Games
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How to succeed at Pokemon Sun and MoonIf you’re just starting out in the latest Pokémon adventure, here are some tips to get you catching ‘em all that much quicker
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Watch Dogs 2 review – witty hacking adventure with plenty of charmSequel takes place in a vibrant open world filled with wacky hactivists, which makes for a lively gaming experience
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Pokémon Go: amorphous blob Ditto makes its debutPokémon trainers won’t be able to see the new creature on the map as it is hiding in plain sight, mimicking any other monster in the game
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Fantastic riches and where to find them: how to grow a $22bn franchiseFantastic Beasts is not just a new outpost for the Harry Potter empire. It is a pivotal moment in the creation of The Wizarding World of JK Rowling – and it could give the gold-gobbling niffler a run for its money. We go over the books
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I have been waiting for Final Fantasy XV my whole lifeFinal Fantasy XV is finally due to be released this month. Its development has lasted a good chunk of my childhood and my entire adult life
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Pokémon Sun and Moon review – a refreshing reinvention of a classic formulaA show of further things to come for the franchise, and an enjoyable game, though perhaps not the blow-away title of 2016
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Sea Hero Quest is of huge benefit to medical researchers. So what’s the catch?A game providing data from 2.4 million players will help research into the early stages of Alzheimer’s. But the move raises questions about privacy
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Housing Ladder arcade game has players dodging buy-to-let investorsGame by cartoonist Tim Hunkin features villains such as second-home owners as players try to buy a house before they’re 80
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Five lessons that video games could learn from television dramaDevelopers make too many assumptions about players. They should learn from the more intuitive structures of modern TV
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Sea Hero Quest: the mobile phone game helping fight dementiaGame played by 2.4 million people has become largest dementia study in history, generating equivalent of 9,400 years of lab-based research
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Dishonored 2 review – a clockwork world of exquisite challengeDeliciously dark stealth adventure returns to tempt players into a trap-like city of wary guards and architectural puzzles
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Mass Effect: Andromeda – everything we know so farThe much-loved series from Bioware is back after a four year hiatus with new characters, more cinematic imagery, and a new baddie to fight
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Eve Online goes free to playDecision to offer free access to massively multiplayer online game is in response to changing market
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From Halo to Braid: the 15 greatest Xbox games of all timeThe Xbox brand is 15 years old today, so here are 15 of the most important titles from the original machine to the Xbox One era
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Nintendo Mini NES review – rediscover the sheer joy of video gamesNintendo’s new console isn’t an innovative take on gaming tech, it’s a Greatest Hits collection of classic 8bit titles, loving curated and reproduced
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Australia culture blog BuzzConf 2016: gaming and tech meets bush doof in country Victoria