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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review – remastered 1997 classic is even more politically resonant now

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PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, Xbox, PC; Square-EnixThis landmark role-playing game remains a revolutionary tour de forceAt first glance, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, first released in 1997 and now available in newly remastered guise, does little to separate itself from other boilerplate fantasy fiction. There is a hero, Ramza – an idealistic nobleman […]

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From final boss battles to the dangers of open-world bloat, TV and film can learn a lot from video games

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In this week’s newsletter: Stranger Things’ climactic showdown is the latest pop culture spectacle to feel like its been ported straight from a console. The industries’ reciprocally influential relationship can be to everyone’s gain• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt had begun to feel like an endurance test by the

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The 15 best Xbox Series S/X games to play in 2026

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This now venerable hardware remains an ideal platform for classics such as Minecraft and daring experiments from the brightest new developersNow surely approaching their twilight years, the Xbox Series S and X machines nevertheless still have plenty to offer both new and veteran owners. We have selected 15 titles that show the range of what’s

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The 15 best PS5 games to play in 2026

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New mind-bending puzzlers, landmark RPGs and furry multiverse adventures await you as the PlayStation 5 enters its sixth yearEntering its sixth year, the PlayStation 5 has built up a formidable library of epic adventures, button-pummelling shooters and even the odd cutesy platformer. So whether you’ve owned the machine for years or only just entered the

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Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95

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Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure in the history of arcade and home gamingIt is difficult to think of a more influential figure in the arcade game industry than David Rosen, who has died aged 95. The co-founder of Sega,

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Roblox, James Bond and a billion-dollar multiplayer – here are our most-read gaming stories of 2025

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In this week’s newsletter: The year’s most popular stories reveal how play, power and politics collided in the past 12 months – and what you’re psyched for in 2026• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWith the best games of the year duly noted (yours and ours), I’d like to highlight

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The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026

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As 007 makes his gaming return, you can climb a mountain in Cairn, play a scaredy-cat in Resident Evil, and play a criminal couple in GTA VILive your mountaineering fantasies and brave the elements in a wonderfully illustrated climbing game. You must carefully place climber Aava’s hands and feet to make your way up a

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Arc Raiders review – pure multiplayer pleasure

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PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5; Embark StudiosThe breakout hit, which has players coming together (or turning on each other) to battle intimidating robots in an apocalyptic future, is worth the hypeArc Raiders is an extraction shooter from Embark Studios – so, a game where you deploy into a map full of other players and do as

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The video games you may have missed in 2025

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Date a vending machine, watch intergalactic television and make the most out of your short existence as a fly. Here are the best games you weren’t playing this year• The 20 best video games of 2025• More on the best culture of 2025PS5, Xbox, Switch, PCHave you ever wanted to romance your record player? Date

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