Scott McCrae

Scott McCrae

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Scott has been freelancing for over four 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

Deadpool 2009 game screenshot
Fans are using Xbox's disc-to-digital feature to save long-delisted titles like the Deadpool game

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News Thankfully, delisting doesn't mean it's gone forever in some cases

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PS5 controller
Sony CEO says selling more PS5s isn't as important as monetizing the monthly PS Plus users

By Scott McCrae Published

News "We are focusing on recurring revenue from the current user base"

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Final Fantasy creator's underrated Xbox 360 RPG with art from Dragon Ball inventor is free

By Scott McCrae Published

News re:Blue frees Hironobu Sakaguchi and Akira Toriyama's RPG from the Xbox 360

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Dune: Awakening
Dune: Awakening's players might be 80% PvE, but devs are considering ways to spice PvP

By Scott McCrae Published

News "The issue with the game at launch was that we were trying to do too much for too many people"

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4's DLC might only be saved thanks to the uncelebrated work of fan preservationists

By Scott McCrae Published

News SaveMGO was referenced in the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2 release

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A friendly ghost behind the chocolate counter in Haunted Chocolatier
ConcernedApe says sorry Haunted Chocolatier is taking so long: "I won't compromise on the quality"

By Scott McCrae Published

News "My goal is to make a game that I am proud of and personally enjoy"

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Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4 posing with his hands over a statues crotch
91.8% of Metal Gear Solid 4 players immediately got the achievement for ripping a statue's privates clean off

By Scott McCrae Published

News PC players understood the mission

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Old Snake sneaks up on enemies using Octocamo in Metal Gear Solid 4
The Nintendo ports of Metal Gear Solid 4 replace the iconic PS3 and PSP in-game consoles with generic variants

By Scott McCrae Published

News Well, and a frog toy.

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Two men holding a game in their hands
13 years after famous Microsoft dunk, ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says Xbox disc-to-digital feature is "a great move"

By Scott McCrae Published

News Given PlayStation's latest moves, everyone's mind went to the same clip

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Woman with tattoos leans over and smiles at another woman
GTA 6 doesn't feature microtransactions or AI, Rockstar says

By Scott McCrae Published

News Maybe GTA Online will be a separate thing this time around

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Tides of Annihilation protagonist Gwendolyn, a woman with long brown hair and glowing blue eyes, looks to the camera.
New Tides of Annihilation lead "deeply honored" to take over from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Jennifer English

By Scott McCrae Published

News "Gwen is the kind of character that I really love"

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Halo 3: ODST screenshot of a Spartan fighting another soldier in the Security Zone
Halo co-creator praises Witcher 3, wonders what could have been if "we’d kept building on Halo 3 with ODST-like expansions"

By Scott McCrae Published

News "Super inspiring to see CD Projekt Red deliver new Witcher 3 adventures"

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Metal Gear Solid 4
Speedrunner turns one of Metal Gear Solid 4's biggest bosses into a pushover thanks to 60fps

By Scott McCrae Published

News "It's not over yet"... oh wait it is

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A close of of Snake in the jungle during one of the best Metal Gear games, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
The 10 Best Metal Gear games of all time

By Scott McCrae Published

Best List I've played all the Metal Gear games, and these are the top 10 that I recommend playing today

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Brutal legend screenshot showing eddie holding a lighting powered axe
Double Fine made Brutal Legend free for a fitting 666 minutes in tribute to Tim Curry

By Scott McCrae Published

News The studio did the same for Ozzy Osbourne last year

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The Witcher 3 Songs of the PAst
The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past features an "original story" CD Projekt Red came up with years ago

By Scott McCrae Published

News "Stars had to align"

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Lego Balrog Book Nook (#10367) review: "I really like it, but there's some major caveats"

By Scott McCrae Published

Review Lego Balrog Book Nook (#10367) review

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A GTA 3 screenshot showing protagonist Claude walking on the road in front of a car in Liberty City. An American flag can be seen on the side of a building on the right-hand side
Rockstar had to fight to get people to care about GTA 3 at E3, former lead recalls

By Scott McCrae Published

News Although the previews at the time seemed fairly positive

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GTA 6 key art showing Jason and Lucia against a sunwashed Vice City backdrop
Rockstar officially responds to GTA 6 leaks: "This is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game"

By Scott McCrae Published

News "We are very sorry that everything has taken as long as it has," Rockstar says, but this is "not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time"

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Heroes of might and magic 3 art showing a battle scene
Heroes of Might & Magic 3 gets off to a bumpy start on Steam after Ubisoft forgot to include the game itself

By Scott McCrae Published

News It's since been fixed

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Lego Skylines screenshot showing a town setting
Lego Skylines looks like the city-building game of my dreams

By Scott McCrae Published

News Lego and Cities: Skylines joining forces feels like a perfect match

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The cowboy cat from the desert in Mewgenics
Hit roguelike and my GOTY Mewgenics is coming to console next month

By Scott McCrae Published

News Cat breeding on console kicks off September 8, 2026

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Exodus screenshot showing Jun and Salt
Mass Effect-like RPG Exodus finally gets a release date, and it's not that far away

By Scott McCrae Published

News And we got a better look at the octopus companion

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Crimson Desert
Crimson Desert is already getting an Enhanced edition with "new story moments" and new language options

By Scott McCrae Published

News No word on the DLC yet

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Halo Campaign Evolved Master Chief near the pelican dropship rear door with other pelicans visible behind on approach to the Silent Cartographer beach
Original Halo art director says "I’m rooting for the team and for Halo"

By Scott McCrae Published

News Marcus Lehto worked on the series until Halo Reach

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