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

Monster Hunter Wilds' new event quests give you an even better way to farm Decorations, and a brand new headpiece
By Scott McCrae published
News Don't be fooled, she's just a regular Rathian... But she's got a new hat!

"Valve knows it, I know it, and you need to know it": Steam expert tells indie devs to "give away" demos, because actually playing a game beats all other marketing
By Scott McCrae published
News It's not until you get your demo that you get your visibility. So get that demo playable."

After a year of trying, Zelda: Majora's Mask streamer becomes world's first to pull off randomized no-hit run where even blocking causes a game-ending Mooncrash
By Scott McCrae published
News Presumably the next run will be blindfolded if they want to top this

The Witcher 3 devs' new vampire RPG introduces new enemies - and even the devs are calling them "annoying little b*******s"
By Scott McCrae published
News The spiritual successor to Nekkers looks to be on the way

WoW Classic might be getting a legendary weapon that's been the subject of rumors in the MMO's mainline version for 20 years
By Scott McCrae published
News It was foretold by Salzman in accounting

Hades 2's 1.0 release date is still a mystery, even to its devs: "Whenever that will be"
By Scott McCrae published
News I instead am choosing to delude myself that a surprise launch is on the way soon

The Assassin's Creed Shadows metacritic score is here, and it's level with Valhalla
By Scott McCrae published
News But behind Assassin's Creed 3

Saber CEO knew Space Marine 2 would be a success after playing it for over 300 hours, but he was still surprised when it sold 6 million copies
By Scott McCrae published
News “I was betting on something that I played. I played it for over 300 hours"

Palworld dev revisits "totally not real, or maybe real" dating sim Pocketpair teased last year, fully aware of furry fandom: "There is a very large and very vocal community of passionate individuals"
By Scott McCrae published
News It's like Hatoful Boyfriend with guns

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
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