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

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

Dying Light 2 has removed stamina use from the game's parkour, and I'm just wondering why this wasn't the case all along
By Scott McCrae published
News Hardcore!

It's happening: a Hollow Knight: Silksong "Special Announcement" is coming this Thursday from Team Cherry
By Scott McCrae published
News It couldn't be... a release date?

Nintendo confirms Kirby Air Riders is out in November, and it's only $70, leaving no question which Switch 2 racer is better
By Scott McCrae published
News Also City Trial is back for those of you cool enough to realize how monumental that is

Mashiro Sakurai says he's making Kirby Air Riders because, well, Nintendo asked him to while he was working on Smash Bros. DLC, ending speculation it was his own doing
By Scott McCrae published
News "You might be wondering why I ended up creating a new Kirby Air Ride game"

Battlefield 6 dataminers uncover launch map that's nearly four times larger than Siege of Cairo, days after beta players kept clowning on Dice for saying "large maps exist"
By Scott McCrae published
News Oh ye of little faith

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet may be getting replaced in VGC tournaments, but the notoriously buggy RPGs had one last, hilarious glitch left for their final World Championships
By Scott McCrae published
News How very The Wrestler (2008) of it

Nintendo confirms a Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct is coming tomorrow and it's going to have 45 minutes of new info on the Switch 2 racer
By Scott McCrae published
News It better show off a new City Tour mode

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto spent an entire New Super Mario Bros. Wii test demo just sliding around with the Penguin power-up, former Nintendo marketing leads recall: "That's all he was doing"
By Scott McCrae published
News "He definitely experiences games in a much different way"

EA reportedly has big plans beyond Battlefield 6, wants to take on Call of Duty with a yearly release but it'll be "five or six years before we get two-in-a-row"
By Scott McCrae published
News "Their goal is; three studios making Battlefield on a three-year basis"

As cult classic GameCube release Chibi-Robo finally makes its way to Switch 2, co-director says he made the platformer "while imagining a 'Zelda but without the battles'"
By Scott McCrae published
News And you'll finally be able to play it officially without spending a ridiculous amount on a second-hand copy

Metal Gear Solid Snake actor says "there's no way" Konami can replicate Hideo Kojima's style, but don't write off another series entry yet: "Will it be the same? No; Could it be amazing? Sure"
By Scott McCrae published
News "When I was a kid, I loved Tim Burton's Batman, and was like, 'that's how Batman should be done.' And then Chris Nolan does Batman, and you're like, 'Oh, that's pretty badass as well.'"

Metal Gear Solid Delta producer views the remake as "both" a companion and a replacement to the OG Snake Eater, but Konami "would like to leave that decision up to the players themselves"
By Scott McCrae published
News Snake actor David Hayter says "I just think it's a different, upgraded version"

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release date reportedly leaks, and it looks like the FPS is the latest to escape Microsoft's $80 price hike
By Scott McCrae published
News Activision is also seemingly sticking to its word to skip the Switch 2 at launch
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