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

Canceled F-Zero sequel and game from Fire Emblem studio are being resurrected next week on Switch 2
By Scott McCrae Published
News Welcome back, Zero Racers and Dragon Hopper

Super Mario Sunshine is finally coming to Nintendo Switch Online for Switch 2 players
By Scott McCrae Published
News I await a renaissance of people realising it actually rules, though

Nintendo fans theorize The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 release date could be already known
By Scott McCrae Published
News I'm almost convinced

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Switch 2 update makes a huge quality-of-life change fans wanted 8 years ago
By Scott McCrae Published
News Less having to mess around in menus is always a plus

Resident Evil 4 and Dragon's Dogma lead's stylish new action RPG gets an October release date
By Scott McCrae Published
News Stupid Never Dies is out on October 21

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 remake rating suggests some changes, with its "suggestive themes" missing
By Scott McCrae Published
News New players may be saved from the trauma of moaning fairies when their parents are in earshot

Co-op game Orbitals will have free friend pass at launch, so only one half of your duo needs to buy
By Scott McCrae Published
News And it allows GameShare co-op with Switch 1

An Xbox outage left physical games unplayable, tech lead says Microsoft is working to make sure that never happens again
By Scott McCrae Published
News "Disc-based entitlement checks should not prevent players from accessing their games," says Scott Van Vliet

Resident Evil beats Final Fantasy to become the best-selling Japanese game series not published by Nintendo
By Scott McCrae Published
News Resident Evil 5 has been unseated from the throne

Hideo Kojima is a "genius," OD star Hunter Schafer says: "We just did mocap not too long ago"
By Scott McCrae Published
News "That was my first experience doing motion capture"

Capcom points to Pragmata's 2.5 million copies sold as it records increase in year-on-year profits
By Scott McCrae Published
News Very pragmatic of it

Xbox is back online, tech lead pledges "we'll do better" so similar failures "can't ruin your night again"
By Scott McCrae Published
News "I care less about the one-line root cause," says chief technology officer Scott Van Vliet

Super Mario Sunshine gets 10-player online co-op in mod that lets you tag-team the GameCube classic
By Scott McCrae Published
News Better Super Mario Sunshine Online brings new life to Mario's most underrated platformer

At 117GB, Final Fantasy 14 is about to be the biggest game on Switch 2
By Scott McCrae Published
News And it's only going to get bigger once Evercold drops

Shigeru Miyamoto was "pleased" to sell the Switch for 8 years as people don't want "the best specs"
By Scott McCrae Published
News "At Nintendo we always offer 'styles of play that only we can create'"

Steam hit Meccha Chameleon made more money than any PC game last month besides Fortnite, data shows
By Scott McCrae Published
News And it's only $5.99

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says "open-world fatigue" is real
By Scott McCrae Published
News "I know I've had the experience where I've been thrown out into an open world game and not known where to go"

Now 73 years old, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto hopes he's still making games in 10 years
By Scott McCrae Published
News "The feeling of 'I hope we can keep going' fits perfectly"

Hideo Kojima isn't planning to blast off to space yet, so he'll "keep on making games" for now
By Scott McCrae Published
News "It wouldn't be good if those dreams just came true"

The original Metal Gear Solid is free to play on Steam this weekend as Konami gears up for Master Collection Volume 2
By Scott McCrae Published
News You can play the greatest game of the 1990s for free

Dev baffled as Valve pauses their Steam release to painstakingly review "untextured polygons depicting ass and boobs"
By Scott McCrae Published
News The dev of Future? No Thanks! has highlighted Steam's awkward process: "I literally had to submit a special build with a 'watch the sex scene' button"

The Super Mario Galaxy movie is directly responsible for Switch 2 releases like Star Fox remake, says Shigeru Miyamoto
By Scott McCrae Published
News It works in reverse, too, though, as Princess Peach Showtime inspired her movie variant

Shigeru Miyamoto questioned if it would "be better to just use Mario" during Splatoon's development
By Scott McCrae Published
News You're a kid now, you're a plumber now
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