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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft is not considering an imminent launch of a next-generation Xbox, saying Kinect is effectively the company's new console.

A leading games developer has expressed surprise that some publishers appear sceptical about the potential of Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360.

The Need for Speed series has been feeling a bit stale of late, and while this title is still an old concept, it's a far superior game to anything that came before it.