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.

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.

Britney Spears is set to follow in the footsteps of Kim Kardashian by launching her own smartphone game.

It was a scream that startled the neighbours. I'd been fumbling around a blackened basement looking for the power switch when something grabbed my ankle. It didn't have any legs. And it was trying to eat me.

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.

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.

Money too tight to mention? Siobhan Keogh discovers four free games that are worthy of your time.

After two tantalising teasers, Troy Rawhiti-Forbes unveils his hopes and dreams for Halo 5.

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.