Games
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Horizon: Zero Dawn review – a stunning but barely evolved RPG contradictionIts hunter/gatherer gameplay hasn’t moved on from Far Cry and Tomb Raider, but Zero Dawn sets a new visual benchmark
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New Zealand startup offers unlimited holiday and profit share to attract workersGaming company Rocketwerkz claims staff focus better when not stressed by issues that need attention outside the workplace
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Games reviews roundup: Nioh; Sniper Elite 4; Siegecraft CommanderDemonic swordplay satisfies in feudal Japan, a second world war sniper raises his game, and a new title for armchair generals keeps it simple
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Plague game up for health trust prizeWinter Hall in the running as Wellcome Trust announces six finalists for its Developing Beyond prize
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Nioh review – samurai adventure much more than a Dark Souls cloneTeam Ninja’s unforgiving role-playing action adventure set in feudal Japan owes a debt to the Dark Souls series, but with a tone and narrative of its own
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Halo Wars 2 review – exciting revival of the real-time strategy gameHalo returns to the world of RTS with a challenging yet instinctively playable take on the once-mighty genre, and one that is full of new ideas
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What one controversy is teaching us about sex and consent in video gamesLadykiller in a Bind is the latest work from Christine Love, but it has invoked controversy about sex, representation and consent
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Nintendo Switch: new console may be weird, but it is for everyoneAs Nintendo launches its most striking console yet, R&D leads Shinya Takahashi and Yoshiaki Koizumi explain who this machine is aimed at
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Steven Johnson webchat – your questions answered on Trump, climate change and VRThe pop-science writer behind Everything Bad is Good for You and Wonderland came in to answer your questions, on everything from innovation in science and technology, to his thoughts on the Trump administration
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Valve kills Steam Greenlight – here's why it mattersSystem was intended to prevent stream of low quality software flooding the store but failed to halt explosion in content last year
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Sniper Elite 4 review – bloody and good-looking but genericRebellion’s long-distance shooter brings the action to second world war Italy, but refuses to depart from well-known conventions
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Call of Duty is returning to ‘traditional combat’Activision has announced its best-selling first-person shooter will return to its roots with its 2017 instalment
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Meet the blockheads: a rare glimpse inside Minecraft's HQIt’s a fuzzy, lo-fi world of coloured bricks and boxy animals. So why do millions of people want to live inside Minecraft? We travel to Sweden to find out
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The best (and worst) mini-games in video game historyFrom Bioshock to butt battles: the hidden games we both love – and hate – to find
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The unique shame of the video game criticWith real lives and real rights under threat, what’s the point of writing about virtual worlds?
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RIP Wii U: Nintendo's glorious, quirky failureNintendo has ceased production of Wii U less than five years after its launch. What went wrong, and what will be its legacy?
For Honor review – a bruising, bloody and focused fighting sim