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17 big games of 2017

Horizon

Looking ahead at 2017, the long list of games scheduled for release is astonishing. Here are our picks for 17 games to keep your eye on.

Top 10 games of 2016

Firewatch

There may have been a shortage of world-shifting, once-in-a-decade hits this year, but great games came thick and fast every single month. Here are our favourites.

Will Mario on iPhone take off?

Mario

Never before has Nintendo made a Mario game for a piece of hardware it did not build, and never before has Apple put its marketing clout behind a game so thoroughly. But can it be the next big thing?

Sun, sand and subterfuge in Watch Dogs 2

Bright and playful, <i>Watch Dogs 2</i> is a hacker's paradise.

While the first Watch Dogs was a great core concept hurt by the dreary Chicago setting and insufferably morose main character, the sequel realises its full potential by taking itself much less seriously.

Australia's first listed eSports company debuts

Managing director of eSports Mogul, Gernot Abl.

The first eSports company to list on the Australian share market gained 27 per cent on its first day of trading, ending the day 1 cent higher at 3 cents. 

Review: PlayStation 4 gets powered up

Twice the GPU power, bumped up CPU, same PS4 games.

Bigger, heavier and ever so slightly louder than its predecessor, the PlayStation 4 Pro marks a turning point for video game home consoles as, for the first time, a significantly more powerful machine is being introduced without jumping to a new generation.

All the Australian Game Developer Awards winners

<i>Agent A: A Puzzle In Disguise</i> took out several awards.

On Wednesday night, the country's game dev community came together for the 2016 Australian Game Developer Awards, a celebration of the talent that local artists, composers and coders have poured into homegrown titles in the last 12 months. Here are this year's winners.