Latest articles by Catherine Lewis
Ex-PlayStation head says the AA middle ground between GTA and indies is "gone," and relying on blockbusters to "get us through" is "a death sentence"
News "I think that's a threat to the ecosystem if you will"
NBA 2K25 is taking notes from Fortnite, becoming a strange new digital platform by offering the only way to play the new game from acclaimed Lego racing devs
News Gravity Ball will be playable within NBA 2K25, but only accessible as a paid add-on
Elden Ring patch 1.16 fixes a number of Shadow of the Erdtree bugs, but good luck figuring out what they are
News The patch notes for this bite-sized update are incredibly vague
Atlus brings the hammer down on Metaphor: ReFantazio spoilers with a new rule prohibiting video thumbnails and titles from ruining the JRPG's story
News Keep those spoilers hidden, please
This nuke-parrying open-world soulslike got a new update just in time for Steam Next Fest, and now players are pulling off moves its solo dev "can't even begin to understand"
News V.A Proxy's solo dev is clearly impressed by players' latest efforts
Metaphor: ReFantazio looks surprisingly good on the Nintendo 3DS, even if it's the crunchiest form of the JRPG you could possibly play
News It works, but at what cost?
Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu is "not retiring" after his next JRPG Fantasian Neo Dimension, but taking more time for "the music I want to make"
News "Everybody calm down!"
Metaphor: ReFantazio rewards JRPG players with buffs and bonuses for using the toilet and remembering to shower
News Your protagonist can get permanent buffs just for having a bathroom break
The single-player breakout of Steam Next Fest so far is an open-world crime-fighting game that looks like the exact opposite of GTA
News The Precinct is already dominating Steam Next Fest's charts
The lawsuit against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, filed by a group of everyday gamers, has reportedly been settled and permanently dismissed
News It was first filed back in 2022
Helldivers 2's massive 63-day overhaul patch is here, bringing an end to a rebalance of "over 70 weapons and Stratagems" while also making certain Terminids explode, for some reason
News Now get out there and deliver managed democracy
Just in time for Steam Next Fest, one of the storefront's most wishlisted FPS games gets a new demo, and it's already surpassed over 20,000 concurrent players
News Delta Force has a demo available for the next week on Steam
Director of stylish JRPGs Metaphor: ReFantazio and Persona 5 isn't excited by "highly polished games that look like they were designed by a bunch of people in a CEO boardroom"
News Atlus' Katsura Hashino clearly values originality and creativity
Rockstar veteran says Red Dead Redemption's PS3 version was "very hard and time-consuming" to make, but it was "easy to write for the 360"
News "It made more sense to lead on the 360 for us"
Enormous Pokemon leak reportedly includes the JRPG series' entire origin myth, alongside a short story that may have ruined Typhlosion forever
News The Pokemon leak may have uncovered some buried lore
The massive Pokemon leak reportedly unveiled the source code for Pokemon Legends: Z-A and the unannounced Gen 10 games
News More alleged information is being unpacked from the enormous Game Freak leak
New JRPG giant Metaphor: ReFantazio beats all Persona games to become Atlus' fastest-selling title and biggest Steam launch
News It's a fantastic start for Atlus' new fantasy JRPG
Valve reminds Steam users they don't actually own a darn thing they buy, GOG pounces and says its games "cannot be taken away from you" thanks to offline installers
News GOG previously said it wants "to ensure your gaming legacy is always in your hands"
Pokemon math goes to the moon as Scarlet and Violet gives us a new max damage record over 2 billion, and it only takes 164 turns and 100 totally-not-dead Pokemon
News Did Smeargle just become the most powerful Pokemon?
How long is Metaphor: ReFantazio?
Guide The time to beat Metaphor: ReFantazio is about 80-90 hours for an average first playthrough
God of War: Ragnarok, Cyberpunk 2077, and Apex Legends are gloriously ugly in new art from devs joining "Blocktober" trend showing how games come together
News Blocktober gives a rare glimpse into the early development of some iconic games
A spiritual successor to Disco Elysium that's "continuing a legacy" of RPGs like Baldur's Gate, Fallout, and Icewind Dale is in the works from Bungie, Rockstar, and ZA/UM veterans
News The upcoming psychological RPG will let you constantly reshape the world with your decisions
Cities: Skylines 2 publisher says players "have higher expectations" today and are "less accepting" that games will "fix things over time"
News "A few games bring in most of the players, and most games are dropped quite quickly"
