A big budget new game promises to subvert horror cliches - and involve players at every turn. Chris Schulz delves into Until Dawn's troubled world.

Kicking back in a sleepy English town with no one around and nothing to do sounds like a terrible way to spend your time.

The year's first major Star Wars release isn't in theatres - it's on consoles. Chris Schulz meets one of the men behind Disney Infinity, the franchise that's embracing Luke and Leia for the first time.

Ever since he was a young boy, he's played the silver ball ... Now he's in his mid-40s and Dave Peck's love of pinball shows no sign of abating.

Poseidon's near lifeless body lies slumped over some ruins. As Kratos, the God of War, you've already beaten him to a bloody pulp.

You wake up in a desert. Lost, confused and alone, you begin exploring - but you have no idea what you're looking for.

Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley is the next evolution in the Harvest Moon series.

Six teams of developers will face off, algorithm against algorithm, in a hacking battleships tournament tomorrow.

Growing up in 90s New Zealand it was mandatory for all fish and chip shops to have a pineapple fritter on the menu, a poster showcasing various sea life and a Streetfighter gaming machine that allowed plenty of entertainment from one 20c coin.

EA Sports' new Rory McIlroy PGA Tour game has been released and was due to be launched at The Open in St Andrews - but without Tiger Woods as a playable golfer.

Is it possible for a game to be annoyingly cute? Or is it cutely annoying? Either way, Yoshi's Woolly World finds that fence and plants its butt on it without a care in the world.

Sick of stereotypes portraying gamers as fat, lazy and surrounded by chip packets on their couch?

Minecraft: Story Mode is an adventure game, by Telltale Games, set in a Minecraft world. Source: Telltale Games/Youtube

Combine next-gen gaming consoles with the latest release of smart TVs and round-the-world trips are entirely possibly from the comfort of your couch.

Seventeen-year-old Jared Shaw spends his days and nights playing games on PlayStation. And his mum's okay with that.

If you're a fan of engrossing post-apocalyptic Playstation hit The Last of Us, it's time to rejoice: they're working on a sequel.

Yes, you can play as a dinosaur. That's the big question everyone wants answered about Lego Jurassic World, the 56th game in the Lego franchise and the first to take on the might of Jurassic World's box office bite.

Owners of popular titles such as Mass Effect, designed for the older Xbox 360, will be able to play them on the Xbox One thanks to backward compatibility, a new feature introduced this week at E3, the annual video-game conference in Los Angeles.

A Kiwi game developer has made a rare appearance at E3 to show off his latest game - and there's not a zombie in sight.

Siobhan Keogh unveils her wishlist for E3, the gaming and technology expo that gets underway next week.

It's been a long time coming, but The Elder Scrolls Online has finally made it on to consoles. Chris Schulz chats to Lawrence Schick, a man with a unique role in the online fantasy world.

Local businesses and icons are being immortalised in Grand Theft Auto V by a Kiwi man on a break from his day job at a freezing works.

Meet Hydra, Bacabec, Killer Pi3 and Skrzm. No, they're not an Avengers-style squad of superheroes - they're NZ's best Call of Duty players. And they want to be world-beaters.

Bethesda has confirmed it is releasing a sequel to one of its most successful franchises, Fallout.

An obvious way around corruption would be to auction the host status for major sports events, writes Leonid Bershidsky.

Should game developers police online abuse more efficiently? Siobhan Keogh investigates.

Four of New Zealand's best Call of Duty players want to beat America at their own game. But first they have to take on Australia.

Think of the most expansive game you’ve ever played. Times it by three. Add a resurrected foetus demon. There, you’re getting to grips with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Rockstar Games is taking legal action against the BBC in response to Game Changer, an upcoming drama about the creation of Grand Theft Auto.