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Review: Guitar Hero World Tour

After creating customised rockers, budding musicians can play as a band or solo.

Fun and the glory

A hardcore gaming company now has casual gamers in its sights.

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Review: Gears of War 2

Careful use of cover is essential during the intense and exhilarating battles.

Review: Wii Music

Torments the ears with nursery rhymes, folk songs and horrendous arrangements of classical music.

Review: Fallout 3

This post-apocalyptic blockbuster asks players difficult questions.

Review: Fable II

The ambitious Fable II presents such an incredibly convincing world to explore that you often find yourself sidetracked for hours.

Review: Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2 returns to Conrad's Africa in the 21st century and it is still "The Dark Continent" where Westerners succumb to their base savagery.

Screen Play

What financial crisis?

Screen Play Australian game and console hardware sales have already surpassed 2007's figures, with the market recording growth of 48 per cent for the year-to-date. While there is obvious concern from game publishers, developers and hardware manufacturers that the global financial crisis will have a negative im...

Gadgets on the Go

Watchdog calls on telcos to lift their game

Gadgets on the Go The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has launched its connect.resolve campaign, calling on Australia's telcos to improve customer service. Last financial year saw the largest jump in complaints to the TIO in a decade, no doubt driven by the mobile broadband wars as it became clear some telcos ...

Latest game articles

Game over for advocate

The game industry has lost one of its most passionate supporters, writes Jason Hill.

Big fuss brews over LittleBigPlanet

Sony's heavy-handed moderation of its new smash hit video game LittleBigPlanet has many gamers crying foul.

War of words heats up as Xbox price slashed

Microsoft aggressively cuts Xbox 360 prices for the holidays, with the low-end model now $299 and the other models slashed by $100 each.