Fans are having fun with the latest game from skateboarder Tony Hawk, compiling bugs and glitches for hilarious YouTube videos.

John Fuller, senior producer at Avalanche Studios, explains how much work went into making the Mad Max game as exhilarating as the movie.

Burning tyres, smouldering wreckage and dust storms blowing across desolate wastelands. Right from the start, Mad Max gets one key thing right: the vibe

Tearaway has been given the PlayStation 4 port it deserves - but upgrading the Vita's best platformer wasn't easy. Chris Schulz discovers the origami game's port gave developers a few paper cuts.

Pokémon are transcending the screen and entering the real world in the latest Pocket Monster game, Pokemon Go.

Have you seen all the Star Wars movies? What about all six seasons of The Clone Wars?

The latest Disney Infinity release isn't just about droid battles and high-octane light saber action.

Siobhan Keogh tackles the key components that really make a video game good.

A new report into Kiwi video games has some key findings - including the fact that very few fans like being called "gamers". Siobhan Keogh takes a look.

If you're looking for blood, you've come to the right place. Until Dawn splashes the thick red stuff across walls and has it clotting on floorboards.

Billionaire game designer Markus Persson says money has torn his life apart.

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.

The middle of the year is always quiet for gaming, but there's still fun to be had. Siobhan Keogh finds four of the best indie games you may have missed.

Siobhan Keogh pays tribute to former Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, who died last week at the age of 55.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Why aren't new consoles ushering in new experiences? Siobhan Keogh takes a look at E3, where this year's biggest reveals weren't software-related, but hardware.