Latest articles by Scott McCrae
Battlefield Labs helped developers keep "an open mind" while creating Battlefield 6 after 2042's colossal failure, but "you can't just let players design for you"
News "I've been in the industry for a long time, and I've never seen this kind of methodology being utilized on such a regular basis"
Nintendo announces Pokemon Legends Z-A DLC before the game's even out: Mega Dimension expansion adds "spatial distortions" and makes Raichu the third Pokemon to ever get two Mega Evolutions
News Nintendo also confirmed Mega Evolutions for the Kalos starters
Donkey Kong Bananza is getting DLC that lets you explore DK Island, complete with a new roguelike mode that's available today
News Ohhh banana
Hades 2 finally leaves early access later this month with a timed exclusive console release on Switch 2 and OG Switch
News September 25 here we come
Nintendo confirms Super Mario Galaxy 2 is finally coming to Nintendo Switch next month with the original game returning from its 3D All-Stars purgatory
News They will be available physically as a collection or separately digital
Battlefield 6's anti-tank and anti-air damage has been "tuned" since open beta, lead producer confirms, so your helicopters won't be so easily destroyed by Engineers going forward
News Open classes won't be going away, however
Borderlands 4 narrative lead is "ridiculously proud" of the action RPG's story team, celebrating a whole "lot of f***ing people" who helped create a mercifully less stupid plot
News "I am honestly too overwhelmed by the enormity of it all to take it in"
Lara Croft's French actor pursues legal action against developer Aspyr over alleged AI replications of her work in Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered
News The character's Brazilian actor has also been affected by this, with Aspyr working to remove it
Borderlands 4 Metacritic score ties it as the second-highest rated entry in the looter shooter's mainline series, only losing out to Borderlands 2
News Its current score of 84 also places it just below Tales from the Borderlands
The Borderlands 4 whack-a-mole begins as Gearbox takes down streams ahead of release, while onlookers eyeball performance
News The game is releasing later today in some regions
After 14 years of requests, legendary roguelike The Binding of Isaac finally adds item descriptions in new update: "You can finally read stuff while playing a video game, like some kinda nerd"
News "You might just find this handy if you happen to be one of the few people who, for some reason, has trouble keeping track of every single effect from all 1000+ of them"
Hollow Knight: Silksong will kick your teeth in, but one adorable singing bug makes up for it: "Sherma swimming and singing in the hot springs gives me the energy to get through the day"
News "I've only had Sherma for a day and a half. But if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this room and then myself"
Nintendo finally confirms the first proper Nintendo Direct of the Switch 2 era is coming this Friday
News A Metroid Prime 4 release date is finally within reach (hopefully)
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Legacy of the Forge patch notes reveal Henry can cook eggs again and "fewer drunken NPCs now wander Kuttenburg," but fans find the best changes have gone unannounced
News "Henry can finally take a sh*t"
Metroid Prime 4 gets rated in yet another country as rumors of a Nintendo Direct continue to pick up pace
News The game was announced over eight years ago
Despite directing Resident Evil 2, Hideki Kamiya says "I hate horror," but he still wants to see Hideo Kojima make a game "in the same style" as P.T.
News Kamiya said if not, "maybe I'll give it a go"
"This is an Xbox that goes vroom": Microsoft's quest to make everything an Xbox extends to the road thanks to an LG partnership that brings cloud streaming to vehicles
News My 2019 car has a HDMI port so really they're just playing catch up
Super Mario and Legend of Zelda veteran says "implementing and playtesting is precisely what matters" at Nintendo, where devs don't just "make decisions based on what they see on paper"
News "If you claim you can tell without actually making something, I think that’s just plain arrogance"
Ghost of Yotei won't be too caught up in which Tsushima ending you chose, director says, because "both endings are valid" and the open-world sequel is set over 300 years later
News In fact, Atsu hasn't even heard of Jin Sakai
Team Cherry agrees Hollow Knight: Silksong is a bit too hard in places, with nerfs to a duo of early-game bosses coming in an update "next week"
News If you want to brag forever about beating them pre-patch, you better hurry up
Metal Gear star David Hayter thinks Solid Snake is "misunderstood": "What really draws me to him, and I think what subconsciously draws the audience to him, is his inability to turn away from anybody who needs help"
News "People focus on the fact that he’s a tough guy and that he’s a professional killer"
Legendary former F-Zero and Star Fox dev says Nintendo focuses on small mechanical details that feel "good to play" because "it's all about that direct connection between you and the game"
News Which explains why the stories about Miyamoto's playtests are so bizarre
Switch modder landed with a $2 million fee after settling lawsuit with Nintendo over selling modded consoles and piracy-enabling flash carts
News The modder is also banned from handling, promoting, selling mods or helping others mod their consoles
