Screenshots from World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

Rating: 1/5. Verdict: Evolution is like a sub-par platform game from the long-dead 16-bit era. Instead of wasting $100 here, fund a night at the movies and experience Tron as it should be.

Screenshots from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II.

If the point is to put the full power of The Force into the player's hands, then The Force Unleashed II is a success. If the point is to hold your attention for longer than a weekend, this one could be forcing it.

They're the gaming equivalent of washing the dishes. Nevertheless, these games cleverly keep people playing and crucially, spending money.

Kazunori Yamauchi has a well-deserved reputation as a man of vision. The creator of the holy grail of racing games and head of Polyphony Digital, he redefined a gaming genre.

Matt Greenop gets to grips with the long-awaited Gran Turismo 5.

Microsoft is not considering an imminent launch of a next-generation Xbox, saying Kinect is effectively the company's new console.

A leading games developer has expressed surprise that some publishers appear sceptical about the potential of Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360.

The Need for Speed series has been feeling a bit stale of late, and while this title is still an old concept, it's a far superior game to anything that came before it.

Matt Greenop gets in a lather over Kinect, Microsoft's newcontroller-free games system.

"I'd rather see some guy whacking someone in at least a quasi-historically correct setting," says the military adviser behind the popular Call of Duty videogame franchise.

Screenshots from Call Of Duty: Black Ops.

The PS3's new on-demand movie service isn't just a shop, says its founder, but a "social recommendation engine for film."

According to our Minister of Defence, this is a videogame nasty.

That most Ye Olde England of videogames is advancing its empire.The game's legendary developer Peter Molyneux talks to Matt Greenop about Fable III.

Games based on superhero and movie licenses have been hit-and-miss projects for developers for donkey's years.

Watching violent TV programmes or video games does make teenage boys more prone to aggressive behaviour, a study shows.

Screenshots from the upcoming game Fallout: New Vegas.