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Monopoly goes digital

Monopoly is swapping its paper monkey for swipeable credit cards.

Up to 160 jobs go as gaming firm closes NZ studio

New Zealand's largest video gaming studio, Gameloft, has closed down.

Must-have Xmas gadgets

If you've got some cash to splash about on gifts this Christmas, Chris Schulz has a few ideas for you.

Virtual reality now more than a game

Luckey is the teenage inventor of the Oculus Rift - the bulky headset paired with gloves that I am wearing in a room by myself.

Hackers threaten to briefly stop gamers

Last year a similar hack, by a group called the Lizard Squad, lasted three days over Christmas.

3D gamers score memory boost

Scientists just can't agree on whether video games will save you or kill you.

How Playstation made gaming cool

It was 20 years ago this week that Sony created history with an ugly grey rectangle.

'Candy Crush' to be bought for $9 billion

Activision Blizzard has announced it will purchase King Digital Entertainment, the maker of "Candy Crush," for $5.9 billion.

Five things to do at Armageddon

The weekend's hottest ticket is the four-day pop culture extravaganza Armageddon in Greenlane. Here are some of the event's highlights.

Tiger misses the cut

EA Sports' new Rory McIlroy PGA Tour game has been released and was due to be launched at The Open in St Andrews - but without Tiger Woods as a playable golfer.

Video games' most scenic spots

Combine next-gen gaming consoles with the latest release of smart TVs and round-the-world trips are entirely possibly from the comfort of your couch.

New Batman game makes you feel like a badass

Scarecrow tips the dominoes over with his chemical attack on the good people of post-Joker Gotham City, but it's the titular anti-Batman who brings the intrigue in this thrilling climax to Rocksteady's Arkham series.

$5000 a month for gaming

Seventeen-year-old Jared Shaw spends his days and nights playing games on PlayStation. And his mum's okay with that.

Game on for exporters as dollar drops

The drop in the New Zealand dollar has enabled local video games producer to focus on expansion and growing its workforce.

Games makers wary over virtual reality

The enthusiasm over virtual reality hasn't extended to one key corner of the video game industry: the companies that make the most popular games.

Using the old to sell the new

Owners of popular titles such as Mass Effect, designed for the older Xbox 360, will be able to play them on the Xbox One thanks to backward compatibility, a new feature introduced this week at E3, the annual video-game conference in Los Angeles.

NZ's top gamers chase violent dream

Meet Hydra, Bacabec, Killer Pi3 and Skrzm. No, they're not an Avengers-style squad of superheroes - they're NZ's best <i>Call of Duty</i> players. And they want to be world-beaters.

NZ 'stuck in internet dark age'

Brains behind zombie game thriller gets ball rolling on ultra-fast broadband after he calls Dunedin's Gigatown a joke.