It features a giant winged cat dog and a small child who can't jump properly - but the trailer for long-delayed game The Last Guardian stole the show at E3.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.