Think Grand Theft Auto meets the Wild West. That's the latest offering from Rockstar Games, industry leader in shock and awe.

Ciao, Mario Kart, it's been a blast. ModNation Racers for PlayStation3 takes kart racing games to a new level.

Hot new Xbox 360 release Alan Wake has raised the bar for interactive thrills. Its developer Matias Myllyrine talks to Matt Greenop.

Rockstar have crafted a believable, absorbing Wild West full of ne'er-do-wells, gunslingers, prospectors and more.

A runthrough of the Halo: Reach online beta suggests the biggest game of the year is coming along smoothly, save for a few niggles.

Game makers have been thinking outside the box and offering genre-bending titles like the long-awaited Alan Wake, first announced in 2005.

Halo creator Bungie has left the Microsoft fold - but does that mean the Xbox blockbuster is coming to PlayStation?

There's absolutely no doubt that Nintendo owns the portable game space - and has done since GameBoy days.

How have the creative team behind 'Grand Theft Auto' followed the most controversial videogame ever? By capturing the 'grandeur of the open landscape' and blazing a trail across the Wild West...

It's always a risk trying to move a game title from one format to another - in this case, quirky online strategy game Fat Princess is moved from the PlayStation Network to the PSP.

A video game version of the 2004 teen hit Mean Girls is set for release, but you won't see Lindsay Lohan on the cover.

The end of the spectacular PlayStation-exclusive God of War trilogy does not fail to deliver.

It's the end of violence for the gaming world's greatest adventure in Greek mythology.

An x-ray illustrates in shocking detail how a Chinese boy was stabbed through the head after a row over a video game.

Shigeru Miyamoto is the most successful artist of the last 50 years. He has single-handedly laid the foundations for the world's largest entertainment industry.

The big news was that gaming company Valve committed to offering full support for the Mac for both its in-house games and for its digital game delivery system 'Steam'.