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The first console I ever bought, it was hyped as a threat to the PlayStation, then mocked as a flop. But now, as it marks its 25th anniversary, it’s looked back on with misty-eyed reverence This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube, the first console I ever bought with my own money. […]
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PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S; KonamiThis second collection remasters another three titles from the illustrious stealth espionage series, but their world has changed little since the original releases‘War has changed,” claims Old Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Back in 2008, the team at Kojima Productions waxed poetic
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The Elden Ring creator is known for epic single-player RPGs, but its new action game is all about multiplayer interactions: fighting, chasing, befriending, even … proposing?Lowanro City’s skyline is dominated by an oppressive clock tower, silhouetted against a moody red sky and an impossibly large, ominous moon. A retractable bridge splits the map in two,
The Duskbloods: the best of FromSoftware fights in a frantic multiplayer battleground Read More »
As millennials return to the games of their youth, remakes of Star Fox and Halo suggest there is still plenty to learn from the past• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAs much as some people more or less cease to listen to new music in their 30s, I have noticed
Quarterly profit jump fuelled largely by unknown US refund amount as Japanese video game giant records overall sales drop Nintendo has reported a jump in profits, as the Japanese game maker’s earnings were buoyed up by a long-awaited refund on Donald Trump’s tariffs.The company said profits surged 53.5% to ¥147.4bn (£694m) over the three months
‘Mamma mia!’: Trump tariffs refund ignites 53% profit spike at Nintendo Read More »
Being a woman who loves video games has often felt lonely, like being on a hostile planet – but Metroid’s female space hunter has been with me all the way It’s 1986, and you’re playing a brand-new game. (You’re in Japan in this scenario, by the way; the game in question, Metroid, won’t come to
PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PS5; SFB GamesDetective Grimoire is at it again in the long-awaited new entry to this stylish series of comedy whodunnitsIn a boom time for mystery games, the Detective Grimoire series stands out for its style and sense of humour. The Mermaid Mask continues to build upon the formula laid down in
The Mermaid Mask review – the funniest underwater murder mystery you can play Read More »
Nintendo Switch 2The single-player offshoot of the quirky and colourful multiplayer series is disappointingly run-of-the-millSplatoon is among Nintendo’s most ingenious inventions of the last decade: a series of shooting games whose paint-splattered turf war nature means being bad at shooting is just as valuable as – if not more so than – being good. It
Splatoon Raiders review – Nintendo’s inky shooter fades to grey Read More »
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,
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…
