Spark has reported a 10 per cent surge in mobile data use in the past two weeks - all thanks to smartphone game.

A US Reddit user has just become the first reported player to catch 'em all after completing the North American Pokedéx.

She's best known for reading the news but this week, NZH Focus had Newstalk ZB's Niva Retimanu take on a new challenge, sitting down to play the popular video game Doom.

Niva and Sam jump into gaming by playing the widely known and popular game, DOOM!

Swedish professional skier Matilda Rapaport has passed away after spending the weekend in intensive care.

The latest gaming craze has lifted Nintendo's market value significantly to more than US$39 billion.

Pokemon Go, the location-based mobile game that has become a massive hit, began as an April Fool's joke.

Has Pokemon gone too far? A Twitter user has captured the chaos which ensued when a rare animated creature appeared in Central Park.

COMMENT: What Pokemon Go, Real Housewives and any other craze have in common is they're trivial. If they didn't exist, no one would miss them.

Sponsored partnerships to make certain locations appear more prominently in the game are on their way.

The security problems for iPhone users playing Pokemon Go have just been fixed.

Pokemon Go players have been warned of the real-life dangers around them as they use their mobile phones to search for virtual characters in video game.

Theresa May is set to replace David Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party and Britain's prime minister. Pokemon hunters are continuing to brave freezing temperatures around the country all in a bid to snag the little critters.

As millions of people rush to join Pokémon Go, questions are being raised over how secure the app is.

If you logged into the app with your Google account, the developers have access to your email, Google Drive and more.

As I hit the streets, I'm met with a familiar message. The Pokemon Go servers are overloaded. These outages coincide with the hours before and after work most days - a credit to the game's popularity.

Pokemon Go is going, all right. It's going around the world.

A real-life version of Pokemon is a great idea - but Rachel Bache finds there are a lot of downsides to Pokemon Go.

If you witness hordes of adults walking around with their smartphones in hand, seemingly recording video footage - there is no need for concern.

Watching a young boy being ripped to pieces by an attack dog isn't a pleasant experience. Neither is fleeing through a dimly lit forest before being shot down by armed guards.

Chris Schulz reviews the new addition the the Lego franchise: Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

This didn't matter. It's a fighting game, so the fundamentals are simple. Pick a funky lookin' dude and fight. Ignorance isn't exactly a barrier to enjoyment in this genre.

Alan Bell heads to the States to get hands-on with World of Warcraft: Legion.

It's nice to reminisce and catch up with the four turtles again - but it would be much better to have the option to play with my son.

Cats fight all the goddamn time, so it's only natural they should have their own fighting game.

Hopes don't get much higher than those for oft-delayed puzzle-adventure The Last Guardian.

Perhaps aware of growing open world zombie game fatigue, Sony Bend is going to great lengths to insist the rotting, seemingly-dimwitted, human flesh-craving people in Days Gone are not in fact the living dead.

When Andy Bernard jumped off a shipping crate, yelled, "Hardcore! Parkour!" and crashlanded into a cardboard box, it felt like peak parkour.

After some amazing video game announcements at this year's E3, we check out the best, weirdest, grossest games coming to a console near you.

Cameron McMillan looks at the best sports games revealed at E3, including football, motoracing and wingsuiting.