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.

When I was growing up I was sure I'd end up playing bass in a hard rock band or becoming a Formula One racing driver.

Creativity is alive and well and living in your PlayStation - and hopefully your head, writes Matt Greenop.

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.

Images from the unreleased game L.A. Noire, set to be one of the year's biggest titles.

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.

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.

Kazunori Yamauchi has a well-deserved reputation as a man of vision. The creator of the holy grail of racing games and head of Polyphony Digital, he redefined a gaming genre.

Matt Greenop gets to grips with the long-awaited Gran Turismo 5.

Images from Gran Turismo 5.