Latest articles by Catherine Lewis
An AI is trying to 'teach' itself Pokemon Red after its previous versions weren't smart enough to solve it, and it's very slowly working its way through the Kanto gym leaders
News But can it do it faster than Twitch Plays Pokemon?
Former Wonder Woman comic book writer says "every effort was made" to make the canceled open-world game "a showpiece epic": "It was a dream come true"
News Gail Simone says the Wonder Woman game "had a dream team"
Final Fantasy 14's funniest speedrunning beef continues as runner who lost a world record to its original champ in just 1 day returns, beats record, is promptly dethroned again
News The battle for the Kugane Tower jump puzzle record rages on
Elden Ring and Dark Souls dataminer "overwhelmed" as community clubs together to cover "a looming $15,000 in medical expenses" in a single afternoon
News Zullie the Witch says the community "smashed every expectation I had"
Legendary Pokemon player brings back his most infamous strategy for another massive tournament win: "I don't think I've ever lost a tournament with Perish"
News Wolfey's Perish Trap strategy returned for the Pokemon Europe International Championships
Making an MMO is like "founding a city" says Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies veteran, but his ambitious new sci-fi fantasy game sounds more like a "parallel world"
Interview Interview | We spoke to Raph Koster about his upcoming game Stars Reach, which he hopes will "revitalize" the MMO genre
Persona 4's iconic singer confirms she's "recording for a new game," leaving JRPG fans wondering if a remake is finally on the cards
News Is it time to make history?
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
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
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"
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
News Dinossindgeil's ultimate challenge is finally complete
