Latest articles by Scott McCrae
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake won't have an upgrade or cross save on Switch 2, making the JRPG's game-key card your only physical option
News The Switch version won't run any better on Switch 2, either
"I know what's coming for Helldivers for the next few years": Arrowhead has a long-term plan for Helldivers 2, but it's still "subject to change"
News "I've been working on this project for years and I have been waiting for some of this stuff since I started with the company"
Chrono Trigger and Xenogears writer "actually hated" video games before discovering Dragon Quest: "That concept really stunned me"
News "I was aware that games had their own value, but for me, reading was the top priority"
Donkey Kong Bananza has a development time to rival GTA 6: "I can tell you that we started developing it after finishing Super Mario Odyssey"
News Gorilla tech takes a while to make
Donkey Kong Bananza's director replayed every game in the series when he was assigned to the Switch 2 game: "That motivated me to incorporate past memories along with new ideas"
News "I wanted to revisit those elements and add a sense of destruction"
Donkey Kong Bananza will have some framerate drops, director admits, but he's fine with that: "We prioritized fun and playability"
News "We intentionally used effects like hit-stop and slow motion to emphasize impacts"
Rockstar Games may have unintentionally confirmed Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 4 re-releases, fans theorize as mysterious new support options are discovered
News Pokemon Let's Go! Bowling
Death Stranding 2 players beg for a "filter" to stop player structures killing the vibe, but others theorize it's all part of Hideo Kojima's master plan: "Should we have connected?"
News "Bravo Kojima"
Stellar Blade and Call of Duty Mobile weren't enough: Nier Automata is adding yet another crossover to its collection as Square Enix finally collabs with Astro Bot
News Only a matter of time until Fortnite comes calling...
Prominent Nintendo Switch piracy site reportedly seized by the FBI "as part of a law enforcement operation"
News The website was reportedly seized in an operation by the FBI and Dutch FIOD
Donkey Kong Bananza has "some similarities" to Super Mario Odyssey since it's from the same dev team, and its core mechanic was already experimented on in the 3D Mario game
News "We realized we really needed to know more about Donkey Kong"
"Gameplay is Japanese developers' strongest suit": Indie developer behind incredible anime FPS series reckons Japanese devs keep flubbing shooters by chasing Call of Duty too hard
News "Japanese developers tried playing in a field that they were inherently not great at, and they failed"
After discourse around Xbox Game Pass being an "unsustainable model," industry analyst says that the likes of Fortnite and Marvel Rivals are a "far bigger threat"
News The live service boom is "sucking nearly half of all gaming hours" on PlayStation and Xbox
As if Switch games weren't already expensive, Nintendo is now getting rid of one of the only ways to get discounted first-party games after already killing off its reward points scheme
News You'll hopefully still be able to bag Metroid Prime 4 with it though
"Star Wars: Battlefront 2 jumped from 135th on the monthly best-selling titles chart in April to 12th in May," analyst says, illustrating the community's efforts: "It ranked 5th across the PC aggregated storefront tracking"
News Battlefront 3 when?
Death Stranding 2 porter commits to an "agonizing" journey, slowly shuffling over a snowy mountain and ignoring all helpful tools on offer, purely for the love of the game: "I prefer this vibe"
News Couldn't be me, but I respect it
Mecha Break lead says "the birth of a child is just the beginning," teasing anime and manga plans despite Mixed Steam reviews over pricey microtransactions
News "I want to develop Mecha Break in various ways as an IP in the future"
Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya says if Dragon's Dogma's director didn't take over his hack-and-slash series, "there would have been no Bayonetta"
News "No way we're losing to this"
Stardew Valley is now Steam's top-rated game, with the farming sim dethroning Portal 2 after 14 years at the top
News Terraria hangs strong at number 3, while Schedule 1 has already appeared in the top 10 above the original Portal
I'm loving Hitman: World of Assassination on Switch 2, but the game's always-online requirement is worse than ever
Now Playing Now Playing | Agent 47 should be at his best, but [Connection failed]
After 3 years of attempts, the Lord of the Rings MMO's "Great Hobbit Run" is finally successful as a band of tutorial-level hobbits make it to Mount Doom, and celebrate by jumping into lava
News "I forget the ring back at the shire so we'll try again next year!"
Death Stranding 2 players could use monorails to bypass cargo limits on big deliveries, but that's way less cool than this two-truck solution devised by an expert porter: "This is genius"
News My muscles, my muscles, involuntarily flex
As Borderlands 4 fans create a skill tree planner months before launch, creative director issues a reminder that "the game isn't done yet" and their builds are "subject to change"
News The planner is only for Vex and Rafa though, so business as usual for the remaining characters
