Scott has been freelancing for over three 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

28 years later, Resident Evil 2 director Hideki Kamiya casually confirms where Leon Kennedy's name comes from
By Scott McCrae published
News A real professional

Former PlayStation boss says "we did not want to make fun of Xbox" in PS4 game sharing video
By Scott McCrae published
News Recent events make the whole video a bit ironic

Despite Crimson Desert's popularity, almost 80% of Steam players haven't made it halfway through the story yet
By Scott McCrae published
News That would explain why I haven't heard a thing about its story

Resident Evil Requiem director teases more "rampaging" in the game's upcoming mini game DLC
By Scott McCrae published
News "Please sharpen your tomahawk and wait."

The Last of Us Online was "the best multiplayer game" many Naughty Dog devs had "ever played," ex game director says
By Scott McCrae published
News Vinit Agarwal pledges he's "never going to let what I work on not see the light of day again"

Valve veteran says Slay the Spire 2 "may not be perfectly balanced yet," but it will be eventually
By Scott McCrae published
News The OG Slay the Spire is "number one in my heart"

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag lead writer "wrote 2 new scenes" for Resynced
By Scott McCrae published
News Let's hope it lands for the fans, too

The Last of Us Part 2's major death "was controversial internally too," says former Naughty Dog dev
By Scott McCrae published
News You know the one

Metal Gear Solid's Snake actor admits he didn't understand all of its story while recording
By Scott McCrae published
News "I'd be like, 'What does this mean?' and they'd say, 'just say it.'"

Resident Evil Requiem has sold 7 million copies sold in under 2 months
By Scott McCrae published
News "Welcome to 7m Leon"

Larian keeps a reminder of Baldur's Gate 3 breaking Steam, hopes Divinity will "absolutely demolish" Valve's storefront
By Scott McCrae published
News And that was at Early Access – the game would later go on to reach over 800,000 more players for its actual launch

Metal Gear Solid's Snake actor didn't want to sound like the character Hideo Kojima took inspiration from
By Scott McCrae published
News Escape from Escape from New York

Palworld lead completes Crimson Desert, says only The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind has a comparable "sense of wonder"
By Scott McCrae published
News "I still have like...20hrs+ worth of side missions still available to do," he says

Hideo Kojima's games have something other AAA titles don't, former PlayStation boss says
By Scott McCrae published
News Shuhei Yoshida says with most AAA games, "it's really hard to tell who is the creator"

Vampire Survivors deckbuilder is already Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam after 4,000 reviews
By Scott McCrae published
News Vampire Crawlers is off to a strong start

Nintendo kept finished games in a "vault" while it waited for a "gap" to release them, says former marketing lead
By Scott McCrae published
News Although they speculate it may not be the case for Switch 2

Mewgenics co-creator says "it's crazy" there are secrets that people still haven't found
By Scott McCrae published
News Especially since The Binding of Isaac's secrets were instantly spoiled by dataminers.

Releasing PlayStation games day one on PC isn't "a good strategy" for its AAA titles, former Sony head says
By Scott McCrae published
News "If they are changing, it's going to be interesting how they are able to maintain the investment on the big budget games on the first-party side," says Shuhei Yoshida

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced price leaks ahead of official reveal
By Scott McCrae published
News Let's hope it's justified

Shigeru Miyamoto wants to keep The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's Princess Peach backstory changes canon in future games
By Scott McCrae published
News But personally, I can't see this ever actually coming up in a game

Hideo Kojima said Half-Life had a "kind of soul" which Japanese games lacked, and Metal Gear Solid 2 was inspired by it
By Scott McCrae published
News The story resurfaced after Kojima visited Valve HQ this week

Final Fantasy 7 icon Tifa is rumored to join Street Fighter 6, stealing Tekken fans' most-requested guest fighter
By Scott McCrae published
News A grain of salt that could lead to mountains of it

Hideo Kojima sparks Xbox Project Helix speculation as he meets execs to pose with a mysterious box
By Scott McCrae published
News It's a bit too small
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