Lego Stars Wars 3 - The Clone Wars is based on the animated telly series, and puts players into a tried-and-true formula of good laughs, huge amounts of gameplay and the need to almost endlessly revisit levels to complete collectable goals.

Nintendo has taken its DS handheld into the future with 3D gaming - and without the need for stupid glasses.

Guitar games are about to embrace real instruments, reports Matt Greenop

Violence in videogames - particularly first-person shooters - has started to get a bit "samey" of late. But the much-hyped Bulletstorm takes the tried and true formula and puts an addictive arcade spin on it.

Killzone 3 picks up where the last chapter left off - about as far up the proverbial creek as a hardcore galactic grunt can get.

Screenshots from the game Little Big Planet 2.

The British government has fragged its own games industry - tax changes could shrink it by a massive 24 per cent.

Matt Greenop has met the future of gaming - it's got a shady past.

With a host of videogames - some good, some very not good - behind it, the money-printing Harry Potter franchise should really have tried to go out with a bang.

Every single house with kids had at least one electronic device used for video games. 2010 marked the year the gaming world spread its wings. Matt Greenop looks back on the year's technological advances.

Matt Greenop looks back at the best games of 2010.

The long-awaited WoW upgrade 'Cataclysm' is out - but is the new addition to this wildly successful online monster worth the wait?

Screenshots from World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

Rating: 1/5. Verdict: Evolution is like a sub-par platform game from the long-dead 16-bit era. Instead of wasting $100 here, fund a night at the movies and experience Tron as it should be.

Screenshots from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II.

If the point is to put the full power of The Force into the player's hands, then The Force Unleashed II is a success. If the point is to hold your attention for longer than a weekend, this one could be forcing it.

They're the gaming equivalent of washing the dishes. Nevertheless, these games cleverly keep people playing and crucially, spending money.