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Updates: new Xbox unveiled
Troy Rawhiti-Forbes shares his view of today's unveiling of the new Xbox.

Xbox One: Quantum Break trailer
Master time to survive the present... and save the future. From the creators of Alan Wake and Max Payne comes Quantum Break, a revolutionary entertainment experience that blurs the line between gameplay and television. With Quantum Break, the world will see a new generation of immersive entertainment, only possible on Xbox One. Courtesy: xbox

Steven Spielberg making live-action Halo TV series
Steven Spielberg has signed on to produce a live action TV series of the best-selling video game Halo.

Virtual All Blacks ready to ruck
Take an early look at the Rugby Challenge sequel, starring the AIG-branded All Blacks

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
The new Dragon's Dogma game is the old Dragon's Dogma game. Dene Benham explains what's in the box.

Game review: Tiger Woods '14
Troy Rawhiti-Forbes steps into Tiger's shoes - how does he fare on the fairway?

Trailer: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Lego Marvel Super Heroes promises to put players in control of some comic-book greats.

AofT: The Devil's Cartel review
The latest Army of Two adventure promises a good time. Does it deliver?

Game review: Ghost Warrior 2
This game may not go to number one with a bullet, suggests Angus Deacon.

Hiring boom at gaming company
An Auckland game development studio has more than quadrupled its staff numbers in less than three years and says it has no plans to slow down.

Game Trailer: Bioshock Infinite
Booker DeWitt takes a death-defying leap onto the Sky-Line to rescue Elizabeth in this CG TV spot for Irrational Games' BioShock Infinite. Courtesy: 2K Games

Game review: SimCity
Jess Nickelsen tackles the controversial series reboot of an old desktop favourite.

NZ game developers shine
New Zealand's game developers produced six games which hit top 10 iOS downloads charts in the US last year.

Tech Universe: Monday 18 March
I'm sure if MacGyver had had a smartphone this would have been the plot of at least one episode of the TV show. Scientists in rural Tanzania used their smartphone as an improvised microscope to diagnose schoolchildren with intestinal worm infections.

Tech Universe: Thursday 7 March
A new picture of London has appeared: it's a 320 gigapixel panorama compiled from 48,640 individual images shot over a period of 3 days and processed over a period of 3 months.