diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogBuild.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogBuild.cs
index 6ec3f08a2b..2d071b7345 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogBuild.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogBuild.cs
@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@ using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
-using osu.Game.Users;
-using osuTK.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
-using System.Net;
-using osuTK;
-using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Changelog
 {
@@ -63,145 +57,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Changelog
                     Margin = new MarginPadding { Top = 35, Bottom = 15 },
                 });
 
-                var fontLarge = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 16);
-                var fontMedium = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 12);
-
-                foreach (var entry in categoryEntries)
-                {
-                    var entryColour = entry.Major ? colours.YellowLight : Color4.White;
-
-                    LinkFlowContainer title;
-
-                    var titleContainer = new Container
-                    {
-                        AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                        Margin = new MarginPadding { Vertical = 5 },
-                        Children = new Drawable[]
-                        {
-                            new SpriteIcon
-                            {
-                                Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
-                                Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
-                                Size = new Vector2(10),
-                                Icon = getIconForChangelogEntry(entry.Type),
-                                Colour = entryColour.Opacity(0.5f),
-                                Margin = new MarginPadding { Right = 5 },
-                            },
-                            title = new LinkFlowContainer
-                            {
-                                Direction = FillDirection.Full,
-                                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                                TextAnchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
-                            }
-                        }
-                    };
-
-                    title.AddText(entry.Title, t =>
-                    {
-                        t.Font = fontLarge;
-                        t.Colour = entryColour;
-                    });
-
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.Repository))
-                    {
-                        title.AddText(" (", t =>
-                        {
-                            t.Font = fontLarge;
-                            t.Colour = entryColour;
-                        });
-                        title.AddLink($"{entry.Repository.Replace("ppy/", "")}#{entry.GithubPullRequestId}", entry.GithubUrl,
-                            creationParameters: t =>
-                            {
-                                t.Font = fontLarge;
-                                t.Colour = entryColour;
-                            });
-                        title.AddText(")", t =>
-                        {
-                            t.Font = fontLarge;
-                            t.Colour = entryColour;
-                        });
-                    }
-
-                    title.AddText("by ", t =>
-                    {
-                        t.Font = fontMedium;
-                        t.Colour = entryColour;
-                        t.Padding = new MarginPadding { Left = 10 };
-                    });
-
-                    if (entry.GithubUser != null)
-                    {
-                        if (entry.GithubUser.UserId != null)
-                        {
-                            title.AddUserLink(new User
-                            {
-                                Username = entry.GithubUser.OsuUsername,
-                                Id = entry.GithubUser.UserId.Value
-                            }, t =>
-                            {
-                                t.Font = fontMedium;
-                                t.Colour = entryColour;
-                            });
-                        }
-                        else if (entry.GithubUser.GithubUrl != null)
-                        {
-                            title.AddLink(entry.GithubUser.DisplayName, entry.GithubUser.GithubUrl, t =>
-                            {
-                                t.Font = fontMedium;
-                                t.Colour = entryColour;
-                            });
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            title.AddText(entry.GithubUser.DisplayName, t =>
-                            {
-                                t.Font = fontMedium;
-                                t.Colour = entryColour;
-                            });
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    ChangelogEntries.Add(titleContainer);
-
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.MessageHtml))
-                    {
-                        var message = new TextFlowContainer
-                        {
-                            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                        };
-
-                        // todo: use markdown parsing once API returns markdown
-                        message.AddText(WebUtility.HtmlDecode(Regex.Replace(entry.MessageHtml, @"<(.|\n)*?>", string.Empty)), t =>
-                        {
-                            t.Font = fontMedium;
-                            t.Colour = colourProvider.Foreground1;
-                        });
-
-                        ChangelogEntries.Add(message);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static IconUsage getIconForChangelogEntry(ChangelogEntryType entryType)
-        {
-            // compare: https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/master/resources/assets/coffee/react/_components/changelog-entry.coffee#L8-L11
-            switch (entryType)
-            {
-                case ChangelogEntryType.Add:
-                    return FontAwesome.Solid.Plus;
-
-                case ChangelogEntryType.Fix:
-                    return FontAwesome.Solid.Check;
-
-                case ChangelogEntryType.Misc:
-                    return FontAwesome.Regular.Circle;
-
-                default:
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(entryType), $"Unrecognised entry type {entryType}");
