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The ​games industry’s obsession with ​visual fidelity is costing them money and talent

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Big developers are discovering that the technical progress of photorealism doesn’t always translate into the creative spark that gives gamers joy – and keeps them playing• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereLast week, Asha Sharma, the new head of Xbox, laid out her vision for the future of the console […]

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Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only

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With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suiteSony said on Wednesday that it would stop releasing new video games for the PlayStation console on disc in January 2028 following a shift in consumer preferences.“Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at

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Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders open, but don’t expect a physical copy

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The blockbuster launch is expected to dwarf the box office takings of the year’s biggest movies with one industry analyst predicting it could make $1bn within an hourIt is, quite simply, the most anticipated piece of entertainment since the Star Wars prequels and now, at last, you can reserve a copy. At midnight last night,

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Hacker group threatens to release Grand Theft Auto VI data in Rockstar Games attack

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The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto, has been the target of a cyberattack for the second time in three years. A hacker group called ShinyHunters said it would release

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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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He wrote the world’s most successful video games – now what? Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on life after Grand Theft Auto

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He rewrote the rule book with Rockstar then left it all behind. Now Dan Houser is back with a storytelling-focused studio to take on AI-obsessed tech bros and Mexican beauty queensThere are only a handful of video game makers who have had as profound an effect on the industry as Dan Houser. The co-founder of

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Dan Houser on Victorian novels, Red Dead Redemption and redefining open-world games

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As the Grand Theft Auto co-writer launches a new project, he reflects on his hugely successful open-world adventures and where game design might go next• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt is hard to think of a more modern entertainment format than the open-world video game. These sprawling technological endeavours,

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