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.

It seems odd that Microsoft would bother upgrading State of Decay. Released in 2013,it was a middling zombie romp at best, with emphasis on stealth, survival and saving your mates over bloodthirsty brain bashing.

Siobhan Keogh spent $90 just so she could play the demo for Final Fantasy XV. Then this happened ...

There is a hierarchy of acceptable deaths in the gaming world. The safest bets are robots, and families have enjoyed slaughtering billions of them with not the slightest moral code bent.

Are videogames too expensive in New Zealand? Siobhan Keogh investigates.

They're huge in Japan, but why not the rest of the world? Siobhan Keogh looks at why some games just don't translate.

Like so many great bands, the PMZ burned out long before they had a chance to fade away.

Motorbike title Ride hasn't exactly reinvented the wheel. All it's really done is removed two.

Star Wars: Battlefront looks impossibly gorgeous, writes James Cullinane, who got an early preview of the title at Star Wars Celebration.

Almost a quarter-century of Mortal Kombat has brought us to this, the Xth edition of a series heavy on the blood and liberal with the letter K.

Nigel Short, the British grandmaster, has angered female players by claiming that they are not 'hard-wired' for the game, reports Leon Watson.

Siobhan Keogh delves into episodic video games, which make fans wait for episodes - just like TV shows.

The hunt begins 2015 with the release of Halo 5: Guardians where the truth is never what it seems.

Hidetaka Miyazaki is a genius. The auteur behind Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and now Bloodborne approaches video games like an artist does a canvas, crafting broad strokes of rich gameplay, in-depth lore and innovative level design.

Shaky cameras, gnarly character actors, gritty storylines and grisly crime scenes. You could mistake Battlefield Hardline's opening scenes for a reboot of the late, great cop show NYPD Blue.

Oldies tours make big money on the concert circuit, and gaming oldies can go the same way when they're done well.

Game blogger Siobhan Keogh takes on the controversial topic of DLC...

It's the news Xbox gamers have been waiting for: the next chapter in the Halo series will be out later this year.

There's no comeback from mucking up a game's launch, writes Siobhan Keogh.

We know what you're thinking, because everyone's thinking it: platform games are so over.

Do you love the feel of wind whipping through your hair while you tear around a roller coaster listening to badly dated dubstep?

Will Steam Machines make your Xbox and PlayStation consoles obsolete? Siobhan Keogh takes a look.