Latest articles by Scott McCrae
Hit Chrono Trigger-inspired indie RPG Sea of Stars "was about 7 times more successful than we anticipated from the best sunny day scenario," say devs
News The game has amassed over six million players
Being in first in Mario Kart World is now even more dangerous as update 1.2's tweaks to the item pool are leaving racers defenseless
News You can now get a Coin and a Coin Block together, so good luck keeping that lead
Hades 2 fans get their hopes up for a 1.0 release date as Supergiant accidentally updates the roguelike with Steam achievements ahead of Nintendo Direct
News The series known for shadow dropping everything could be shadow dropping again
Monster Hunter Wilds players now have 8 fan-made weapon designs to vote on, and if the shattered mirror Great Sword doesn't win, what are we even doing here folks?
News There's also an incredibly inspired take on the Insect Glaive that almost makes me want to pick up the weapon
"Only Nintendo had a guaranteed profit" from NES games according to a former Street Fighter producer: "Capcom's profits skyrocketed with the switch from cartridges to discs"
News The cartridge system "really only benefited Nintendo"
Most of the best-selling PS5 games of the last few months are actually Microsoft games, with Forza Horizon 5 and Oblivion Remastered leading the way
News Call of Duty and Minecraft continue to be popular, while Doom and Indiana Jones also had strong debuts
Mario Kart World update 1.2 seemingly speeds up the Switch 2 racer and finally addresses intermission track complaints, but getting classic 3-lap races online doesn't seem to be much easier
News Still no Funky Kong either
Former The Last of Us artist says "ultra realism slows everything down" when it comes to game development, and "chasing" it has "negatively affected many"
News Makes sense when you look at how long Naughty Dog games are taking
Battlefield 6's skins have apparently leaked, and EA appears to be steering clear of Fortnite and Call of Duty's wacky collaborations for now with no crossover cosmetics in sight
News I'm sure the Hulk Hogan skin will be arriving within the first year, though
After 6 years, Hollow Knight: Silksong fans are so used to silkposting on Reddit that they can't quite believe the Gamescom demo is real: "I will never heal from the emotional pain that sub inflicted on me"
News "Bait used to b- holy s**t this is real"
GTA veteran says "in some ways I would have liked GTA 4 to be a bit more like" Saints Row 2, with Rockstar Games taking a more "serious" tone with its series than its rival
News "Saints Row continued with over-the-top fun"
"Borderlands is already bats**t," says Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford, so why should Borderlands 4 "care about the laws of physics" with new movement tech
News "What if we just freed ourselves and found the most fun way to maneuver around?"
Donkey Kong Bananza can be beaten without collecting a single banana, meaning the "Potassium Deficiency%" speedrun is entirely possible
News If you're the type of sicko who would deprive an ape his bananas...
As rumors of a 30fps GTA 6 begin to swirl, Rockstar Games veteran says "you might prefer the visual details" offered by a lower frame rate anyway: "It's a trade off"
News I didn't realise we were expecting it to hit 60fps...
Donkey Kong Country's DK designer is once again defending Bananza's redesign: "I'm not sure why I even made him brown – the gorilla I based him on was gray"
News "Looking at my original character, his color palette wasn't good"
Donkey Kong Bananza's Pauline sometimes gets confused about fruits: "We love an occasional girlfailure who eventually grows up to be a bonafide girlboss mayor"
News "She's a little confused but she's got the spirit"
Deadlock fans in shambles after Valve dev issues a classically Valve update for its new MOBA: We see you're "really hyped up for an imminent update," but it "won't be coming for some time"
News "We are very excited to get it out but it isn't ready yet"
No, Ghost of Yotei won't force you to swap weapons, even if you should, as the open-world game "would like players best to learn to switch weapons"
News "If you want to play with just two swords in each hand because it looks cool, you can play through the whole game that way"
Super Mario Party Jamboree's Switch 2 edition fumbles the bag, limits visual and performance upgrades to Jamboree TV and leaves the base game without
News "This is so quintessential Nintendo"
Risk of Rain 2, now under Borderlands house Gearbox, vows to take "full responsibility" for AI art it calls a "mistake" – "We are sending the designer to the Void Fields as punishment"
News "The new Acrid was real. You will see him again soon."
Like Link and Zelda, Nintendo insists Mario and Peach are just "good friends" and anything else is just Mushroom Kingdom gossip, so I guess 30 years of kissing means nothing to you
News Good news for the Rosalina x Mario shippers
"So much of DOOM’s soul is down to heavy metal": FPS legend John Romero says "without Ozzy and Black Sabbath, I am not sure it would have been the same"
News "Metal gave a voice to a whole generation of kids that didn’t fit in for one reason or another"
In honor of Ozzy Osbourne, Double Fine is giving its heavy metal action game Brutal Legend away for free for 666 minutes
News The game features three Black Sabbath songs and three of Ozzy's solo tracks
