Latest articles by Catherine Lewis
Monster Hunter Wilds players are tricking the action RPG into thinking they completed hunt quests in mere seconds using the power of poison ammo
News This method is cheesier than the action RPG's cheese naans
The first all-new Katamari Damacy game in almost 8 years is trapped in Apple Arcade jail, and I can only hope it follows in Hello Kitty Island Adventure's footsteps to eventually escape
News Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE is all about building a livestreaming career - yes, seriously
The battle to steal the Disco Elysium successor's spotlight continues as former and current ZA/UM devs reveal teasers for their new RPGs simultaneously
News ZA/UM's new RPG is called Project C4
Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy is the star of Sony's leaked AI-powered character prototype, which allows users to ask questions to an unsettling, emotionless version of the protagonist
News Right now, the tech demo is just to show off "what is possible"
Pokemon Legends Z-A's visuals aren't "great" say former Nintendo marketing leads, but hope Switch 2 could allow Game Freak to "go back to the drawing board" and add more detail to future RPGs
News With Legends: Z-A, Kit Ellis thinks "what we're seeing is mostly what we're going to get"
After 423 hours and over 15,000 total deaths, Elden Ring player finally beats Shadow of the Erdtree without the upgrades FromSoftware urged everyone to use: "Never give up"
News 3,469 of those deaths were to Promised Consort Radahn
Manor Lords dev confirms "castles and sieges are now in the works" for the city builder, as well as a new map that could get its own game mode in the future
News But at the moment, the new mode is just a consideration
God of War turns 20 this month, but before you get too excited, Santa Monica Studio says "there are no planned announcements" at its celebratory panel
News Keep those expectations in check
Death Stranding 2 pre-orders are estimated to go live this month, and will reportedly include a $230 collector's edition that I pray doesn't come with another creepy baby statue
News Let's hope this means the release date is coming soon, too
Former Xbox boss admits the company once "encouraged" the console wars, which he believes "were healthy for the industry" as "a rising tide that lifted all ships"
News But it's not "the old days" anymore
Monster Hunter Wilds' next update arrives next week, fixing another progression blocker, crashes, and weird monster behavior
News Patch 1.000.05.00 is set to roll out on March 10
Split Fiction and It Takes Two director still hates microtransactions: "I think it's a huge problem and it's stopping our industry from a creative perspective"
News Microtransactions negatively affect game design, Josef Fares believes
Pokemon's literal god of the universe is almost unstoppable in TCG Pocket – the only thing that can save us is a smiley tree and a concussed dinosaur
News Sudowoodo and Rampardos are here to defend us against Arceus itself with the power of headbutts
"I can't go through [with] this": The weirdest Zelda ad didn't get Nintendo's approval, but it probably happened anyway because the marketing execs were already on-site
News Nintendo had a very different idea of what the commercial would be
Monster Hunter Wilds' motion capture actors look like they have one of the best jobs ever, because yes, there are actual humans behind those monster and Palico animations
News Someone's got to do it, right?
Assassin's Creed Shadows' DLC will take place after the main game's "definite ending" in a "spookier" location, creative director says
News The Claws of Awaji expansion will have "a different vibe" to the base game
Terraria is forever: look no further than its go-to mod tool, which just hit an all-time Steam peak ahead of surely, for real, definitely final update 1.4.5
News The new peak for tModLoader comes almost 14 years after Terraria's release
Loads of NSFW "Hentai" games have disappeared from the Switch eShop, sparking hopes Nintendo is taking moderation more seriously
News Various alternate "editions" of a number of games have been removed
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate villain Minecraft Steve is the star of the "best Smash clip of all time," as genius player makes a literal Trojan Horse to destroy an unsuspecting opponent
News "We got Greek tactics in Smash before GTA 6"
The end is nigh for the 3DS as Nintendo runs out of parts for 2 more models in Japan, with only 1 iteration still accepted for repairs
News Now, only the New 2DS LL is still being accepted for repairs in Japan
Nintendo knows you're waiting for Mario Kart 9, but it still wants you to run a million laps in Mario Kart 8 first
News Time to head to Baby Park
Assassin's Creed Shadows will take upwards of 80 hours for completionists, creative director confirms, and Ubisoft is considering adding New Game+ post launch
News But the main story is between 30 and 40 hours long
I figured Assassin's Creed Shadows' Red Bull collab would just be some naff cosmetics, but it's actually a pair of surprisingly useful gameplay boons for Naoe and Yasuke
News The two collab items can be claimed for free online
