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
Pokemon X & Y's fabled follow-up Pokemon Z was apparently planned all along, as an alleged leaked design document hints at an alternate form for its likely Legendary mascot
By Catherine Lewis published
News Pokemon Z never happened, but at least Legends: Z-A is a thing
With Xenoblade Chronicles X's Nintendo Switch port finally on the horizon, one of the JRPG's last-standing Wii U survivors is already counting down the 3,300 hours until his return
By Catherine Lewis published
News The JRPG won't be stuck on a different console for much longer
Silent Hill 2 art director says no, Tekken's Anna Williams didn't inspire the appearance of Fukuro Lady, it was a "picture from a BDSM magazine that I used to read"
By Catherine Lewis published
News He does seem to acknowledge the resemblance to the Tekken character, though
Monster Hunter Wilds' arachnophobia mode that turns spiders into crawling piles of goo "might be creepier" than the bugs themselves, so fans will take their chances
By Catherine Lewis published
News It affects more than just the spider-like monsters, too
Path of Exile 2's early access launch hit with a 3-week delay, pushing the action RPG back to December: "I'm really sorry, this one really hurts"
By Catherine Lewis published
News It'll now launch on December 6
One World of Warcraft player burned roughly 8.4 million gold by bidding on the MMO's old $475 mount right before a cheaper $90 version came out
By Catherine Lewis published
News That's gotta hurt, maybe
Fortnite is saying goodbye to its various Battle Pass currencies and hello to good old fashioned XP, with rewards soon unlockable no matter what modes you play
By Catherine Lewis published
News Unlocking rewards is about to become way faster
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered tech analysis says that $10 upgrade fee is completely fair: "Too much work has been poured into this to offer it as a free upgrade"
By Catherine Lewis published
News Existing owners of Aloy's debut adventure won't need to buy the whole game again
Manor Lords is getting new maps "soon," but the city builder's dev is clear that only "future expansions" could venture outside the base game's existing European theme
By Catherine Lewis published
News Manor Lords' dev has teased an upcoming mountainous location
With The Witcher 4 on the horizon, CD Projekt CEO teases that he "can't wait" to reveal "more about what the future holds," but only "when the time is right"
By Catherine Lewis published
News The tease comes as The Witcher 1 celebrates its 17th birthday
As Borderlands 2 fan flexes their super-fast loading, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford appears to tease "seamless" Borderlands 4 loading, then refuses to elaborate
By Catherine Lewis last updated
News "Seamless, you say?"
A Helldivers 2 player wrote a whole essay on how it feels to fight bots and almost nobody noticed, but one of the lead devs has responded with an essay of their own
By Catherine Lewis published
News Arrowhead plans to look "more properly" into "how tanky or deadly" bots should be
Former PlayStation boss says Japan Studio's closure "wasn't necessarily" surprising: "When a studio hasn't had a hit for a while, then they forget how that feels"
By Catherine Lewis published
News "You start to forget how to get there," says Shawn Layden
Diablo 4 boss admits the Spiritborn is "going to have some issues that need to be addressed," but "some people don't recognize the difference between 'fix' and 'nerf'"
By Catherine Lewis published
News But "I'm not saying we're doing anything," Rod Fergusson clarifies
Helldivers 2's Democracy Space Station may have been dominating our Major Orders for the last month, but Arrowhead still isn't "going into the details" on it yet
By Catherine Lewis published
News Like the rest of the game, the DSS will "most likely change and evolve over time"
One of Metaphor: ReFantazio's hardest optional bosses has a glaring weakness – itself
By Catherine Lewis published
News This is a great way to cheese one of the hardest late-game side quest fights
It only takes 2 years to become a god: Pokemon Platinum scientist achieves omniscience by beating 4 billion versions of the RPG at the same time with the power of math
By Catherine Lewis published
News Step aside, Arceus
Palworld dev tells haters to "do yourself a favor" and "stop thinking" about the survival game: "Who wants to dedicate time and energy to things they don't like?"
By Catherine Lewis published
News "Vibes"-based Palworld accusations are "particularly silly"
Helldivers 2's army of flying bots has been stopped, but now players face a tough decision - protect the Democracy Space Station or the Terminid version of Jurassic Park
By Catherine Lewis published
News The choice is yours, Helldivers
A Helldivers 2 Xbox release is "not up to" Arrowhead but to Sony and Phil Spencer to "duke out" - but if Sony says no, that's it
By Catherine Lewis published
News It could "hypothetically" happen if "both partners think it would benefit them"
Multiplayer games dominated Steam Next Fest with extraction shooter Delta Force wearing the crown, and even the top roguelike and weird sim are technically co-op
By Catherine Lewis published
News Police sandbox The Precinct is the only fully single-player game in the top 10
Assassin's Creed Shadows' art book is apparently being altered to remove an unauthorized flag from a real-life re-enactment group, despite Ubisoft's previous plans to leave it in
By Catherine Lewis published
News The flag was spotted in the game's concept art back in June
"I couldn't resist": Nintendo legend Takaya Imamura on trying but failing to keep a huge console secret, his hopes for the future of Star Fox, and a lot more
By Catherine Lewis published
Interview Interview | The designer of Captain Falcon, Tingle, and Fox McCloud has a lot of stories to tell
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