• Alex Walker

The proliferation of "loot box" mechanics in video games is legally questionable.

• Tim Biggs

Past hits get a second life on Nintendo Switch, as big developers invest in the platform ahead of Christmas.

• Tim Biggs

The most impressive and inventive entry in the long-running series since the 2007 original.

• Tim Biggs

Shadow of War is an expansive and fun Middle-earth adventure, even if its attempts to wring money out of players can grate.

• Tim Biggs

Much more powerful, but somehow smaller, than the Xbox One S released last year, the Xbox One X is a marvel of technology and engineering that provides the most technically impressive console gaming experience you can get, especially if you're running a 4K TV.

• Tim Biggs

Returning to a free exploration style after years of more linear adventures, the latest Super Mario is a relentlessly joyful celebration of the entire series, but it also drags Mario towards the future with the most modern game design we've seen from the series yet.

• Tim Biggs

Xbox Australia has this morning announced an unusual attraction to build awareness ahead of its major hardware launch next month: a pop-up set of suites in the city where fans can spend a night with the new machine.

• Tim Biggs

Like its 2014 predecessor, The Fractured But Whole is a game with astonishingly high production values, perfectly matching the quality of the TV show's writing, performances and knack for politically incorrect social commentary.

• Alex Walker

Humble Bundle offers bundles that donate to charity every other fortnight. And its latest bundle is worthy of some attention, because it's all Australian.

• Tim Biggs

Forza 7 sets a new bar for many aspects of the series, with an incredibly diverse line-up of cars, dozens of locales and incredible weather effects.

• Tim Biggs

Looking and sounding like a coloured Fleischer animation from the 1930s, but playing more like a tough '80s run-and-gun, Cuphead is an inventive, surprising game centred on a number of boss battles that need to be studied and replayed to overcome.

• Tim Biggs

To celebrate the launch of racing simulation game Forza Motorsport 7, Xbox Australia is today taking the wraps off limited edition "gamewear" that "offers gamers unparalleled coziness and functionality as they hit the virtual track".

• Tim Biggs

Purely on the strength and number of classic games it includes the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System offers an incredible value proposition.

• Tim Biggs

There are few better things in video games than a satisfying upgrade loop. A new axe that chops trees twice as fast as your old axe — or a jetpack that makes you realise you've only experienced a fraction of the game world despite hours of exploration — can be incredibly rewarding, and it's this sensation that Steamworld Dig 2 does better than most.

• Matt Bungard

EA's ultra-popular football simulator is back for another season, with FIFA 18 consolidating the strengths of last year's big innovations.

• Tim Biggs

It was around the time I was flinging my pirate hat in order to possess a huge piece of meat that I realised Super Mario Odyssey is a bit weird, even by Super Mario standards.

• Tim Biggs

Intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran is back and, while it's debatable whether she's better than ever, she's certainly doing what she does better than anybody else.

• Tim Biggs

Nidhogg 2 turned heads for all the wrong reasons when it was revealed this time last year, with the gracefully minimalist pixel graphics of the original sword-fighting party favourite replaced by a gross and chunky style that looks like something from a '90s cartoon.

• Matt Bungard

It's difficult to re-invent the wheel on a yearly basis when it comes to sports games, but Ultimate Team and a cinematic story mode keeps Madden fresh.