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Brandon Key-Senior Staff Writer

Brandon Key

Senior Staff Writer

February, 2025
Gaming, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil
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About Brandon Key

Brandon Key is a Senior Writer for ScreenRant, focusing on gaming news. Throughout his extensive career in entertainment media, he has written gaming news, features, guides, lists, and reviews for many reputable publications, including GameRant, GameRVW, TheNerdStash, and several others. He is also a former high school English teacher, youth counselor, and U.S. government technical writer. He began gaming at the age of five and hasn't ever stopped, with Final Fantasy X, Bloodborne, Silent Hill 2, and the Trails of Cold Steel series being some of his favorites. 

Industry Focus

Brandon Key has been a writer in the games industry for over a decade, focusing mostly on gaming news across most genres.

Favorite Media

Brandon Key's favorite games are Silent Hill 2, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the Final Fantasy series, Nier: Automata, The Last of Us Part 2, Resident Evil, Bloodborne, and Persona.

He is also a big fan of movies, TV, and reality TV. His favorite movies include Terminator 2, Aliens, Whiplash, Black Swan, Parasite, Misery, and The Shawshank Redemption.

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Death Stranding 2 Baby
Death Stranding 2 Players Already Prefer It Over Original, Says Kojima

In a new interview with Edge Magazine, Hideo Kojima says fans are already preferring Death Stranding 2 over the original game, from internal testing.

Marvel Rivals Battle
Marvel Rivals Gets Controversial New Item For Ranked Play

NetEase Games is introducing Chrono Shield Cards to Marvel Rivals, which will stop players from losing ranked points and are earnable through events.

Pokemon Team Rocket
"Gotta Catch 'Em All": Police Seize Over $330K Of Stolen Pokemon Cards In Raid

Tameside Police in Hyde, England, have recovered over $330,000 worth of stolen Pokémon cards in a raid, saying "gotta catch 'em all" in response.

Tekken 8 King And Raven
Tekken 8 Patch 2.01 Has Finally Fixed Two Of My Biggest Issues With The Game

Tekken 8's new Patch 2.01 is here, and after all the controversy regarding Season 2, the patch addresses chip damage and aerial combo damage issues.

Kingdom Hearts 4 Sora
Kingdom Hearts 4 Has Major Change To Iconic Villain's Design After 23 Years

In new screenshots for Kingdom Hearts 4 released by Square Enix, iconic boss Darkside appears to have gotten a new design, after 23 years.

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Esquie
Fake Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Plushies Are Out There, But An Official One Is In The Works

According to the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developers, there are a lot of fake plushies out there, but they may look into making official ones.

Steam Logo
Steam's 89M Leak Scare Refuted By Communications Firm [Updated]

According to some reports, Steam may be facing a potentially huge security breach, but a communications firm has refuted the allegations.

Minecraft Horses
Minecraft Adds Long-Awaited Feature For Mounts

After what feels like forever, Minecraft will be adding craftable saddle bags to the game for its mounts, making managing mounts and materials easier.

Marvel Rivals Season 0 Black Panther skin
Marvel Rivals Will Bring Back Old Battle es, With A Catch

According to NetEase Games, the season 0 battle will be returning to the game, but it has an increase in price, which will be the standard.

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Characters from FF7 Rebirth and FF16 games
Square Enix Announces New Game IP With TV Show Partner

Square Enix is teaming up with TBS Television, a Tokyo-based network known for Ninja Warrior, to launch a new original video game IP worldwide.

Stardew Valley Kitchen
"I Spent Years Playing Before Realizing": Stardew Valley Player Shares Watering Can Revelation You Probably Missed

Fans on Reddit are discovering that you can refill your watering can in a sink in Stardew Valley, which many people did not know about.

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Brian Heder with a brick of cocaine in GTA 6
Developers Are "Praying" GTA 6 Gets Delayed Further, Says Report

According to a report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, some developers are allegedly "praying" that GTA 6 gets delayed even further in 2026.

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Marvel 1943
Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Gets New Release Window

In a new update from Skydance Games, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has officially been delayed until 2026, to "add polish" to the game.

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Palworld Terraria Crossover
Palworld's Next Major Update Is A Massive Terraria Crossover

Pocketpair has announced that the next major update for Palworld will be a crossover event with Terraria, bringing the creatures from Terraria over.

Pikachu
Pokémon Center's Adorable New Finger Puppets Are About To Become Your New Favorite Bag Charms

Pokémon Center has put up some Pokémon finger puppets for sale, and these adorable new items might be the perfect fun backpack or purse charms.

A character from Schedule 1 staring open-mouthed at piles of money.
Schedule 1 Possibly Banned In The Developer's Country As Fans Report They're Locked Out Of Playing [Updated]

According to several reports on Steam and Reddit, Schedule 1 may be getting banned in Australia, as fans state they are locked out of playing.

Sephiroth in front of a burning Nibelheim in FF7 Rebirth.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Gets A Tease From Magic The Gathering

In a message from game director Tetsuya Nomura posted to X, Safer Sephiroth has been confirmed for the game, and he will feature a new design.

Clair ObscurExpedition 33 cast Official image
"Most Popular" Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Mod Is Going To Make Life A Lot Easier For You

In a popular mod by Caites on Nexus Mod, the has created five different versions of parrying and timings for Expedition 33, adding more options.

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GTA 6 artwork of Jason and Lucia with guns on a pier.
Another GTA Game Could Be Releasing This Year, According To Leaker

An alleged Rockstar Games insider is claiming a remaster of Grand Theft Auto 4 could be released this year, after GTA 6's delay.

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Silent Hill 2 Remake Pyramid Head
Simple But Perfect: Custom Silent Hill Handheld Is A True Work Of Art

In a Reddit post by Wizelll, the has created a customized Silent Hill 2 RG35XXSP simply by sticking images in the red shell of the handheld.