
Scott McCrae
Scott has been freelancing for over three y💯ears across a number of different gaming publications, first🧔 appearing on GamesRadar+ in 2024. He has also written for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, VG247, Play, TechRadar, and others. He's typically rambling about Metal Gear Solid, God Hand, or any other PS2-era titles that rarely (if ever) get sequels.
Latest articles by Scott McCrae

As Star Wars Battlefront 2 surges in popularity once more, Andor star joins the chorus of fans begging EA for a sequel: "Give us Battlefront 3 ASAP"
By Scott McCrae published
News Wilmo𒀰n a﷽ctor Muhannad Ben Amor was 12 years old when the last game released, if you want to feel old

Lies of P is adding difficulty options for free alongside the Overture DLC, despite the director previously saying "We believe soulslike games shouldn’t have difficulty options"
By Scott McCrae published
News “Wꦍe wanted to make sure a wider audience of players could play the game"

Ubisoft casually confirms its best series is coming back with job postings for "a prestigious AAA title for the Rayman brand"
By Scott McCrae published
News Everybody Loves Raymand

Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto explains the big ape's redesign was all in service of making him "more expressive"
By Scott McCrae published
News And he looks better than ever for it

While you were worried about $100 GTA 6, Rockstar has quietly bumped up the price of both Red Dead Redemption games in some countries
By Scott McCrae published
News Dutch clearly needs more money

Konami says Silent Hill f is "independent" from the rest of the series: "People who have never played the series before can enjoy it"
By Scott McCrae published
News If it bein🌟g set outside Silent Hill didn't already give that away

"We wanted to do live service right": With 2.5 million players a week 1.5 years after launch, Helldivers 2 boss says it's down to "great free updates, optional paid, and long-term commitment"
By Scott McCrae published
News "I think this is the largest simultaneous return of players🅰 🍒for Helldivers"

Super Mario 64 can now play Minecraft, thanks to a mod that recreates the 2011 sandbox game's building and world generation systems inside the 1996 Nintendo 64 classic
By Scott McCrae published
News Goomba Jockey!

Hideo Kojima says the final Death Stranding 2 trailer will be shorter and won't have story details, which is fine as I'm not sure I'd understand them anyway
By Scott McCrae published
News Because we totally would understand the story🗹 segments anyway, right?

Hideo Kojima doesn't really listen to feedback when it comes to Death Stranding or Metal Gear Solid's stories: "I'm not interested in making something that appeals to everyone"
By Scott McCrae published
News If the naked Norman🉐 Reedus didn't already give it away

GTA 5 Michael actor gives GTA 6 trailer 2 the stamp of approval after the copious amount of big butts in the first trailer caught him by surprise: "That's proportionate, see?"
By Scott McCrae published
News Ned Luke also commented on how hot Jason is: "Shirtless! Look🦩 a☂t this fucker, are you kidding me?"

Marvel Rivals executive producer agrees that a "harsher penalty" is needed for players who rage quit ranked, but the controversial Chronos Shield Cards won't make things worse
By Scott McCrae published
News A short time out isn't extreme enough

The Witcher 4 director wants tough choices in RPGs, "even if the emotion in the end is sadness," because "we want players to feel rewarded"
By Scott McCrae published
News "We want to put player agency in the center"

Super Smash Bros. Melee pro loses $2k tournament final to a glitch after falling through the stage: "There's just no way"
By Scott McCrae published
News This wouldn't have happened if they added tripping, tha꧋t'sꦚ for sure

Hideo Kojima says Metal Gear spiritual successor Physint is still "another five or six years" away, and that he may finally direct a movie after
By Scott McCrae published
News No mention of OD though

OG God of War Kratos actor says all that rage was real: "At the time I was very angry. There were a lot of things going on that had me in a real nasty place"
By Scott McCrae published
News T.C. ܫCarson says that voicing the character "was like going to therapy"

Brutal survival game Kenshi developer says "too many games let the player succeed," which is "mind-numbingly boring"
By Scott McCrae published
News Director Cꦜhris Hunt also thinks "being the chosen one is just stupid"

Borderlands and GTA publisher has "great optimism" for the Nintendo Switch 2, even if "historically being a third-party in the Nintendo business has been a bit challenging"
By Scott McCrae published
News Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says "we're stepping up too"ಌ

Nintendo finally clears up Switch 2 VRR confusion, confirming the console "supports VRR in handheld mode only"
By Scott McCrae published
News Support for VRR in TV💝 mode wasn't entirely ruled out though.

After being MIA from Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza trailers, Nintendo confirms Diddy Kong is still kicking with a new design his original creator says looks "better than ever"
By Scott McCrae published
News No more retractable teeth

Take-Two's CEO says GTA 5 is the "standard-bearer for our industry," but even he found the GTA 6 hype "pretty astonishing"
By Scott McCrae published
News It's alright, but it's no bowl of Special K!

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director is more than just a Devil May Cry fan: his YouTube channel is nothing but impressive DMC 5 challenge runs, which absolutely tracks
By Scott McCrae published
News Now I'm motivated to play this game

Sticking it to Nintendo, Palworld modder rebuilds the glider mechanic that Pocketpair cut to appease Mario's lawyers: "Patch 0.5.5? What? That didn't happen!"
By Scott McCrae published
News More like gliderworld, am I right?

Tribe Nine, an action RPG with worldbuilding by Danganronpa's creator, announces end of service 3 months after launch, with an already announced story chapter now canceled
By Scott McCrae published
News Kazutaka Kodaka created the multimedia project, but onlyܫ provided worldbuilding for the game, which will see its end of♏ service in November

Nintendo Switch 2 is arguably "the most important product launch in video game history," analysts say, who reckon it will have sold 100 million in its first 5 years
By Scott McCrae published
News DFC Intelligence thinks the Switch 2 could result in Nintendo "becoming the primary p💫artner for third-party game publishers"
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