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

Tekken loses its third lead in 9 months as director Kouhei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco after 20 years
By Scott McCrae Published
News Producers Katsuhiro Harada and Yohei Shimbori both left in the past year

Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka is "the most miserable person I have ever worked with," says former Sega VP
By Scott McCrae Published
News Mike Fischer says "You can quote me on that"

Civilization 7 and Borderlands 4 had "missteps," Take-Two boss admits, but publisher 2K is still "crushing it"
By Scott McCrae Published
News Strauss Zelnick thinks both games will be "very profitable lifetime titles"

A classic Sonic game is getting a remake according to a former Sega exec
By Scott McCrae Published
News "I've heard that they're remaking Sonic CD," says Mike Fischer

The Crimson Desert patches keep coming as the open-world game gets "approximately 30" new pets
By Scott McCrae Published
News I didn't expect this game to become Nintendogs 3

GTA 6 finally releasing won't lead to a Rockstar staff exodus, Take-Two boss says
By Scott McCrae Published
News Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says "we don't see that in our company"

Mina the Hollower forces Devolver Digital to delay Dark Scrolls, which somehow isn't a Soulslike
By Scott McCrae Published
News "Go play Mina, and I will see you on June 22nd"

Destiny 2 devs are "confident the servers won't crash" for its final update
By Scott McCrae Published
News "We MUST crash the servers. One last time"

Donkey Kong 64 is finally coming to Nintendo Switch Online
By Scott McCrae Published
News They're finally here, performing for you

Generative AI finally sends Hideo Kojima into space in new short film with Death Stranding partner Nicolas Winding Refn
By Scott McCrae Published
News I'm afraid my goat might be washed

Dragon Quest 12 Beyond Dreams announced, replacing the previous version of the JRPG as Square Enix hits the reset button
By Scott McCrae Published
News The Flames of Fate no more

An infamously useless Dragon Quest weapon owes its existence to a Famicom limitation, according to the series creator
By Scott McCrae Published
News It's name contradicts its weakness, but you can thank the lack of Kanji for that

As Pokemon Winds and Waves prepares to launch next year, the whole game series has now sold over 500 million copies
By Scott McCrae Published
News That's 26 million within the last year

Red Dead Online wasn't a "missed opportunity," Take-Two CEO insists
By Scott McCrae Published
News "If we didn't have Grand Theft Auto here at our company, then people would just talk about the fact that we have this massive franchise in Red Dead"

007 First Light's Metacritic score might make the James Bond romp IO Interactive's highest-rated game yet
By Scott McCrae Published
News Second best-Bond is good too, though

Persona 4 Revival and Ace Combat 8 may appear at Summer Game Fest and beyond as a ratings surface
By Scott McCrae Published
News There's also Lego version of Cities: Skylines, which is such a perfect fit I'm shocked it doesn't already exist

Metal Gear Solid 4's Master Collection gets an impressive new showing, confirming that Solid Snake still loves his iPod
By Scott McCrae Published
News You can still sneak about to Snatcher music

Final Fantasy Tactics beat Pokemon when the Mewgenics creators were trying to figure out its combat
By Scott McCrae Published
News "I was still pitching it to Tommy before I left. I was trying to wrap it in a genre that I thought he would be excited about."

Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma was so impressed with Resident Evil 4 that he thought "I should have done it myself"
By Scott McCrae Published
News "I think I can learn quite a lot from RE4."

Zelda boss became part of the series because Miyamoto saw him making his own Zelda-like SNES game
By Scott McCrae Published
News Aonuma would debut in the series as a director on Ocarina of Time

Nier and Devil May Cry leads say "a lot of Korean developers are ahead of Japan"
By Scott McCrae Published
News "I look forward to seeing more kindred spirits like that emerging from Korea in the years to come"

Former Nintendo of America president admits NES and SNES classics were made "to sustain our business"
By Scott McCrae Published
News Star Fox Zero wasn't putting butts in seats apparently

Eiji Aonuma believed it was his "fault" that The Wind Waker wasn't as meaty as other Zelda games
By Scott McCrae Published
News "Originally we were thinking about something bigger"
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