Latest articles by Catherine Lewis
GTA veteran says game releases seem "more stressful" now than during the PS2 era, because "not knowing whether you can fix everything in the day-1 patch seems terrifying"
News The era of no day-one patches is long gone now, though
"I'm so glad we never gave up on making this game": Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima celebrates his latest hit's launch with its stars, says "I won't let go again"
News "I will treasure these connections and keep pushing forward"
Deltarune Chapter 3 was originally supposed to be even longer, as the devs "made most of" a third TV Time gameshow round before it was cut
News Toby Fox says the third round "slowed down the pacing too much"
Do not play the new Persona 5 game like it's a Persona 5 game, Persona 5 experts warn: "P5X does not give you a deadline"
News Persona 5: The Phantom X approaches Palaces differently to regular ol' Persona 5
Atlus is still limit-testing the concept of Too Much Persona 5, and its latest spinoff is already its biggest P5 Steam launch ever
News Persona 5: The Phantom X is popular for now
Baldur's Gate 3 dev clarifies that "Karlach's final ending was indeed in response to fan feedback," but Larian was definitely trying to stay clear of Starfield with its early release
News "We always aim for a blue-ocean release"
Nintendo makes a surprise appearance in Death Stranding 2 credits – its motion capture company worked on the PS5 exclusive
News Nintendo Pictures – once Dynamo Pictures – worked on the OG Death Stranding before being acquired in 2022
Step aside, Cow: Mario Kart World's new fan-favorite racer is Spike, a goofy guy with a haunting stare and some fantastic speedy stats
News This is Spike's world, we're all just living in it
Palworld update introduces its Terraria collaboration, fishing, a friendship mechanic, and lets you "sleep together with your Pals," so "stop asking"
News Palworld's big Tides of Terraria patch is out now
As Death Stranding 2 scores make it one of the most popular games of the year, everyone's making the same joke about Hideo Kojima
News Suffering from success
Phantom Blade Zero is "neither a Soulslike game nor a traditional action game," creator says, suggesting that "maybe it could create a new identity" altogether
News Could Phantom Blade Zero be the first official "Wuxia Action" game?
Nintendo seemingly took out an unofficial, paid interactive Mario Kart World app, but free browser versions can help you find all the P-Switches the Switch 2 racing game won't tell you about
News Completionists, rejoice
Infamous Final Fantasy 14 plugin that could enable stalking reportedly hit with a cease and desist, with all player data "permanently and irreversibly deleted"
News Files have been taken down, but concerned players still worry about the larger issue that remains
Borderlands 4 doesn't have a minimap, but it's getting an optional combat radar after all following feedback from "the real fans who sincerely want the best for the game"
News "You made this happen!"
A 3D Mario game for the Switch 2 could be "many years away" as former Nintendo marketing leads also speculate Donkey Kong Bananza is being made by the Super Mario Odyssey team
News "3D Mario is probably coming very late" if the team has been busy with Donkey Kong, they suggest
Toby Fox created a beloved Deltarune villain "a long time ago," and had to abandon many ideas like using an Xbox Kinect and making them dance using a Hatsune Miku animation program
News He also had another idea that ended up looking "tremendously bad"
Elden Ring Nightreign kicks off big boy season with its first souped-up Everdark Sovereign boss, but not everyone loves their limited availability: "Not permanent? Are we for f****ng real?"
News Gaping Jaw just got way tougher
A vital piece of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's story literally came to the RPG's lead writer in a dream: "I realized, 'Oh actually, this story might work'"
News The "final piece" of the story was then given to the team from the creative director's mother
Red Dead Redemption's John Marston actor tries to calm fans down after having "possibly misled" them with his "exciting news" teaser: "I do not make announcements for Rockstar Games"
News Keep your expectations in check
Donkey Kong Bananza features a young Pauline, immediately raising lore implications and many questions about the very serious DK timeline
News Turns out Pauline was the Odd Rock after all
Elden Ring Nightreign's most annoying random event was apparently never meant to be so tricky to deal with, as FromSoft fixes "a bug where the Demon Merchant would spawn near the Night's Tide"
News Elden Ring Nightreign patch 1.01.3 fixes plenty more bugs
Switch 2 owners using Mig Flash cartridges say Nintendo is bricking their new consoles, even if they're only using the carts for their own ROMs rather than pirated games
News Affected Switch 2 users warn that others should think twice about using the flash carts
Mario Kart World's first post-launch patch suggests we somehow weren't getting hit with enough items as it fixes an "an issue where items were no longer able to be used"
News Prepare for even more chaos
