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Game No Mercy was available on popular gaming platform Steam despite encouraging graphic sexual assault and violence towards women.

‘Make all women yours’: Rape game available online for Australian children

A video game which encourages players to sexually assault women was available on a popular gaming platform.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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From left, Kouichi Kawamoto, Tetsuya Sasaki and Takuhiro Dohta served as producer, director and technical director overseeing Switch 2’s development. In New York, they answered the media’s questions via translator.

Nintendo’s plan for eight more years at the top of its game

Thanks to a focus on developer freedom, a powerful Nvidia chip and ongoing killer software, the Switch 2 has the ingredients for success. But also some challenges.

  • Tim Biggs
The Switch 2 on display at a media preview in New York.

I played the Nintendo Switch 2, and it’s worth the hype

Nintendo’s hybrid console gets new gimmicks, new games, and a tech upgrade to meet the wider games industry.

  • Tim Biggs
The Nintendo Switch 2 will launch on June 5.

Nintendo unveils Switch 2, set for June release

The system supports 4K graphics, has an integrated voice chat platform and will cost $700.

  • Tim Biggs
Billy Mitchell in 1999 after achieving a perfect Pac-Man score in Florida.

Arcade champion wins lawsuit against Queensland YouTube creator

American videogame champion Billy Mitchell has been awarded $350,000 in damages after winning a defamation lawsuit against YouTuber Karl Jobst.

  • Rex Martinich
Netflix has announced a multiplayer online game called Spirit Crossing, developed by Spry Fox.

After dominating television, Netflix is setting its sights on gaming

In a matter of years, Netflix’s new head of games believes we’ll all be playing Netflix games on any device we choose.

  • Tim Biggs
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Split Fiction

Video game auteur’s latest two-player tale is another bizarre hit

New adventure games you can play on the couch next to a friend are vanishingly rare, but Josef Fares has the genre dialled in.

  • Tim Biggs
The Sims has been around for 25 years, but gamers certainly aren’t bored with it yet.

‘You feel like God’: How The Sims has remained wonderfully wacky for 25 years

A game in which you can build your dream home, become a celebrity, and get revenge without consequence? The Sims cracked the code on life simulation.

  • Nell Geraets
Magic plays a big role in the world of Avowed, even if you like to stick to swords and shields.

Microsoft’s first big game of the year is an RPG masterpiece

Avowed is a brilliant story, a wonderful world and an excuse for a lot of crunchy first-person combat rolled up into an excellent and breezy RPG.

  • Tim Biggs
The latest Assassin’s Creed is set in Japan, and features a pair of protagonists.

Assassin’s Creed is finally heading to Japan. It needs to hit the mark

The long-awaited feudal Japan episode of the long-running series follows a ninja and a samurai in a period of civil war. For Ubisoft, it could be a make or break.

  • Tim Biggs

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