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
World of Warcraft director says leaning on games like Warcraft 3 to make the MMO's most iconic villains means that Blizzard has "struggled" to create new bad guys since
By Iain Harris published
News The Worldsoul Saga is here to "build up a threat and give it the time that the story deserves"
Star Wars Outlaws devs say keeping the open-world game "authentic to the original trilogy" was "very important" and required "a lot of special care"
By Catherine Lewis published
News "We wanted it so that if you play Outlaws you feel as if you are stepping into those movies"
The Borderlands series' "most valuable Shift Code" ever is now available for everyone, all thanks to genius fans cracking a secret code that I'm baffled was solved so fast
By Catherine Lewis published
News Get your hands on some sweet loot
The ultimate Pokemon Emerald completionist is finally ready to tackle the first gym after 20 months of hunting shinies for a challenge so brutal even using a bot barely helps
By Catherine Lewis published
News They can finally move on after finding a second 1-in-819,200 acorn
Nier creator Yoko Taro says Persona devs' new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is "so stylish I almost wet myself," and no, he "didn't get any money" to say that
By Catherine Lewis published
News Those menus really are stunning
Metaphor: ReFantazio feels like Persona and Fire Emblem had a baby, and after 1 hour I'm already dying to find out what happens next
By Catherine Lewis published
Preview Preview | The opening of Atlus' new JRPG is so good it almost brought me to tears
It's taken years, but Banjo-Kazooie fans have finally finished decompiling the code of Rare's classic 3D platformer, paving the way for new community experiences
By Catherine Lewis published
News But where will the community go from here?
Open-world dress-up game Infinity Nikki feels like the perfect chilled out adventure, and I already worry about how many hours I'm going to spend in its photo mode
By Catherine Lewis published
Preview Preview | I need to copy this girl's entire wardrobe
Visions of Mana has only been out for a day, but its developer has reportedly lost most of its staff and is at risk of shutdown
By Catherine Lewis published
News Ouka Studios has reportedly been hit with layoffs
The 3DS and Wii U era gets another nail in the coffin as Nintendo stops repairing New 3DS consoles in Japan
By Catherine Lewis published
News This comes less than two months after Wii U repairs stopped in Japan, too
After 967 deaths, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree player takes the 'no Scadutree blessing' challenge to the next level by beating the entire DLC on uncapped NG +1,000
By Catherine Lewis published
News Enemies could deal "millions" of damage
Final Fantasy 14's controversial Viper changes were a hot topic within the dev team, too, as Yoshi-P admits the alterations were being considered "right until the last minute"
By Catherine Lewis published
News The battle director had been "quite torn" about making a certain adjustment
Balatro's Witcher 3 collab came to life thanks to a senior CDPR employee "getting many colleagues on board" with the hit indie roguelike
By Catherine Lewis published
News Balatro's new Witcher cards were created in-house at CD Projekt Red
Shadow the Hedgehog is "not Vegeta in any way," and is "not friends with Sonic," his creator says
By Catherine Lewis published
News "Shadow is not like that. I never want him to be like that"
Shadow the Hedgehog co-creator says Sonic 3 is a "really, really good movie"
By Emily Garbutt published
News The threequel has Takashi Iizuka's seal of approval
Stalker 2 will be enjoyable to new and returning players, because even its protagonist doesn't know what's going on
By Catherine Lewis published
Preview Preview | Every player experiences their own story, and mine apparently starts with me dying a lot
In just 30 minutes, Monster Hunter Wilds sold me on the action-RPG series I've never played
By Catherine Lewis published
Preview | I can't wait to beat up more giant frogs
Life is Strange: Double Exposure won't let you "take a second stab" at tough decisions, but will tease you with what could've been
By Kaan Serin published
News Two timelines mean you can peek into "The Road Not Taken"
Life is Strange Double Exposure devs on bringing back Max: "everybody now has the Max in their heads that we have to compete with"
By Heather Wald published
News "It's definitely something we thought about a lot"
Legendary roguelike Dead Cells gets its final update after 7 years, with new mobs, weapons, accessibility options, and more
By Catherine Lewis published
News It's the end of an era for Dead Cells
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