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 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

New Dragon Ball game coming in 2027 features character designs from late series creator Akira Toriyama
By Scott McCrae published
News Age 1000 will be shown off again in April

Xbox Game Studios boss has played a "bunch" of the Fable reboot, and his "brain pops" thinking about its 1,000 NPCS
By Scott McCrae published
News "I've messed around with the combat and the Living Population, and it's just mind blowing"

New Mario merch will tell you the wrong time and can only be temporarily silenced, but it's won fans over
By Scott McCrae published
News "A clock that bold-face lies to you is the funniest f**king thing ever dude"

Palworld dev Pocketpair won't hire anyone with no Steam playtime, CEO explains: "We will, in principle, pass them on"
By Scott McCrae published
News Palworld lead Bucky can vouch for it, too

Author who inspired JRPG hits Shin Megami Tensei and Persona says devs need to draw ideas from media other than games
By Scott McCrae published
News "If there are only works that are made with a tendency to become hits, the market won’t expand"

Live service dominated 2025 as both PlayStation and Xbox's top 10 US best sellers were almost entirely multiplayer games
By Scott McCrae published
News Even Nintendo had a ton of multiplayer hits

Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation isn't just being made by the Pokemon studio, but also "a lot of partner companies"
By Scott McCrae published
News "We're lucky to have a lot of people working on it externally as well"

As Final Fantasy 7 Remake arrives on Switch 2, lead encourages Smash Bros fans to play his game
By Scott McCrae published
News "Through the remake series, you can discover the origins and stories of these characters"

OG Fallout lead says his studio's upcoming steampunk RPG "is our most ambitious title, probably by a factor of 10"
By Scott McCrae published
News Clockwork Revolution is the next RPG from Brian Fargo

How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct – including the first look at Fable and Forza Horizon 6 gameplay
By Scott McCrae published
News Pokemon developer Game Freak will also be showing off its new action RPG

Palworld lead shoots his shot, tells Fortnite dev to "reach out" if Epic ever wants to collab
By Scott McCrae published
News Fortnite did just add sidekicks...

Fallout 3 "went hard on the gloomy despair of the post-apocalyptic world" to differentiate it from Oblivion
By Scott McCrae published
News "We grind every asset up to just make this place feel as ruined and as dark as possible."

Out of nowhere, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets updated with new content a year since launch
By Scott McCrae published
News Dixie Kong returns

Gears of War: E-Day is set in one city as it's both "a rich environment" and "the best gameplay playground"
By Scott McCrae published
News "We want them to feel the loss of what was here: the history, the people and the lives they were living"

Bethesda originally wanted Fallout 4 to be set in New York, but too many other games had the same idea
By Scott McCrae published
News But there's disagreement over who actually chose Boston

Peak will get its final biome this year and a couple of updates "that address some commonly requested features"
By Scott McCrae published
News "I don't want to tell you yet."

The Binding of Isaac creator's new roguelike Mewgenics already has over a third of the achievements of Isaac despite it being 11 years and 3 expansions ahead
By Scott McCrae published
News And it may be getting its own expansions

After a troubled development, Hypixel founder says "I have no regrets saving Hytale"
By Scott McCrae published
News "I haven’t been involved with Hytale development for many years and coming back was a big unknown and risk for me, and my family"

Palworld lead admits the team can get "swept up" in negativity
By Scott McCrae published
News "Palworld is fortunate to enjoy a very large and very active community, but with that also comes a large number of contrarians who take every opportunity to snipe at it"

Bungie sets Marathon apart from Arc Raiders' AI-infused voices with a stacked cast including Baldur's Gate 3 actors
By Scott McCrae published
News With the likes of Jennifer English, Ben Starr, and Tracy Wiles taking part

Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aimé had to deal with retailers "upset" there weren't enough copies of Pokemon in his first week
By Scott McCrae published
News Despite that, he says "I always enjoyed working with The Pokemon Company"

After a short delay, Helldivers 2's stealthy Redacted Regiment Warbond finally sneaks in game this week
By Scott McCrae published
News Kept you waiting, huh?

Fallout: London lead is "really worried" Fallout 5 will use Bethesda's proprietary Creation Engine
By Scott McCrae published
News "If they have to upgrade it, that’s what they need to solve: get rid of the load screens and allow better optimization"
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