Latest articles by Catherine Lewis
"Who tf bought the damn 40k $ boat": Where Winds Meet fans can only stand agape as one MMO whale drops enough money for a real car on an in-game mount within a week of launch
News The Mirage Boat doesn't come cheap
Ubisoft says Tencent's $1.3 billion investment in its new Assassin's Creed-focused Vantage Studios is "imminent," in a move that will "accelerate the growth of our 3 flagship IPs"
News The deal is "on track to close in the coming days"
To get GTA on Xbox, Microsoft had to convince Rockstar that its console wasn't "going to be a flop," former exec says
News Bringing GTA to Xbox was "a big moment," says Peter Moore
GTA 6 developer Rockstar is "a machine" in "an industry rife with work exploitation, unfair practice, and unreasonable working conditions," protesters say after recent firings
News Protesters urge "people to think of the human cost"
Arc Raiders update nerfs a gun "capable of outgunning full squads" and may answer a fan who asked Embark to let them show off 600+ rubber ducks: "Your Raider Den has been ducked out"
News The Venator has been nerfed, but the duck update feels far more important
Steam Machine is "Microsoft's worst nightmare" according to analysts, and one day Xbox games might be more beneficial to Valve than their own publisher: "Xbox console sales have really struggled"
News Well, that's ominous
Half-Life 3 "would register on a GDP level" as a Steam Machine launch title, but "Valve doesn't need a Half-Life-sized spectacle to sell hardware," analyst says
News Analysts tell us Steam Machine exclusives are very unlikely, but that's not to say that Half-Life 3 wouldn't be a hit
Chaos hits Battlefield 6 as update leaves support players with "busted" defibrillators that only work some of the time: "I let at least 4 teammates die because I couldn't get the defib to register"
News Thankfully, one dev confirms the issue is being investigated
Borderlands 4's "most insane glitch" yet lets you break every character's skill tree and changes "the build meta for every build," swiftly catching the attention of Gearbox: "We're on it"
News Make the most of it while you can
Steam Machine price "will not be cheap," with analysts predicting anywhere between the "mid-five hundreds" and $1,000, as Valve "can basically do what it wants"
News But some think even Valve won't know what it wants to charge just yet
Steam Machine is "a console that refuses to admit it's a console," analyst says, but "Valve isn't trying to beat Sony or Microsoft at their own game so much as rewrite the rules"
News Analysts don't necessarily see the Steam Machine as a PS5, Xbox Series X, or Switch 2 rival
"Another rigged year:" Former FPS pro Shroud responds to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 getting a Game Awards GOTY nomination over Arc Raiders, says "the world is just not ready for AI in video games"
News He also questions "who the f*** is playing" GOTY nominee Donkey Kong Bananza
Cities: Skylines 2 is getting a new developer as publisher Paradox turns to a new studio, 2 years after the city builder's messy launch with no console release in sight
News The new devs "can't wait to show you what we have planned for the next chapter of this incredible game"
Helldivers 2 boss argues Arc Raiders' AI use "actually makes gaming better" and that "people jump to extreme takes" about the tech: "Surely there's a middle ground here"
News "Let's just make sure that people are paid for their work," he says
Arc Raiders sets another Steam record for a third weekend in a row, surpassing 481,000 concurrent players despite competition from Call of Duty and Escape from Tarkov
News Embark Studios' latest shooter just keeps growing
"Rockstar delaying GTA 6 is a flex": Analyst says the studio's "most valuable currency" is anticipation, so Take-Two is strategically polishing its $2.7 billion project
News "In an era of rushed live-service fatigue, Rockstar's commitment to 'finished games' is both retro and radical"
"We really don't see any force that could stop GTA 6": Not even multiple delays and angry employees can prevent Rockstar from making GTA 6 the "gaming event of the decade," experts say
News An immovable object meets an unstoppable GTA 6
"Going against GTA 6 for such games would be suicide": GTA 6 delay is bad for everyone except Rockstar, as analysts predict major devs will avoid a 2026 winter release like it's rancid
News Get out of GTA 6's way
Nintendo will "never position" itself as a direct PlayStation competitor regardless of the Switch 2's third-party games, former Nintendo of America president says: "It's not in their DNA"
News But he "absolutely" thinks there's a player base there for those AAA third-party games to come to Switch 2
Arc Raiders improves duo matchmaking and is reducing some cosmetic prices after backlash, with players to receive compensation if they already spent their hard-earned Raider Tokens
News "We have heard your feedback," Embark says
Huge Outer Worlds 2 patch includes over 350 fixes and changes, including a niche addition that may be a direct response to a disappointed player on Reddit: "Really cool they did that"
News Crashes have been fixed, and players' eyebrows should no longer disappear in certain circumstances
Playing Final Fantasy 7 "scared" Baldur's Gate 2's writing lead into adding romance to the RPG series: "These guys kicked our ass"
News "This is how a game should be"
Nintendo Switch 2's underwhelming opening lineup had former president Reggie Fils-Aimé stumped: "I scratched my head a bit"
News But he admits he "underestimated" the "compelling" enhanced Switch 1 content
