To hook young visitors back into casinos, the kings of Vegas are betting on a new strategy: making gambling look like a video game.

Games-wise, 2014 was something of disappointment. Aside from a few successes there wasn't much for gamers to really sink their teeth into.

The Halo 5: Guardians online multiplayer beta opened up over Christmas. No biggie, it's just the first truly new Halo experience for Xbox One.

Kim Dotcom tries to negotiate end to hacking attack that ruined holidays for PlayStation and Xbox gamers but it appears his deal hasn't quite worked.

Controversial video game Grand Theft Auto V could desensitise younger players to extreme acts of violence and cruelty, the Office of Film and Literature Classification has ruled.

R18 video games, movies and box sets were last night being pulled from the shelves as The Warehouse Group moves to reinforce its family-friendly brand values.

Blowing away enemy soldiers and aliens may be good for the brain, as researchers have found that fast-paced video games improve a player's learning ability.

Sunset Overdrive is not your usual doom-and-gloom end-of-days video game but your "awesomepocalypse", as the makers put it.

Amazon.com is buying video service Twitch Interactive for about $1 billion in its biggest acquisition ever.

Aspiring kiwi video game makers could get a leg up on the competition with a new startup programme aimed at supporting local developers.

One of the Playstation 3's best games has been transported onto the PS4. Is it worth playing again? Chris Schulz evaluates The Last of Us Remastered ...

A six-year-old racked up a credit card bill of more than $1,200 in just two days, playing games on his parents' tablet.

The wildly popular Kiwi video game Path of Exile has today announced a partnership to bring its acclaimed game to fans in Latin America.

A video game that recreates the Battle of El Alamein has been backed by old Kiwi soldiers who want children to learn more about World War II.

Attending gaming's biggest bash is a challenge on all levels itself, writes Hayden Donnell.

Synthetic cannabis may have been taken off the market, freeing parents from worrying about neighbourhood shops selling addictive drugs.

A study into muscle movements in teen gamers may shed light on links between violent video games and real life aggression.

Highly-anticipated open-world hackathon adventure Watch Dogs arrives next month, just shy of two years after its bombshell E3 announcement. James Cullinane headed to Ubisoft's home turf of Paris to sneak a peek at the game's first few hours and multiplaye

Online game-maker Zynga's founder and former chief executive Mark Pincus is stepping down as chief product officer as the company's sales slide.

Kiwi students will soon have the chance to develop their own games using the Sony PlayStation platform.