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‘We’re huge JRPG fans’: Purity Ring on how nostalgia for a gaming era inspired their new single

silverguide.site – The Canadian electropop duo return with a new track (and forthcoming album) that sounds like a half-forgotten RPG you played in the 00s…
‘We’re huge JRPG fans’: Purity Ring on how nostalgia for a gaming era inspired their new single
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Cosy video games are on an unstoppable rise. Will they unleash a darker side?

silverguide.site – Non-violent games about cooking, farming or tidying now rival the more traditional video game pursuits of shooting and fighting in popularity. So what will the #cozy genre tackle next?…
Cosy video games are on an unstoppable rise. Will they unleash a darker side?
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The game developers striving to offer authenticity and inclusion in the face of AI

silverguide.site – At the Develop conference in Brighton this week, talk turns from cancelled deals and job cuts to replicating real human experiences and telling stories about diverse characters…
The game developers striving to offer authenticity and inclusion in the face of AI
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How to make your old Nintendo Switch games feel new again on Switch 2

silverguide.site – Here’s a breakdown of how original Switch titles work on Switch 2, explaining everything from free Switch 2 updates to inbuilt backwards compatibility and the paid Switch 2 Edition upgrades…
How to make your old Nintendo Switch games feel new again on Switch 2
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‘Close to perfect’: readers’ favourite games of 2025 so far

silverguide.site – Whether Nazi-punching your way through a near-perfect Indiana Jones sequel or losing yourself in a beautiful fantasy world, you told us your best video game experiences of the first half of the year …
‘Close to perfect’: readers’ favourite games of 2025 so far
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Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

silverguide.site – Former staff likened offices of video game company in Paris to a ‘boys’ club above the law’…
Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment
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From Pong to Wii Sports: the ​surprising ​legacy of ​tennis in ​gaming ​history

silverguide.site – From the lab-born Tennis for Two to the console classics of Nintendo and Sega, the sport has been a constant, foundational force in gaming’s rise…
From Pong to Wii Sports: the ​surprising ​legacy of ​tennis in ​gaming ​history
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Donkey Kong Bananza: gorilla finds his groove with Mariah Carey on his shoulder

silverguide.site – For his first Nintendo Switch 2 appearance, DK goes on a rhythmic rampage, powered up to new hulking heights by singing sidekick Pauline. It’s big, brash and impossibly enjoyable…
Donkey Kong Bananza: gorilla finds his groove with Mariah Carey on his shoulder
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Moonlight Peaks: your chance to live as a tiny vegan vampire

silverguide.site – Dracula’s daughter seeks a more peaceful life making plant-based blood substitutes in this Stardew-Valley-inspired, gently creepy farming game…
Moonlight Peaks: your chance to live as a tiny vegan vampire
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Cute dates, bisexual chaos and game-changing kisses: video games’ best queer moments

silverguide.site – From Fable and Life Is Strange to Last of Us, Thirsty Suitors and Unpacking, five queer game developers and writers pick their sweetest, realest, most meaningful scenes…
Cute dates, bisexual chaos and game-changing kisses: video games’ best queer moments
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The Alters: unintentionally the realest game about parenting I’ve ever played | Dominik Diamond

silverguide.site – This imaginative sci-fi survival game is a work of art. But looking after the needy clones of myself I’d made to help run a space base, I was reminded all too clearly of my limitations and failings…
The Alters: unintentionally the realest game about parenting I’ve ever played | Dominik Diamond
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A real issue: video game developers are being accused of using AI – even when they aren’t

silverguide.site – Generative AI is causing new and unusual problems for developers as players become more sensitive to the use of artificially generated ‘slop’ images…
A real issue: video game developers are being accused of using AI – even when they aren’t
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How Hideo Kojima created yet another weird, wonderful world in Death Stranding 2

silverguide.site – In Kojima’s latest epic, the Australian outback becomes a shifting, spectral landscape that you can get lost in…
How Hideo Kojima created yet another weird, wonderful world in Death Stranding 2
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The Outer Worlds 2, the most expensive Xbox game yet

silverguide.site – Xbox is putting a lot behind its new space action-RPG sequel – which will be the first $80/£70 video game from Microsoft. Does it earn its price tag? We asked the developer what went into it…
The Outer Worlds 2, the most expensive Xbox game yet
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‘Trauma is messy, but music will come of it’: Jessica Curry on her new album, Shielding Songs

silverguide.site – The award-winning composer of soundtracks to video games including Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is composing again for the first time since a traumatic pandemic…
‘Trauma is messy, but music will come of it’: Jessica Curry on her new album, Shielding Songs
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review – a hypnotising arthouse game with an A-list cast

silverguide.site – This is a mystifying and provocatively slow-paced game with more celebrities than you would find on a Cannes red carpet…
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review – a hypnotising arthouse game with an A-list cast
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‘We’re all connected – but it’s not the connection I imagined’: Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding 2

silverguide.site – The legendary video game designer discusses directing actors in LA from Japan, how Mad Max inspired his career and the unique reason why he wants to go to space…
‘We’re all connected – but it’s not the connection I imagined’: Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding 2
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The Maga-flavoured faux pas that shook the games industry

silverguide.site – Splitgate 2’s Ian Proulx thought his Musk gag was funny – but what it revealed was the major blind spots still in the business…
The Maga-flavoured faux pas that shook the games industry
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Beyond Mario Kart World: what else is worth playing on Nintendo Switch 2?

silverguide.site – Nintendo has slept on new games for its new handheld but clockwork-puzzle murder missions, an RPG reborn and a beefed-up Yakuza 0 are the highlights from other developers…
Beyond Mario Kart World: what else is worth playing on Nintendo Switch 2?
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Pragmata, the quirky science-fiction game that’s back from the dead

silverguide.site – Originally meant to release in 2022, Capcom’s futuristic game – featuring an astronaut and a mysterious blond-haired little girl – has just re-emerged from stasis; and it looks like it will be worth the wait…
Pragmata, the quirky science-fiction game that’s back from the dead
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