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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Xbox motion controller Kinect might be the gift to get this Christmas, but enthusiasts around the world are teaching the device sweet new tricks.

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.

Matt Greenop gets in a lather over Kinect, Microsoft's newcontroller-free games system.

"I'd rather see some guy whacking someone in at least a quasi-historically correct setting," says the military adviser behind the popular Call of Duty videogame franchise.

That most Ye Olde England of videogames is advancing its empire.The game's legendary developer Peter Molyneux talks to Matt Greenop about Fable III.

Games based on superhero and movie licenses have been hit-and-miss projects for developers for donkey's years.

Is Chad Kroeger a warrior of rock? No he isn't. Neither are many on the massive setlist for the latest Guitar Hero release - which this time comes with a wholly dubious "Quest" mode.

Members of team Bungie answer questions about their latest bid for world domination - Halo: Reach.

The long wait for Halo: Reach is over. Read NZ's first review here.

The latest in gaming's biggest sci-fi blockbuster series Halo goes back to the future - and this time it's personal.

Duke Nukem Forever, the most notorious piece of vapourware in gaming history, may actually be released next year. Or will it?

War for Cybertron is the best Transformers game ever, but how does it stack up against other shooters?