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The 7th Guest Remake Review – a spirited reboot of a ghost story classic

Adventure games, ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Puzzle games, Xbox

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Vertigo GamesThis clever update captures the 1990s magic of the original… including some of the technical issuesThe 90s were a gold rush for adventure games. LucasArts kicked off the decade with its legendarily irreverent Monkey Island games. Then, Cyan Worlds materialised to deliver a series of atmospheric and boundary-pushing […]

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Eight trends I’ve noticed from watching hour of livestreams from Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and more

Action games, ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Nintendo, PlayStation, Role playing games, Xbox

From horror galore to Chinese action games and YRK nostalgia, the key trends, trailers and surprises from the Summer Game Fest• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereDid you spend hours of your weekend watching a relentless series of video game adverts? No? I don’t blame you – Summer Game Fest,

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They expect you to die! The history of James Bond video games, from the good to the bad to the downright ugly

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Casino Royale, Culture, Games, GoldenEye, James Bond, Quantum of Solace

Interactive takes on MI6’s globetrotting spy have been around almost as long as the films, but that doesn’t mean all of them were a success. Here’s 007’s chequered past of hits, flops and oddities‘The enormity of the idea helped me’: how Patrick Gibson became gaming’s new James BondBond finally arrived in an official video game

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‘The enormity of the idea helped me’: how Patrick Gibson became gaming’s new James Bond

Action games, Adventure games, ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, James Bond

As Hollywood searches for its next iteration of the superspy, the actor explains how he earned pop culture’s most sought-after role – and how he’s taking 007 back to basicsThey expect you to die! The history of Bond in video games, from the good to the badIs any acting gig more contested than James Bond?

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Summer Game Fest highlights: 34 new video games to look out for, from Alien Isolation to Crazy Taxi

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, Steam, Xbox One

Hundreds of video games were shown at June’s annual bonanza. After watching more than 15 hours of showcases, our video games editor picks the highlightsThe sequel to a revered 2014 horror game from British developer Creative Assembly: this time you must evade the xenomorph on the surface of a storm-ravaged colony world. Continue reading…

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Artists are making ‘anti-slop’ to rebel against AI: ‘It’s been rammed down our throats’

Advertising, ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), art, Art and design, Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Media, Technology

In response to AI’s hyperrealism, artists and creatives are gravitating toward the homespun and imperfectEarlier this year, a group of film-makers, commercial directors and AI industry influencers gathered in New York City for the Runway AI Summit – a daylong hype-fest, trumping up the potential of this new technology. During one talk, Rob Wrubel, co-founder

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Goals review – disruptor football game attempts to smash the competition

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Football, Games, Mobile games, PC, PlayStation 5, Sports games

Released just before the World Cup kicks off, this upstart football game is positioning itself as a credible alternative to EA Sports FCThis month something extremely unusual happened in the video game world: someone launched a new football game. It used to be that the market could support a vast array of contenders, from arcade

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Spyro the Dragon returns with a new game after almost two decades

Adventure games, ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Retro games

90s PlayStation fans, rejoice: California studio Toys for Bob is making Spyro: Realms Beyond, intended to ‘inspire love, joy and laughter’As the gaming mascots of millennial childhood have been resuscitated one by one for a nostalgic audience, one has remained notably absent: 1990s PlayStation hero Spyro. A new game starring the purple dragon was announced

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