Video games
Lockdown boom: PlayStations beat car giants in pandemic chip crisis
Carmakers braced for turmoil when the pandemic hit. They expected supply chain disruptions and plummeting sales. But they never figured that a year later one of their biggest problems would be PlayStations.
- by Jack Ewing and Don Clark
Latest
Next gen gaming is not about raw power this time
Playing on the new consoles is a noticeably nicer experience, but not because of the extra brawn.
- by Krishan Sharma
Opinion
Opinion
Kids and online games: stop judging and start parenting
We parent the whole child, not just the offline part. It’s time for a new attitude around how we guide our kids online.
- by Joanne Orlando
Chinese video game billionaire poisoned, colleague arrested
Lin Qi had been suffering from "acute symptoms of illness" and initially said he was in a stable condition and improving before his death was announced.
- by James Cook
Cable Ties' foray into gaming
Pairing musicians with game developers has proven fruitful.
- by Cat Woods
Review
Technology
Cyberpunk 2077 is a stunning achievement and a crying shame
Cyberpunk could have made for an exciting end to the year and the console generation, but it should have been held over to the next.
- by Tim Biggs
The 10 best video games of 2020
From open-world samurai adventures to smaller-scale indie delights, here are the games that made the biggest impact on us during this truly extraordinary year.
- by David Milner and Tim Biggs
Not a gamer? You should still care about Cyberpunk 2077
Fans of techno-future art, music and movies should take note of the latest blockbuster video game.
- by Tim Biggs
Mandalorian-style tech comes to town: $1.5m screen will change filmmaking forever
In a warehouse in an industrial pocket of inner-city Melbourne, Clayton Jacobson is developing a cutting-edge system that will revolutionise the industry.
- by Karl Quinn
Review
Technology
Assassin's Creed meets Zelda in a breezy world of greek myth
Immortals Fenyx Rising brings Ubisoft's open world sensibilities to a much more light-hearted game, resulting in a delightful mythological adventure.
- by Tim Biggs
Review
Technology
Why an 11-year-old game is one of 2020's best
Demon's Souls brings truly next-gen graphical fidelity to a 2009 design that was ahead of its time.
- by David Milner