Catherine Lewis
I'm one of 12DOVE's news writers, who works alongside the rest of the news team to deliver cool gaming stories that we love. After spending more hours than I can count filling The University of Sheffield's student newspaper with Pokemon and indie game content, and picking up a degree in Journalism Studies, I started my career at GAMINGbible where I worked as a journalist for over a year and a half. I then became TechRadar Gaming's news writer, where I sourced stories and wrote about all sorts of intriguing topics. In my spare time, you're sure to find me on my Nintendo Switch or PS5 playing through story-driven RPGs like Xenoblade Chronicles and Persona 5 Royal, nuzlocking old Pokemon games, or going for a Victory Royale in Fortnite.
Latest articles by Catherine Lewis

Elden Ring player becomes the first to beat every New Game+ difficulty back to back without getting hit, in an 8-playthrough run that somehow took under 12 hours
By Catherine Lewis published
News That's, on average, less than an hour and a half per hitless playthrough

"A fun example of a bug becoming a feature": Destiny 2 accidentally made Exotic Glaives free to all classes, and Bungie says "we're going to let this ride"
By Catherine Lewis published
News The devs were originally thinking about fixing the bug, but they've changed their minds

Pokemon reaches settlement in lawsuit over mobile game "Pocket Monster: Remake," operators "sincerely apologize" and say they've "learned our lessons"
By Catherine Lewis published
News The game itself has "been completely removed from the market"

Legendary Star Fox and Zelda developer says "having a big, huge budget" doesn't guarantee you'll make a "great game," as the best ones "are down to the best ideas"
By Catherine Lewis published
News Takaya Imamura doesn't think massive budgets are the most important thing when it comes to game development

As Twitch gives streamers 2 months to comply with its new 100-hour storage limit, creators with up to 5,000 hours of content are already struggling: "I'm so cooked man"
By Catherine Lewis published
News The 100-hour limit will be brought in on April 19

The Elder Scrolls 6 sleuths use Starfield math to narrow down the Skyrim sequel's potential release window, and sorry folks, it's still looking like it's ages away
By Catherine Lewis published
News According to these calculations, we still shouldn't expect the next RPG anytime soon

"I don't want to lay off a team I directly led and not include myself": Marvel Rivals game director says it'd be "poor leadership" if he wasn't laid off alongside his design team
By Catherine Lewis published
News NetEase Games has clarified the "core" dev team will still be led by creative director Guangyun Chen and lead producer Weicong Wu

Days after dev layoffs, NetEase confirms Marvel Rivals has surpassed 40 million players, celebrates the company "delivering groundbreaking gaming experiences"
By Catherine Lewis published
News NetEase says its "new hit titles" have "set new industry benchmarks"

Star Fox and Zelda veteran kept seeing Shigeru Miyamoto in his dreams after leaving Nintendo: "I'd start developing a game and then I'd wake up"
By Catherine Lewis published
News Takaya Imamura left Nintendo in 2021 after more than three decades at the company

God of War: Ascension's online multiplayer is still kicking almost 12 years on, but its veterans will destroy you on sight: "Everyone who plays this right now is literally a God"
By Catherine Lewis published
News But one dev says "it's not too late to jump in and check out the PvE mode"

Marvel Rivals developer confirms layoffs to a US-based design team, but insists "we are investing more, not less, into the evolution and growth of this game"
By Catherine Lewis published
News NetEase Games says it was "a difficult decision" to make

A month after the GTA 5 mod recreating GTA 4 was shut down, its modders are now "uncertain if this takedown request is genuine"
By Catherine Lewis published
News The Liberty City Preservation Project was taken down last month

73,000 words of drama about GTA 5 RP mod team's acquisition by Rockstar appear online, with claims that no original devs are left and the project is dying
By Catherine Lewis published
News FiveM has apparently been through a lot of turmoil behind the scenes

No, Marvel Rivals developer NetEase isn't intentionally planting fake leaks to mess with everyone, but its datamined characters aren't guaranteed to appear in the future, either
By Catherine Lewis published
News The devs "would rather spend our time developing the actual game" than catching people out with fake leaks

The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann doesn't have the "confidence" to plan for sequels: "I'm not saving some idea for the future"
By Catherine Lewis published
News Druckmann believes "you're jinxing yourself" if you think about a sequel when you're still working on the first game

After almost 2 years of attempts, Dark Souls legend completes his brutal 7-game "God Run 3": Demon's Souls to Elden Ring without taking a single hit, all at level 1
By Catherine Lewis published
News Dinossindgeil's ultimate challenge is finally complete

As Avowed joins Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity in Obsidian's portfolio of great RPGs, the studio aims to outlive us all by making it to its 100th birthday in 2103
By Catherine Lewis published
News And "yes," they're "serious"

Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart actor and her real-life partner "are finally playing opposite each other" in this gorgeous fantasy action game set in "shattered" London
By Catherine Lewis published
News Tides of Annihilation was revealed during this week's State of Play

Obsidian insisted that Avowed wouldn't have romance, but that wasn't quite true, because there's at least one eligible bachelor, and he's voiced by an iconic Mass Effect heartthrob
By Catherine Lewis published
News Could any more romance plots be hiding that we don't know about yet?

After walking back on Marvel Rivals' mid-season rank reset, NetEase Games is also adjusting ranked rewards to give you more time to grab the free Invisible Woman skin
By Catherine Lewis published
News The Blood Shield Invisible Woman skin can now be earned throughout the entirety of Season 1, not just the first half

The Palworld lawsuit gets more complicated as Nintendo bags a US patent that sounds a lot like one of the reasons it's suing Pocketpair in Japan
By Catherine Lewis published
News The patent seems to describe throwing mechanics like those seen in Pokemon Legends: Arceus

Liberty save us, Helldivers 2 just lost a planet to the deadly black hole we created last year after spaghettifying Meridia, and the singularity is still on a path to Super Earth
By Catherine Lewis published
News Angel's Venture has been torn apart by the Meridian Singularity

As nearly 2 million sales laugh in the face of live-service pushes, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's success "is a reminder" to release "great" games: "High-quality teams need to have the resources and the time to execute their visions"
By Catherine Lewis published
News Warhorse Studios' new RPG "has significantly outperformed our expectations" says Lars Wingefors

If you were wondering where the new Death Stranding 2 trailer was yesterday, it looks like Hideo Kojima is still working on it
By Catherine Lewis published
News While yesterday's State of Play was airing, Kojima teased on social media that he was "editing"

GTA 6 release window may have been narrowed down further thanks to Borderlands 4's September launch and Take-Two boss's hint that the company wouldn't "stack up huge releases unnecessarily"
By Catherine Lewis published
News It now seems rather unlikely that GTA 6 would also release in September
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