There's a point early in Dark Souls III where an angry tree bashes you to death with a branch while firing murderous magic skulls at you in a poison swamp.

Shawn Ashmore knew he was happy with his performance in Quantum Break when his digital avatar made his wife cry.

A closed beta ran over the weekend for the multiplayer mode of the upcoming Doom. Francis Cook jumped online to chase demon runes and blow stuff up.

If you're selling a house, buying a house, getting married, getting divorced, starting a new job, or doing anything at all that requires you to spend your free time being productive, don't buy Stardew Valley.

New Xbox One game Quantum Break bends time and boundaries. Chris Schulz investigates the ambitious video game-TV show crossover.

US college is offering an e-sports scholarship to attract best and brightest gamers

As far as online shooters go, GW2 is possibly the quirkiest.

COMMENT: Gaming will soon be truly cross-platform. It's about time.

All that hype. All that expectation. All those delays. All that face paint. For a food salvage operation?

A UK retailer has partnered with game developer Techland to deliver a ridiculous special edition of open-world zombie game Dying Light: The Following for 10 million dollars.

You could cheat. That's the one downside of a game that includes so many visual puzzles: if you get stuck, they're all readily available and easily accessible online.

Lego has announced the latest entry in its Lego Star Wars series, this time taking on the recent megahit film The Force Awakens.

As all bikies will tell you, it's much more fun on two wheels. But that hasn't been the case in gaming.

With its sharp graphics and punchy racing, this Need For Speed reboot feels like it's had the Fast and the Furious-style makeover it so desperately needs.

Siobhan Keogh takes a look at the games everyone wants to play in 2016.

Siobhan Keogh wraps up the highs and lows of the gaming year.

I just nailed the riff from Jack White's Lazaretto, the crowd is chanting my name, and I'm pretty sure my band's female bassist is into me.

At some point in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, you'll ask yourself the question: "What's it all for?" Maybe it's while you're machine-gunning your way through a horde of nameless minions.

Chris Schulz ventures into the wasteland, and likes what he sees.

Put down your Pip-Boy and pick up Rise - you'll like what you see, writes Chris Schulz.

Camilla Luddington, the voice of Lara Croft, says gamers need more female heroes. The Tomb Raider star talks to Tess Nichol.

She's not sure, but Courtenay Taylor believes she set a record while working on Fallout 4.

Assassin's Creed has had a terrible year. Unity, the series' much-heralded entry into the next generation console market was an unmitigated disaster.

It's guns up for Cara Delevingne who makes a surprise appearance in the latest trailer for video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

It's one of the biggest game releases of the year, but is Halo 5 living up to its predecessors? Chris Schulz finds it does, for reasons you may not expect.

Game characters get under your skin in a way TV and movie characters can't. So who are the most relatable of all time? Siobhan Keogh makes her picks.

Siobhan Keogh spent way too much time playing the Star Wars Battlefront beta ahead of its November launch, and finds the force might just be real.

Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk is lying at the bottom of a halfpipe in a crumpled heap.

There's only one major thing wrong with Fifa 16: Chelsea are a pretty good team.

It's not long before you realise the creators of Forza 6 - the sixth instalment of the decade-old series - really want to make a splash.