Latest articles by Scott McCrae
Obsidian explains Grounded 2 was born from technical limitations of the Xbox One: "This is our opportunity to build the world from the ground up"
News 2 Ground 2 ed
Nintendo Switch 2 is too powerful for asses to handle: 1v1 butt swordfighting game Ketsu Battler is having issues with literal backwards compatibility
News "Your butt will become unexpectedly overpowered"
PlayStation boss Hermen Hulst wants to develop Astro Bot into an enduring series, calling it one of the consoles "most exciting recent successes"
News Bring back Japan Studio
PlayStation is still "continuing to invest in new live services," and has "reviewed our processes" following Concord's failure
News "We have MLB The Show, Destiny 2, Helldivers 2, and these are all really good examples of the type of titles that we're looking to develop"
Fans worry Xbox Game Pass could be due another price increase after evidence seemingly surfaces on the Xbox website, just a month after the latest console price hike
News Who could have seen this one coming...
Mario Kart World could be due a Donkey Kong-themed expansion, fans theorize, with the bizarre lack of DK love in the Switch 2 racer leaving players suspicious
News What do you MEAN the babies get more costumes than DK?
Silent Hill f game director says "it was absolutely critical" for the game set in Japan to not simply "copy" previous titles – it had to "really understand" that horror atmosphere
News The game was born from "a desire to create a Silent Hill with 100% essence of Japanese-style horror"
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is getting online in the form of Fox Hunt – which Konami wants you to know isn't Metal Gear Online: "The landscape of multiplayer games has changed a lot"
News We also got our first look at Snake Vs Bomberman and the return of Secret Theater
The mystery of Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart's final Easter egg has finally been revealed, but Insomniac had to show us itself
News Your reward is an unfinished minigame
Ninja Gaiden 4 devs say "Soulslikes have kind of taken center stage" since the last installment in the series, but "we are going against the trend in that way"
News "When you pick up the controller and you play…It's like, oh, this is Ninja Gaiden"
As Splatoon 3 gets a Switch 2 upgrade, Switch 1 players see a visual downgrade to "reduce differences in game operation speed as much as possible"
News "Certain elements outside the stage and unrelated to battle do not display when battling"
The Outer Worlds 2 director reveals Obsidian "did a full breakdown on Destiny" and sought advice from the Halo team for the sequel's shooting
News "Even before The Outer Worlds 1 shipped, that was one of the things that we knew we had wanted to improve"
Resident Evil Requiem lead thinks the game is even better than Resident Evil 7 and Revelations, which he also directed: "I think this title will make fans the happiest"
News Will it have a character calling Chris a "boulder punching asshole" though?
Xbox boss Phil Spencer shouts out "Nintendo's amazing track record" and the Steam Deck when promoting the ROG Xbox Ally
News "I have found that getting to play my favorite games wherever I am just makes me enjoy them more"
I've played 200 hours of Street Fighter 6, and the Switch 2 version is a perfectly fine companion piece – even if it could never be the ideal platform
Opinion Opinion | It's the perfect game to justify my expensive Pro Controller 2 purchase
Switch 2 sells 3.5 million units in just 4 days to become the "fastest-selling Nintendo hardware ever," and it's already a quarter of a way to the Wii U's lifetime sales
News And that was without Funky Barn at launch
"It looks like Nintendo did a good job" – Sonic boss Takashi Iizuka says Mario Kart World looks more like an action game, whereas Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds "really" focuses on racing and competitive play
News I don't see Minecraft Steve in Mario Kart though
Halo dataminers uncover evidence of a PS5 release coming, days after Phil Spencer hinted at the return of "a classic that's been with us since the beginning"
News Still waiting on that Rare Replay port first, Xbox
No Pikmin games got Switch 2 upgrades, and fans say Pikmin 3 Deluxe is "borderline broken" thanks to crashes, bizarre visual bugs, and screen flickering
News Get mouse controls patched in already
Nintendo announces Switch 2 exclusive Splatoon spinoff via its official app, proving it's very serious about getting you to download Nintendo Today
Also, Splatoon 3 is getting a new update to improve the game's visuals on Switch 2
Mario Kart World players have found the optimal way to unlock every vehicle, and it involves driving slowly behind a pedestrian car for 25 minutes
News Koopas rule everything around me
Gears of War: Reloaded isn't coming to PS5 in Japan because of "regional rating restrictions and platform policies," despite its Xbox and PC releases going ahead
News The original 2006 release was censored in Japan, but did release on the Xbox 360
Deltarune has already been patched 3 times in its opening weekend, with Toby Fox and the team fixing crashes, freezes, and maybe a Geneva Convention violation
News The imagery of a chapter 4 scene has also been changed to avoid a common misinterpretation
