Angus Deacon takes a serious look at a light-hearted Skylanders offering.

The big three game console makers have revealed their next moves at the E3 conference in Los Angeles. Troy Rawhiti-Forbes reports.

When the big players in the gaming and interactive entertainment industry met in Los Angeles for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, nzherald.co.nz was there to see what's coming for 2012 and 2013.

Despite the fact that it has been labelled child porn by ill-informed bandwagon-jumpers who haven't even seen the game, this game is an able and entertaining beat-'em-up that takes full advantage of the Nintendo 3DS.

Nintendo and Sony have unveiled their next-gen gaming hardware. Matt Greenop takes a look at both.

As the technology for Nintendo's best-selling Wii and DS consoles has aged, sales have slowed significantly.

Nintendo has taken its DS handheld into the future with 3D gaming - and without the need for stupid glasses.

The British government has fragged its own games industry - tax changes could shrink it by a massive 24 per cent.

Every single house with kids had at least one electronic device used for video games. 2010 marked the year the gaming world spread its wings. Matt Greenop looks back on the year's technological advances.

Matt Greenop looks back at the best games of 2010.

If the point is to put the full power of The Force into the player's hands, then The Force Unleashed II is a success. If the point is to hold your attention for longer than a weekend, this one could be forcing it.

Microsoft is not considering an imminent launch of a next-generation Xbox, saying Kinect is effectively the company's new console.

Matt Greenop gets in a lather over Kinect, Microsoft's newcontroller-free games system.

It's Japan's best-loved game and now in its ninth incarnation and third decade, it might finally be catching on in the West. Giles Richards reports.