
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 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

RPG veteran behind Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma wants his next game to combine "the best of everything he’s worked on," but does not want it to be a Soulslike
By Scott McCrae published
News "I appreciate their contribution but I’m not going to create the same thing"

Atari has picked up five Ubisoft games to bring to modern platforms, including its attempt at Resident Evil's crown
By Scott McCrae published
News More importantly, Tetsuya Mizuguchi's spiritual successor to Rez is finally going to be free from its PS3 / 360 jail

The Switch 2's controversial game-key cards prove to be a preservation nightmare as Japan's national library refuses to use them
By Scott McCrae last updated
News It's almost as if they are bad alternative to physical games

Architect of Sony's disastrous 'live-service push' says failures are good actually, because now there's "more rigorous and more frequent testing"
By Scott McCrae published
News "I don't want teams to always play it safe, but I would like for us, when we fail, to fail early and cheaply"

Hideo Kojima says he wants to "take it easy" as he gets older, but he still "intends to continue creating things for as long as I live"
By Scott McCrae published
News Kojima celebrated his 62nd birthday over the weekend

One of the reasons Hollow Knight: Silksongs developers got to have so much fun making it despite taking 6 years is that it's a 2D game
By Scott McCrae published
News They yearn for the PS1 sidescroller

As scholars analyze every frame of Donkey Kong Bananza for lore implications, the game's director says "please enjoy it without thinking too deeply about it"
By Scott McCrae published
News That sign can't stop me because I can't read

Konami veteran says the goal with Metal Gear Solid Delta was to let new devs "figure out" how to make a Metal Gear so they can eventually "carry on the legacy on our behalf"
By Scott McCrae published
News "But also give them a chance to experience the game themselves"

Metal Gear Solid Delta is so accurate that the guards will still give you secret codes for a PSP game you can't officially buy anymore
By Scott McCrae published
News Please be a teaser for Metal Gear Acid in the next collection

Metal Gear Solid Delta contains a remake of a minigame not seen since the PS2 releases, with Metal Gear Rising developer Platinum Games taking charge of it
By Scott McCrae published
News Guy Savage has been Delta'd

During development, Hollow Knight devs kept costs low with leftover lunches at their tiny office, and then the game sold 15 million copies: “My dad would sometimes pop up and give me $20"
By Scott McCrae published
News 12 million of those copies were sold after Silksong was announced

Record-breaking Battlefield 6 beta stats confirm two universal truths: the new revive system is great, and that shotgun was ridiculous
By Scott McCrae published
News The system was great, but the players using it were slacking

Black Ops 7 lead says FPS fans are "eating" thanks to the head-to-head release with Battlefield 6, "but if you want maximum variety..." play the new Call of Duty game
By Scott McCrae published
News "I think because we've been working on Black Ops 7 for so long. It has a really strong vision"

Hollow Knight Silksong release date set for September, for real this time, ending a 6-year wait that's seen the Metroidvania fandom melt down into puddles of "Silksanity"
By Scott McCrae published
News It's happening!

Nier Automata’s infamously quirky creator Yoko Taro has been an enigma for years, and now the legendary RPG veteran is getting an entire book filled with interviews that are sure to be unmissable
By Scott McCrae published
News It's launching on Kickstarter next month

Metroid Prime 4 has been rated by the ESRB, sparking hopes Nintendo is announcing a release date soon
By Scott McCrae published
News It's taken longer than Silksong

Donkey Kong Bananza's baffling default button settings were suggested by Shigeru Miyamoto himself
By Scott McCrae published
News What do you mean B doesn't jump...?

All PS5 prices are going up $50 in the US starting tomorrow, Sony announces: "We continue to navigate a challenging economic environment"
By Scott McCrae published
News Accessory prices remain the same for now

After the series riffed on Pokemon Go and Minecraft, former Dragon Quest producer says he left Square Enix after growing frustrated with "safe" spinoff proposals that were "copying others"
By Scott McCrae published
News He's currently developing an asymmetrical multiplayer prison break game called Pritto Prisoner, in which you use "poopie and peepee" powers

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight's website says it'll only have "seven playable characters" but I wouldn't worry just yet
By Scott McCrae published
News That probably means playable in the campaign

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4's four campaigns are all "bigger than the campaign in the first Dawn of War," and thanks to the RTS's branching missions you won't even see all of it in one run
By Scott McCrae published
News More like dawn of four campaigns

The best part of Ghost of Tsushima is back: Sony confirms Ghost of Yotei Legends DLC is coming next year with 4 classes and new co-op missions
By Scott McCrae published
News The multiplayer mode is dropping as free DLC next year

The Outer Worlds 2 shows off its roster of companions and ruins the day of many a RPG fan by immediately saying "no, you can't sleep with them"
By Scott McCrae published
News No snu snu for yu yu
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