+                ChangelogEntries.AddRange(categoryEntries.Select(entry => new ChangelogEntry(entry)));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogEntry.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogEntry.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55edb40283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogEntry.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
+using osu.Game.Users;
+using osuTK;
+using osuTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Changelog
+{
+    public class ChangelogEntry : FillFlowContainer
+    {
+        private readonly APIChangelogEntry entry;
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private OsuColour colours { get; set; }
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; }
+
+        private FontUsage fontLarge;
+        private FontUsage fontMedium;
+
+        public ChangelogEntry(APIChangelogEntry entry)
+        {
+            this.entry = entry;
+
+            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
+            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y;
+            Direction = FillDirection.Vertical;
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load()
+        {
+            fontLarge = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 16);
+            fontMedium = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 12);
+
+            Children = new[]
+            {
+                createTitle(),
+                createMessage()
+            };
+        }
+
+        private Drawable createTitle()
+        {
+            var entryColour = entry.Major ? colours.YellowLight : Color4.White;
+
+            LinkFlowContainer title;
+
+            var titleContainer = new Container
+            {
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                Margin = new MarginPadding { Vertical = 5 },
+                Children = new Drawable[]
+                {
+                    new SpriteIcon
+                    {
+                        Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                        Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                        Size = new Vector2(10),
+                        Icon = getIconForChangelogEntry(entry.Type),
+                        Colour = entryColour.Opacity(0.5f),
+                        Margin = new MarginPadding { Right = 5 },
+                    },
+                    title = new LinkFlowContainer
+                    {
+                        Direction = FillDirection.Full,
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                        AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                        TextAnchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            title.AddText(entry.Title, t =>
+            {
+                t.Font = fontLarge;
+                t.Colour = entryColour;
+            });
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.Repository))
+                addRepositoryReference(title, entryColour);
+
+            if (entry.GithubUser != null)
+                addGithubAuthorReference(title, entryColour);
+
+            return titleContainer;
+        }
+
+        private void addRepositoryReference(LinkFlowContainer title, Color4 entryColour)
+        {
+            title.AddText(" (", t =>
+            {
+                t.Font = fontLarge;
+                t.Colour = entryColour;
+            });
+            title.AddLink($"{entry.Repository.Replace("ppy/", "")}#{entry.GithubPullRequestId}", entry.GithubUrl,
+                t =>
+                {
+                    t.Font = fontLarge;
+                    t.Colour = entryColour;
+                });
+            title.AddText(")", t =>
+            {
+                t.Font = fontLarge;
+                t.Colour = entryColour;
+            });
+        }
+
+        private void addGithubAuthorReference(LinkFlowContainer title, Color4 entryColour)
+        {
+            title.AddText("by ", t =>
+            {
+                t.Font = fontMedium;
+                t.Colour = entryColour;
+                t.Padding = new MarginPadding { Left = 10 };
+            });
+
+            if (entry.GithubUser.UserId != null)
+            {
+                title.AddUserLink(new User
+                {
+                    Username = entry.GithubUser.OsuUsername,
+                    Id = entry.GithubUser.UserId.Value
+                }, t =>
+                {
+                    t.Font = fontMedium;
+                    t.Colour = entryColour;
+                });
+            }
+            else if (entry.GithubUser.GithubUrl != null)
+            {
+                title.AddLink(entry.GithubUser.DisplayName, entry.GithubUser.GithubUrl, t =>
+                {
+                    t.Font = fontMedium;
+                    t.Colour = entryColour;
+                });
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                title.AddText(entry.GithubUser.DisplayName, t =>
+                {
+                    t.Font = fontMedium;
+                    t.Colour = entryColour;
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        private Drawable createMessage()
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.MessageHtml))
+                return Empty();
+
+            var message = new TextFlowContainer
+            {
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+            };
+
+            // todo: use markdown parsing once API returns markdown
+            message.AddText(WebUtility.HtmlDecode(Regex.Replace(entry.MessageHtml, @"<(.|\n)*?>", string.Empty)), t =>
+            {
+                t.Font = fontMedium;
+                t.Colour = colourProvider.Foreground1;
+            });
+
+            return message;
+        }
+
+        private static IconUsage getIconForChangelogEntry(ChangelogEntryType entryType)
+        {
+            // compare: https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/master/resources/assets/coffee/react/_components/changelog-entry.coffee#L8-L11
+            switch (entryType)
+            {
+                case ChangelogEntryType.Add:
+                    return FontAwesome.Solid.Plus;
+
+                case ChangelogEntryType.Fix:
+                    return FontAwesome.Solid.Check;
+
+                case ChangelogEntryType.Misc:
+                    return FontAwesome.Regular.Circle;
+
+                default:
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(entryType), $"Unrecognised entry type {entryType}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}