Latest articles by Catherine Lewis
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
You can let fate decide your Pokemon Legends Z-A starter with a random plushie pre-order bonus, just in case you couldn't pick between Totodile, Tepig, and Chikorita
News This is the cutest way to make a decision
Monster Hunter Wilds breaks a Capcom record as the action RPG passes 8 million sales in 3 days, "the fastest a title has reached this milestone in the company's history"
News Capcom puts this down to "continuous global initiatives" like the open beta tests
Devil May Cry and Bayonetta veteran Hideki Kamiya would still "love to make" his canceled dragon action RPG Scalebound: "Let's do it, Phil!"
News Hideki Kamiya is now working on the Okami sequel, but he's clearly still got a lot of love for Scalebound
Pokemon Champions could be the series' "biggest announcement in over a decade," says former world champ, because Nintendo might finally be about to separate competitive play from single-player
News The new PvP battling game could "change the way that Pokemon operates forever," Wolfe Glick believes
Monster Hunter Wilds might be a bit too popular as one indie dev says their sales totally flatlined around the action RPG's launch: "We haven't sold a single game"
News Monster Hunter Wilds has been keeping a lot of Steam users very busy
Steam has doubled in size in just 5 years, as Monster Hunter Wilds' launch pushes it beyond 40 million concurrent users
News Steam first hit 20 million concurrent users in 2020
Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and now Dota 2 fall to Monster Hunter Wilds as it crosses 1.3 million peak Steam players despite 49% positive reviews
News It seems the sky's the limit for Monster Hunter Wilds
Helldivers 2's Galactic War resumes as Arrowhead fixes its broken liberation rates, and High Command insists anyone who saw anything weird "may be suffering from Illuminate mind-influence"
News "Nothing out of the ordinary has happened in the past 24 hours," High Command declares
Monster Hunter Wilds devs "have polished our game as much as possible," producer says, which might not be very reassuring for the PC players experiencing performance issues
News Many players on Steam have been reporting problems with the action RPG's performance
Fortnite is now giving cheaters "second chances" with 1-year bans that allow you to use the battle royale like it's Discord and do absolutely nothing else until you're freed from the void
News Certain lifetime bans that have been in place for over a year will be lifted in April
Monster Hunter Wilds' massive launch is being dampened by "Mixed" Steam reviews, as hunters report "atrocious" performance issues in the action RPG
News Some players allege that the full game runs worse than the open beta version
Pokemon Legends Z-A brings a "series first": Real-time dodges and commands with action RPG energy that makes the whole thing feel way more like the anime
News You'll have to take into account the timing of your moves, their area of effect, and more
Pokemon Champions announced for Switch and mobile, a new PvP competition where you can fight with your Pokemon from older games
News You'll be able to fight alongside your old buddies thanks to Pokemon Home compatibility
Not content with killing the Lord of the Rings and Wonder Woman studio, Warner Bros. may lock its brilliant Nemesis system away in patent jail for another 11 years
News The Nemesis system patent was granted in 2021
Balatro dev says solitaire exists "at the peak of game culture" and was debatably "the most important" inspiration for his poker roguelike
News LocalThunk wanted to create "something new and yet familiar" with Balatro
Weeks after EA said Dragon Age: The Veilguard "did not resonate with a broad enough audience," BioWare's RPG is coming to PlayStation Plus as a free monthly game
News PS Plus subscribers will be able to claim and download The Veilguard at no extra cost in March
