Scott McCrae

Scott McCrae

Contributor

Scott has been freelancing for over four 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

Castlevania art on a wall with a NES sprite for Simon Belmont seen in Castlevania's 40th anniversary video.
The most underrated Castlevania games could be making a comeback as a Konami teaser gives fans hope for a 3D collection

By Scott McCrae Published

News Although the N64 games and Lords of Shadow 2 may be missing

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Ace Combat 8
Ace Combat 8 Wings of Theve Review: "Soars thanks to thrilling dogfights and a genuinely gripping Metal Gear-like story"

By Scott McCrae Published

Review Turns out fast action, banging music, and big explosions are a good combo

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Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition
Despite everything, Beyond Good and Evil 2 still exists: Assassin's Creed Shadows DLC writer has been working on it

By Scott McCrae Published

News I await its release in 2050

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Yukiko and her Persona from Persona 4 Revival
Persona 4 Revival's new character isn't a Social Link after all, Atlus clarifies

By Scott McCrae Published

News That doesn't rule out new Personas

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Tears of the Kingdom villain Ganondorf looks over his shoulder menacingly
Ubisoft was reportedly working on a new Legend of Zelda game starring Ganondorf, only for Nintendo to shoot it down

By Scott McCrae Published

News It reportedly starred a new character until Nintendo suggested Ganon

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Dylan asleep with a hand touching his shoulder during the trailer for Control 2.
Control Resonant patch fixes issues, but causes headache for PC players who now have to reinstall

By Scott McCrae Published

News The enemies will be less spongy at the end of the download at least

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Psychonauts 2
Double Fine boss Tim Schafer doesn't understand the terrible state of the game industry

By Scott McCrae Published

News "I just assume it's like, someone is being greedy somewhere"

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Best 3DS games - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
As the wait for Ace Attorney 7 continues, Capcom announces a VR port of Dual Destinies

By Scott McCrae Published

News Worst Ace Attorney is still pretty good, mind you... but fans aren't exactly thrilled with a Dual Destinies VR port

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A screenshot of the upcoming PC game, wardogs
Wardogs boss says "games need to cost more" and GTA 6 should've been the game to make the change

By Scott McCrae Published

News Joe Brammer says Rockstar "had a chance to raise the bar and they didn't do it, so we'll keep going round"

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Lucia and Jason lying on sunloungers on the beach in GTA 6
NBA star warns GTA 6 will ruin November sports because players and coaches will be too busy playing to train

By Scott McCrae Published

News "Look at all the leagues and watch them plummet," says Steven Adams

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Xbox Series X/S logo
Looks like Xbox is adding its own version of PlayStation's Platinum Trophy: the Mythic Achievement

By Scott McCrae Published

News The new achievement has been spotted on the Xbox PC app

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Cloud parries a monster in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
Final Fantasy 7 Remake being split in 3 was a risk, director says

By Scott McCrae Published

News Naoki Hamaguchi these are "big risks that you have to take"

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Gears of War E-Day screenshot showing marcus fenix
Gears of War: E-Day director laid off days after completing development as Xbox cuts reach The Coalition

By Scott McCrae Published

News Reportedly, a small number of people have been affected at the studio

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conker live and reloaded showing him looking at the great mighty poo
Activision lost a bidding war to acquire Rare over 20 years ago, and now it's overseeing the studio

By Scott McCrae Published

News Xbox announced the studio's move under Activision as part of its latest reshuffling

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A cartoon Sonic runs across a hill
Sonic boss sees the franchise "like my own son" since the hedgehog is technically older than his human children

By Scott McCrae Published

News Takashi Iizuka also says the 2020 film "changed the course of this franchise"

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Party member Vincent Valentine, who has dark long hair and a red headband, raises a crystal in his hand in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
Final Fantasy 7 Remake series boss doesn't think "a game will ever compare in terms of scale across 3 titles ever again"

By Scott McCrae Published

News To be fair, I don't think many games are as big as three

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Persona 4 Revival screenshot showing Yu, Dojima and Adachi
Persona 4 Revival lead said Atlus wanted "a whole new cast," but one actor is reprising his role from the OG JRPG anyway

By Scott McCrae Published

News Devil May Cry actor Johnny Yong Bosch has been recast as the game's protagonist, however

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Hideo Kojima seen in Xbox's 2026 Tokyo Game Show broadcast.
Hideo Kojima says Xbox had "never seen" anything like Physint

By Scott McCrae Published

News "We've been working on OD with them, so we already had a connection"

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Cai looks up at Dietrich with wide eyes in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave players already found a way to recruit characters much quicker

By Scott McCrae Published

News Big month for people bypassing mechanics in time-based RPGs

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Charlee Fraser in behind the scenes physint footage
Hideo Kojima doesn't know if Physint will release on PlayStation after Xbox picked up publishing duties

By Scott McCrae Published

News Kojima is "still experimenting" with Physint's engine

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A close-up of the poster for the upcoming game, Physint.
Physint budget and deadline issues are "unsubstantiated speculation," Kojima Productions says

By Scott McCrae Published

News "The studio is in a healthy, profitable state," it says

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Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 2 now has the perfect mod, letting us experience the opening in lore-accurate VR

By Scott McCrae Published

News Just like Raiden did

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The hero looks at a giant beanstalk growing out of a house in a lush village in Fable (2027) for Xbox Series X, a possible consequence of player action
Fable lead says "every single member of the team is first and foremost" a fan of the RPG series

By Scott McCrae Published

News Ralph Fulton says the devs have traveled from all over the world, and it "wasn't to work for Playground Games."

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Cloud and Tifa prepare for battle in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
Prepare your hard drives: Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is "probably going to be around 200 GB"

By Scott McCrae Published

News Hope you don't want to play anything else on your Switch 2

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Vincent attacks in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, leaping forward while holding a handgun
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director is "not going to tell you" if the DLC stories are prequels

By Scott McCrae Published

News Although "Vincent & The Turks" can only be a prequel right?

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