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Mario Tennis Fever review – serving up banana peel-laced multiplayer chaos

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Nintendo Switch 2; NintendoThis ruthlessly competitive game will have everyone from your granny to semi-pros trying to set fire to their opponent’s side of the court with powered-up ‘fever rackets’Tennis has been a regular hobby of Mario’s for the past 30 years, beginning with the headache-inducing Mario’s Tennis on the Virtual Boy and most recently […]

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The Winter Olympics feel like a 90s snowboarding game, and I’m here for it

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Milano Cortina has cutting‑edge replays, chase‑cam drones and exuberant commentary bringing a wave of unexpected nostalgia for anyone who grew up on 90s extreme‑sports games• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAs someone whose childhood holidays consisted of narrowboating along the Grand Union canal or wandering the harbour-side at Whitby looking

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‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront

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Multiple game creators describe ineffective moderation on the platform, resulting in unchecked hatred in forums and targeted campaigns of negative ‘anti-woke’ reviewsFor years, the gaming storefront Steam has let abuse and bigotry pass through its moderation, according to players and developers who use it. The platform is now host to reams of content that violate

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Canada school deaths suspect created shooting simulator on gaming platform

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Roblox says it has removed account after massacre that left nine people including the shooter deadThe 18-year-old suspect in a high school shooting on Wednesday in British Columbia had previously created a mass shooting simulator on the gaming platform Roblox, it has been revealed.The simulator, set in what appeared to be a virtual shopping mall,

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What is Pokopia? Inside the calming Pokémon game that ditches battles for gardening

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We explore the cosy world-building spin-off with Game Freak’s Shigeru Ohmori and his fellow developers – and learn how it began with a Pokémon-hunting dreamPokémon is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, and everybody knows what to expect from these games by now. The concept is simple: head into a cartoonish paradise full of whimsical

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Reanimal review – you will never turn your back on a pelican again as long as you live

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PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Switch 2; Tarsier StudiosChildhood terrors come to wretched life in a grim fairytale of a puzzle-platformer that’s as beautifully macabre as it is hard to put down“I thought you were dead,” are the first words you’ll hear from the child protagonists of this horror puzzle-platformer. It’s your first sign that things

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Is surprise box-office hit Iron Lung the future of ‘video game films’?

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The YouTube gaming star’s weird and divisive adaptation of his obscure horror film is a game within a film about a game – and hints at new directions for storytelling• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSomething weird struck me early on while watching the movie Iron Lung, which has so

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Romeo Is a Dead Man review – a misfire from a storied gaming provocateur

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PlayStation 5 (version tested), Xbox, PC; Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Inc After some dumb fun hacking at zombies, legendary developer Suda51’s first original game in a decade sadly only delivers a host of incoherent disappointmentsEver since he baffled GameCube owners with 2005’s Killer7, Japanese game director Suda51 has had a reputation for turning heads. From parodying the

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How a decades-old video game has helped me defeat the doomscroll

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Trading social media for Pokémon battles and evolutions in Kanto on a Game Boy Advance has been surprisingly sereneCutting back on doomscrolling must be one of the hardest new year resolutions to keep. Instinctively tapping on the usual suspects on your phone’s home screen becomes a reflex, and vast quantities of money and user data

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‘Disturbing’: Australian government demands review of Roblox’s PG rating after reports of child grooming

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Communications minister Anika Wells points to media reports alleging children can access spaces meant for adults which include explicit sexual contentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastReports of child grooming and vile content on popular game service Roblox has “alarmed” the communications minister,

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