Latest articles by Scott McCrae
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director feels "bad" for Borderlands 4 devs "who are just trying really hard to make players happy" as Randy Pitchford fights back against performance criticism
News The Gearbox boss has been very vocal online, even telling unhappy players to "please get a refund from Steam"
Borderlands 4 boss tells players "please get a refund from Steam if you aren't happy" as Randy Pitchford continues his very public crashout over the FPS's performance woes
News "If you're not happy using the tools available to you to improve frame rate and you're not happy with the frame rate you have, you should play a different game"
Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya says Microsoft-canceled action RPG Scalebound would have gone differently under a Japanese publisher: "They understand the struggle of trying to give birth to something new"
News "Overseas publishers seem to have a much stronger desire to see a finished product as quickly as possible"
Death Stranding gets its own Twitch Plays Pokemon moment as streamer turns the whole game into cargo that chat has to keep balanced: "Eyes forward, Sam"
News Now that's immersion!
Toby Fox doesn't think Deltarune Chapter 5 "will be released in the first half of 2026" but there's some good news: "we don't have any external factors surrounding the release date this time. We'll release it when it's done"
News Also, Undertale is 10 years old today!
Pokemon Legends Z-A locks the Mega Evolutions for the Kalos starters to ranked seasons, making them impossible to get without paying for Nintendo Switch Online
News Plus, if you miss a seasonal reward, you'll need to wait until they return
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4 performance isn't bad, your expectations are just too high: "If you’re not 4k stubborn and just want to have a great, fun time with higher perf, please consider running at 1440p resolution"
News A stark reminder there's no one above him at Gearbox to tell him to stop tweeting
Battlefield Labs helped developers keep "an open mind" while creating Battlefield 6 after 2042's colossal failure, but "you can't just let players design for you"
News "I've been in the industry for a long time, and I've never seen this kind of methodology being utilized on such a regular basis"
Nintendo announces Pokemon Legends Z-A DLC before the game's even out: Mega Dimension expansion adds "spatial distortions" and makes Raichu the third Pokemon to ever get two Mega Evolutions
News Nintendo also confirmed Mega Evolutions for the Kalos starters
Donkey Kong Bananza is getting DLC that lets you explore DK Island, complete with a new roguelike mode that's available today
News Ohhh banana
Hades 2 finally leaves early access later this month with a timed exclusive console release on Switch 2 and OG Switch
News September 25 here we come
Nintendo confirms Super Mario Galaxy 2 is finally coming to Nintendo Switch next month with the original game returning from its 3D All-Stars purgatory
News They will be available physically as a collection or separately digital
Battlefield 6's anti-tank and anti-air damage has been "tuned" since open beta, lead producer confirms, so your helicopters won't be so easily destroyed by Engineers going forward
News Open classes won't be going away, however
Borderlands 4 narrative lead is "ridiculously proud" of the action RPG's story team, celebrating a whole "lot of f***ing people" who helped create a mercifully less stupid plot
News "I am honestly too overwhelmed by the enormity of it all to take it in"
Lara Croft's French actor pursues legal action against developer Aspyr over alleged AI replications of her work in Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered
News The character's Brazilian actor has also been affected by this, with Aspyr working to remove it
Borderlands 4 Metacritic score ties it as the second-highest rated entry in the looter shooter's mainline series, only losing out to Borderlands 2
News Its current score of 84 also places it just below Tales from the Borderlands
The Borderlands 4 whack-a-mole begins as Gearbox takes down streams ahead of release, while onlookers eyeball performance
News The game is releasing later today in some regions
After 14 years of requests, legendary roguelike The Binding of Isaac finally adds item descriptions in new update: "You can finally read stuff while playing a video game, like some kinda nerd"
News "You might just find this handy if you happen to be one of the few people who, for some reason, has trouble keeping track of every single effect from all 1000+ of them"
Hollow Knight: Silksong will kick your teeth in, but one adorable singing bug makes up for it: "Sherma swimming and singing in the hot springs gives me the energy to get through the day"
News "I've only had Sherma for a day and a half. But if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this room and then myself"
Nintendo finally confirms the first proper Nintendo Direct of the Switch 2 era is coming this Friday
News A Metroid Prime 4 release date is finally within reach (hopefully)
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Legacy of the Forge patch notes reveal Henry can cook eggs again and "fewer drunken NPCs now wander Kuttenburg," but fans find the best changes have gone unannounced
News "Henry can finally take a sh*t"
Metroid Prime 4 gets rated in yet another country as rumors of a Nintendo Direct continue to pick up pace
News The game was announced over eight years ago
Despite directing Resident Evil 2, Hideki Kamiya says "I hate horror," but he still wants to see Hideo Kojima make a game "in the same style" as P.T.
News Kamiya said if not, "maybe I'll give it a go"
