brighter Shores](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gfZzS2Jm8oCNk8SYAAt5TE-320-80.jpg)
After 23 years, the original RuneScape creator is making a new anti-grind MMO that's "opposed to the onslaught of microtransactions in modern MMOs"
By Hope Bellingham published
News Brighter Shores offers an "exciting twist" to the genre
![Helldivers 2 helldivers hugging](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yS8Gcjec66t5YU8haAJMaX-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 was designed to make players feel like "no single person can do this alone" as its director believes a great co-op game "makes players want to play together"
By Hope Bellingham published
News Arrowhead designed the shooter with this in mind
![Deep Rock Galactic](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tcYHjDdrP4ijztX5RQ3FTd-320-80.jpg)
As Helldivers 2 gets Deep Rock Galactic comparisons, devs crush any division with dwarven democracy and ask about a co-op collab: "Arrowhead, please hit us back"
By Hope Bellingham published
News Helldivers 2 x Deep Rock Galactic, when?
![Unicorn Overlord](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9NneNC5SbPtAmvENmtWDLR-320-80.jpg)
Strategy RPGs are so freaking back: Unicorn Overlord publisher Atlus apologizes for stock shortages in Japan
By Hope Bellingham published
News Suffering from success
![CD Projekt Red/Kreiesegger via Reddit](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cqX3jRYDA3gJU6HMY4axrh-320-80.jpg)
Cyberpunk 2077 dev says "we're done" working on the RPG but doesn't rule out the possibility of the occasional small new feature
By Hope Bellingham published
News CD Projekt Red is mainly focused on the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and The Witcher 4
![Minecraft Pigscene painting](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fch4teVpcoMEmfGhEEqZuT-320-80.jpg)
After 14 years, the artist behind Minecraft's iconic paintings shares the original artwork made for what was once a "little weird indie hobby game"
By Hope Bellingham published
News Meet the artist behind Minecraft's paintings
![Ori and the Blind Forest](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4Ard8Dwn5cY4whVwKjazfL-320-80.jpg)
Ori and the Blind Forest has sold around 10 million copies which "probably makes it the most successful Metroidvania ever made," but its dev could've gone bankrupt
By Hope Bellingham published
News The gorgeous Metroidvania's success allows its director to buy dream consoles
![Marvel's Spider-Man 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K7BpkHk9U6VzZTLYHKmGr7-320-80.jpg)
Don't wear the Symbiote suit in Marvel's Spider-Man 2's first mission, unless you want to discover a new hero: Poop-Man
By Hope Bellingham published
News "If they patch out Peter Pooper, I'm not playing the DLC"
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