
Scott McCrae
S𒅌cott has been freelancing for over three years 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 rambꩲling about Metal Gear Solid, God Hand, or any other PS2-era titles that rarely (if ever) get sequels.
Latest articles by Scott McCrae

Resident Evil 2 director Hideki Kamiya has no interest in returning to the series, but Dino Crisis on the other hand: "I'd love to give it a shot"
By Scott McCrae published
News Kamiya also confirmed "I've already got the ♓idea in my head" for Viewti൩ful Joe 3

Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya reckons he's a better YouTuber than Smash Bros boss Masahiro Sakurai: "My YouTube channel is much more interesting than Sakurai's"
By Scott McCrae published
News Even if Kamiya "trusted him to do the best job" when it came to 🌟Bayonetta in Smash

New Mario Kart World footage seems to confirm a new way to race that was originally planned for Double Dash 22 years ago
By Scott McCrae published
News Mario Kart World could mark reverse tracks console debut aft♒er an appearance in the mobile spinoff

Monster Hunter Wilds' weakest weapon is probably my beloved hammer, but good news, bonk fans: Capcom is buffing it so hard that it can't fit it all in one patch
By Scott McCrae published
News Here bud, that's no a bonk machine

Fans want Star Wars Battlefront 3 so bad that they've pushed Battlefront 2 to an all-time Steam peak 8 years after launch and even mocked up a menu for a third game on their own
By Scott McCrae published
News The ball is in EA's court now.

Palworld dev says Pocketpair could "mass hire" to help update its survival game faster, but it won't: "That's how game companies fall into the usual traps and become slimy"
By Scott McCrae published
News "You risk changing the company culture"

PS5 designer Mark Cerny has platinumed poker roguelike Balatro, making him part of an elite group of 0.1% of players
By Scott McCrae published
News This dude beat the game on the hardest difficulty with all 150 Jok♛ers, all wh෴ile presumably working on the PS6

Dragon Quest 1&2 HD-2D Remake is coming to Switch 2 this October, but it looks like the JRPG is packed onto Nintendo's divisive game-key card
By Scott McCrae published
News The beloved JRPGs are also coming to PS5, Xbo🐓x Series X✅|S, PC, and the original Nintendo Switch

Metaphor: ReFantazio combat lead has crushing news for JRPG theorycrafters: lots of people think "I found a way to win that even the developers didn't anticipate!"' but "most of those methods are actually ones that we knew about"
By Scott McCrae published
News 𝓀"That said, on rare occasions, players really do discover methods we hadn't considered"

Games made in 2 years are more exciting than games made in 8 years, indie boss says, because "6 years of that" is often "no man's land while some guy would come in and radically change the game because he played something really cool"
By Scott McCrae published
News "we have pl🌜enty of examples of games that were developed for a decade, if not more, and did not hit"

Years before The Witcher 3, CDPR was just trying to survive: "How do we escape annihilation?"
By Scott McCrae published
News The 2008 financial crisis "wasไ a very trick🌸y period for the company."

Hideo Kojima thought up Physint when he became sick during the pandemic and "realised that a lot of people wanted me to make something like Metal Gear"
By Scott McCrae published
News "This is phase two for Kojima Productions"

Despite being the father of Mario, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has once again affirmed Pikmin is his favourite child: "I spent a lot of time the past 5, 6 years really wanting to grow Pikmin"
By Scott McCrae published
News He also explained Pikmin's cameos are due to an "unwritten rule w𝔉here they're okay to appear with other characters"

Delay GTA 6 again, this one-frame lighting mistake that eagle-eyed fans found in the new trailer simply will not stand: "Literally unplayable"
By Scott McCrae published
News "Can't believe I ꦅwas so excited over this f***ing hunk of trash"

As calls for Star Wars Battlefront 3 grow stronger, an ex-Pandemic dev explains why the original games never got a third entry: "We started working on it and then negotiations just didn’t take off"
By Scott McCrae published
News "Given the time, w♎♎e’d have made something really special"

Hideo Kojima doesn't want more than 150 people working on games like Death Stranding 2 thanks to a sheep herding tip from Mad Max director George Miller
By Scott McCrae published
News "I had to admit I wen꧅t a little over 150, andᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ we laughed about it"

Former Star Wars Battlefront 2 dev says "we want to get the gang back together" for a potential sequel as the game surges in popularity once more
By Scott McCrae published
News I say bring back Super Bombad Racing

Why is Death Stranding 2 more combat-heavy? Kojima has the most Kojima explanation possible: an obscure gameplay theory he cooked up 8 years ago
By Scott McCrae published
News No word on if the dookꦜie grenades will have a larger role this time arouꩲnd

The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller has a one-up on the Xbox Elite and DualSense Edge, as Nintendo confirms you don't need to leave your game to remap the bumper buttons
By Scott McCrae published
News Also theꦇ console remembers what buttons you map for each game

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 Wilmon actor Muhannad Be♋n Amor was 12 years old when the last game released, if yo𒆙u 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 “We wanted to make sure a𓆏 wider audience of players could play the g𓆏ame"

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
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