Scott McCrae
Scott has been freelancing for over two years across a number of different gaming publications, first appearing on 12DOVE 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

Silent Hill 2 remake dev says he was "afraid there might be no good way" to rebuild the classic game without "archaic solutions and mechanics"
By Scott McCrae published
News "We quickly realized that we are dealing with the memory of the game"

8 years later, Super Mario Odyssey players are still getting awed by the discovery that you can destroy metal crates by turning into a bird and pecking them 200 times
By Scott McCrae published
News We probably could use a new 3D Mario already

Marvel Rivals devs reveal Season 2 is already completed, and that the studio has already completed designs for Season 3 and 4
By Scott McCrae published
News maybe that massive leaked characters list isn't so unbelievable

Japanese locals show that the real-world inspiration for Silent Hill f's new town can be just as scary as the game
By Scott McCrae published
News "When I looked at the game screen, my usual boring walking route had turned into a disturbing and bizarre landscape"

Freerunning experts reckon Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke probably has very bad knees due to his poor climbing etiquette and "crimes against Parkour"
By Scott McCrae published
News "You will be canceled out of any parkour community around the world"

After blowing up on Steam, indie horror hit Repo confirms its first major update will include a new map and a 'duck bucket'
By Scott McCrae published
News You'll be able to fight back against the Apex Predator of Repo

Compare it to FromSoftware all you want, but the devs on this extremely promising hardcore action RPG say they're making "more than just a Soulslike"
By Scott McCrae published
News The First Berserker: Khazan is categorised as a 'Hardcore Action RPG' by its developers

MMO scholar puts a $500 bounty on old versions of RuneScape as part of a community archive project: "You might have ALL of the game's lost versions!"
By Scott McCrae published
News Help preserve the game that brought us 'Buying GF'

"Games are meant to be engaging, not exhausting": Lead dev on promising Soulslike RPG pushes balanced difficulty because "if stress keeps piling up without relief, players will eventually want to quit"
By Scott McCrae published
News The First Berserker: Khazan is already kicking my butt from the demo alone, so that's good to hear

One of the best new Metroidvanias just got a huge update with New Game+ and heaps more content like a boss rush mode
By Scott McCrae published
News Ender Magnolia is also part of the Steam Spring Sale

Can't wait for the No Man's Sky dev's new game Light No Fire? Well, its latest and much smaller game is $1.49 in the Steam Spring Sale 2025
By Scott McCrae published
News If you remember LostWinds you'll want to see this.

One of Hideo Kojima's most overlooked games is under $6 in the Steam Spring Sale 2025 to make the wait for Death Stranding 2 more bearable
By Scott McCrae published
News No MGS2 demo included this time we're afraid

Silent Hill f trailer suggests Konami’s newest nightmare will bring back an iconic weapon central to every game in the franchise
By Scott McCrae published
News Pipe dreams

Pokemon streamer builds a controller so bad that it takes them a full 80 minutes to walk to FireRed's first city
By Scott McCrae published
News We're on the road to Viridian City

Atomfall dev doesn’t understand how massive development teams manage to keep organised: "How do you organize a game that has 2,000 people working on it?"
By Scott McCrae published
News "People who are in charge of the people who are in charge of the people"

Monster Hunter Wilds' new event quest is the best one yet: bully a Chatacabra for "a pile of Hard and Advanced Armor Spheres"
By Scott McCrae published
News How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?

Hideo Kojima left "a number of clues" in the new Death Stranding 2 trailer, including hints of a day/night cycle
By Scott McCrae published
News In my defence these are not very good clues

The fan-made Dreamcast version of GTA 3 is looking way better in the latest look, introducing tech that "would’ve previously been a slideshow"
By Scott McCrae published
News I suppose this is the part where I say, ‘we got GTA 3 on the Dreamcast before GTA 6.’

Devil May Cry and Bayonetta veteran Hideki Kamiya is still leaning on Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami's wisdom at new studio Clovers: "I have always made decisions based on his teachings"
By Scott McCrae published
News You should really play The Wonderful 101 already

Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding's themes of connection came about because "I thought I lost everything when I became alone nine years ago"
By Scott McCrae published
News "I had something very important, which was [a] connection with people"

Ori and the Blind Forest developer is now "fully independent" after "months of negotiation" with what remained of its gutted publisher
By Scott McCrae published
News Moon Studios also revealed a massive update for No Rest for the Wicked

Monster Hunter Wilds dev says the game's success is thanks to an "emphasis on the story," but I think that's only a tiny aspect of it
By Scott McCrae published
News Crossplay was also given a shoutout

Fortnite has had Tomb Raider's Lara Croft locked away in battle pass exclusivity jail for almost 4 years, but she's reportedly getting a new skin very soon
By Scott McCrae published
News How will this affect Big Dill's legacy?
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