• Matt Day

Melbourne is preparing for global eSports phenomenon to arrive. Matt Day takes a look inside the often eccentric $1.2 billion global industry.

• Tim Biggs

The black sheep of Nintendo's most overlooked franchise is being brought up to snuff in a new remake, ahead of a resurrection of the series in earnest.

• Tim Biggs

A collectible card game based on the fabled role-playing series that brought us Skyrim and Oblivion, Elder Scrolls: Legends is a deep and absorbing game of chance and strategy.

• Tim Biggs

Despite never letting you interact with another human, Tacoma is an almost unrivalled success when it comes to emotional storytelling and facilitating a true feeling of empathy for characters in games.

• Tim Biggs

Keeping everything that made the original game great while expanding on modes, fashion, weapons and features, Splatoon 2 is a powerfully addictive family-friendly shooter.

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• Tim Biggs

A new trademark application filed by Nintendo in Europe has prompted speculation that a miniature Nintendo 64 is on the way. But what games would it include?

• Tim Biggs

At its core the racing in World Series feels similar to the Micro Machines of old, but weak online play and flawed application of Overwatch-style competitive modes sucks out most the fun.

• Tim Biggs

Atari is planning a return to the video game console market, with the first images and details revealing a retro-inspired box with 'modern internal specs'.

• Tim Biggs

Nintendo's 3DS line might only have a year or two of vitality left with the advent of the hybrid Switch console, but that hasn't stopped the company loosing yet another iteration of the hardware: the slick-looking and budget friendly New Nintendo 2DS XL.

• Alex Walker

Anyone planning a trip to Japan over the next couple of years, take note: the VR Zone at Shinjuku is officially open now. And while that means you can see people lose their minds at VR horror experiences, it also means you'll be able to peg bananas and green shells at people in VR.

• Tim Biggs

The latest expansion of The Elder Scrolls Online, which takes players back to the strange land of Vvardenfell last seen in The Elder Scrolls III, is a great showpiece for how far the MMO has come since 2014. But it also exemplifies the core duality ESO still suffers from.

• Tim Biggs

It's likely that this month marks exactly thirty years since Nintendo's very first home video game console launched in Australia, and while you might think you could confirm that by asking the company itself or with a simple Google search, it's not that easy.

• Tim Biggs

This beautifully and confidently-executed trio of remastered classics brings the manic Sony mascot back to our screens in style.

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• Tim Biggs

The throwback to the incredibly popular console was announced last week, but initial pre-orders have already been and gone. It seems likely that, once again, most people who want one of these things will be disappointed.

• Tim Biggs

When the first image promoting Far Cry 5 was released and appeared to show Christian Americans as the villains, certain pockets of the internet didn't know what to do with themselves. But after playing the game and talking to its producer at this year's E3, it's clear to me this is business as usual.

• Tim Biggs

With fun, colourful characters, a unique hook and a smart approach to online play, ARMS is a breath of fresh air for casual fighting game fans. But unbalanced control schemes and an emphasis on fun over fairness may make it a hard sell for the hardcore competitive set.

• Tim Biggs

Nintendo has announced the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment system, a tiny console designed to look like the incredibly popular SNES that was first released in Australia in 1992.

• Tim Biggs

With Microsoft introducing the 4K-enabled Xbox One X, a competitor to the PlayStation 4 Pro Sony launched last year, the two rival gaming platforms are head-to-head once again going into the super-competitive back half of the year. At E3, the heads of each brand told Fairfax Media what sets them apart.

• Tim Biggs

Kingdom Battle combines one of the most iconic brands in gaming with a bunch of idiot rabbits and has them all partake in some XCOM-like strategic shooting.