Scott McCrae
Scott has been freelancing for over three years across a number of different gaming publications, first appearing on GamesRadar+ in 2024. He has also written f⭕or 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
Xbox boss Phil Spencer shouts out "Nintendo's amazing track record" and the Steam Deck when promoting the ROG Xbox Ally
News "I have found that getting to play my favorite games wherever I am just makes me enjoy them mor🍸e"
I've played 200 hours of Street Fighter 6, and the Switch 2 version is a perfectly fine companion piece – even if it could never be the ideal platform
Opinion Opinion | It's the perfect game to 💃justify my expensive Pro Controller 2 purchase
Switch 2 sells 3.5 million units in just 4 days to become the "fastest-selling Nintendo hardware ever," and it's already a quarter of a way to the Wii U's lifetime sales
News And that was without Funky Barn at launch
"It looks like Nintendo did a good job" – Sonic boss Takashi Iizuka says Mario Kart World looks more like an action game, whereas Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds "really" focuses on racing and competitive play
News I d🙈on't see Minecraft Steve in Mario Kart though
Halo dataminers uncover evidence of a PS5 release coming, days after Phil Spencer hinted at the return of "a classic that's been with us since the beginning"
News Stil📖l waiting on that Rare Replay port first, Xbox
No Pikmin games got Switch 2 upgrades, and fans say Pikmin 3 Deluxe is "borderline broken" thanks to crashes, bizarre visual bugs, and screen flickering
News Get mouse controls patched in already
Nintendo announces Switch 2 exclusive Splatoon spinoff via its official app, proving it's very serious about getting you to download Nintendo Today
Also, Splatoon 3 is ge🅘🐬tting a new update to improve the game's visuals on Switch 2
Mario Kart World players have found the optimal way to unlock every vehicle, and it involves driving slowly behind a pedestrian car for 25 minutes
News Koopas rule everything around me
Gears of War: Reloaded isn't coming to PS5 in Japan because of "regional rating restrictions and platform policies," despite its Xbox and PC releases going ahead
News The original 2006 release was censored in Japan, 𓄧but did release on the Xbox 360
Deltarune has already been patched 3 times in its opening weekend, with Toby Fox and the team fixing crashes, freezes, and maybe a Geneva Convention violation
News The imagery of a chapter 4 s🎉cene has also been changed to avoid a common misinterpretation
Mario Kart World is "completely broken," speedrun legend declares as players demolish the racing game's time trials with its wild new movement mechanics
News I've been saying its completely b🎐roken since they left out Funky Kong
Dead Cells co-dev's slick Prince of Persia action roguelike gets a full release this August, and you'll "finally meet the Prince's father, the King of Persia"
News "The Tower ꦫof Oblivion and the Temple, as well as a final biome and of course the big bad final boss 🀅- the infamous King Nogai."
Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima came away from Summer Game Fest with praise for this handcrafted co-op platformer: "It's the kind of game we need in an age where we've lost the true meaning of 'words' on social media"
News "Out of Words is simple, gentle, and beautiful"
Street Fighter 6's third DLC season is a banger with possibly the weirdest DLC pick to date – announced by AEW's Kenny Omega playing dress-up
News Alex is back. Fighting games are saved.
A new Scott Pilgrim beat 'em up is coming from the developers of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
News Scott Pilgrim🍰 EX features an original story from Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley an🌳d a new soundtrack from Anamanaguchi
Sonic's Takashi Iizuka dunks on Mario Kart World as Sonic Racing: Crossworlds unveils Hatsune Miku, Persona 5, and Minecraft Steve
News No sign of SpongeBob yet though.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles will have a free Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade, which is great because the separate new version is just a code in a box
News Dragon Quest 1+2 HD-2D remake hasn't had its upgrade sta🎃t♛us confirmed yet
Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for a single day and there's already a Schedule 1 ripoff on the eShop
News Schedule 1 - Mafia Empire j🦂oins Schedule 1: Syndicate and Dope Wars: Schedule 1 in the ripoff race
Nintendo says it'll "be able to meet that demand" for Switch 2 through 2025, so don't worry about another PS5 situation
News Although he says the tariff pricing is "still a very fluid and complex situ🃏ation"
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Nintendo Switch 2 has fixed the most annoying bit of loading the fighting game has to offer, even without a proper next-gen update
News Still won't 🦄g🦂et rid of those anime swordfighters though
Switch 2 marks the end of an era as Mario Kart World is the first time in 20 years Donkey Kong's voice actor has changed, and the replacement seemingly comes straight from the Mario movie
News The voice actress who has been Peach and Toad since 2007 hasౠ also seemingly been replaced
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Nintendo Switch 2 journey isn't going too smoothly as Nintendo asks "please avoid using Mii Fighter in online play as much as possible"
News It's not you it's Mii
Nioh 3 isn't trying to be an Elden Ring behemoth: producer says with a true open-world map "it would no longer be Nioh 3," but tighter "open-field" design makes it shine
News Prepare to die, just not in too large an area
