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Latest game releases: NES Remix 2, FIFA World Cup Brazil

Tim Biggs   Nintendo remixes some old classics, FIFA gets rehashed, Hitman gets refreshed, and an octopus masquerades as a man.

Addiction

Could Candy Crush Saga be a gateway to gambling?

Candy Crush Saga is a simple game with a complex and strong hold over devoted followers.

Jessica Gardner   Emily, a 30-year-old economist, became so addicted to Candy Crush Saga, a free iPhone game, that she would lie awake at 1am imagining her finger swiping across the screen to line up rows of brightly coloured lollies.

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Trials Fusion game review

Trials Fusion.

Jason Hill   12:00 AM   You can fail at a demanding Trials course dozens of times, subjecting your hapless motorcycle rider to countless indignities, yet still have a great time.

Games

Murdered: Soul Suspect game preview

A different twist to a crime-solving game in Murdered: Soul Suspect.

James "DexX" Dominguez   Soul Suspect is a hard-boiled detective story with a supernatural twist in which the central character must solve his own murder from beyond the grave.

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Changing the world through video games

A view of Haiti as seen via the game Minecraft, left, and in an aerial photograph.

Laura Parker   A United Nations program is using the popular game Minecraft to develop a sports field in the slums of Kibera, Kenya.

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Australian video game start-up appeals to community for funding

League of Geek's Armello is now close to being fully playable.

James "DexX" Dominguez   A Melbourne studio's push to fund debut game provides insight into the challenges faced by independent developers.

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FarmVille shifts to fertile mobile devices

FarmVille 2: Country Escape.

Brett Molina   Zynga has released a version of the hit FarmVille game tailored for smartphones and tablets in the hope of reaping a bumper crop of players.

Games

The Lego Movie Videogame review

You can recreate scenes from the hit movie in The Lego Movie Videogame, but it's not quite the same.

James "DexX" Dominguez   The Lego Movie has been a hit with audiences and critics, but the tie-in game is lacking something.

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Kinect Sports Rivals game review

Lacklustre: A screenshot of Kinect Sports Rivals.

Jason Hill   Unfortunately, the six sports in Kinect Sports Rivals aren't much fun and have no lasting appeal.

Games

Review: Diablo III Reaper of Souls

Diablo III feels like a brand new game.

James "DexX" Dominguez   Diablo III had a troubled launch 12 months ago. Now, expansion pack Reaper of Souls has fixed everything.

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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes game review

Open environment: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is short but satisfying.

Jason Hill   Beyond the premature ending, players unlock thrilling new missions, tools and challenges in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes.

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Gamers play giant game of Tetris on skyscraper

The Cira Centre has hundreds of LED lights embedded in its glass facade.

Kathy Matheson   Hundreds of Tetris fans had a little fun over the weekend with a big version of the classic video game.

Infamous Second Son: Powerful

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The lively Second Son clearly has ambitions to be more serious than the PlayStation 3 Infamous games.

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Infamous: Second Son game review

Infamous

Jason Hill   The lively Second Son clearly has ambitions to be more serious than the PlayStation 3 Infamous games.

Games

5-year-old discovers Xbox security flaw, Microsoft rewards him

Kristoffer Von Hassel: The world's youngest white-hat hacker?

Brett Molina   Microsoft has received help discovering a security flaw on its Xbox One game console from an unlikely source: a five-year-old boy.

Friday Question: Which recent games should get HD next-gen re-releases?

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So far Tomb Raider is the only game from last generation to get an upgraded re-release on PS4 and XBox One, but more could follow.

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Your Turn: March winner

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A new month has begun, and another of our reader-submitted articles has won a PS Vita.

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Your Turn: The descent - a dark soul in Melbourne Central

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In another of his hilarious "gaming in real life" articles, today Screen Play reader Andrew Masters tells a harrowing tale of survival in an urban shopping centre.

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Aussies get Hearthstone iOS before the rest of the world

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Blizzard's free-to-play Warcraft-themed card card is available for iPad right now in Australia and New Zealand.

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This year's best video game related April Fool gags

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Screen Play did not get into the spirit of April Fool's Day this year, but a lot of news sites and game publishers did.

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