JAMES CULLINANE

PREVIEW: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City sheds the series' survival horror roots to deliver an action oriented TPS game.

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PREVIEW: Gerard Campbell got his hands on four chapters of Spec Ops: The Line and came away impressed.

Sony will merge its PlayStation online gaming service into its broader online platform.

Blog: As promised, here's my impressions of 2K's Spec Ops: The Line, which I spent time with last week.

SIOBHAN KEOGH

Would you be surprised to learn that NZ is behind a successful online social game?

Blog: It's not unusual to pay $130 for a console game at a bricks-and-mortar retailer. So it's not surprising that some gamers buy only two or three new games a year.

SIOBHAN KEOGH

REVIEW: We join supernatural mobster Jackie Estacado in the second part of his story.

Blogs: I'm off on a road trip this week, and it's about this time to think about what games to take with me to play during down time.

DAN CHEER

REVIEW: If IKEA sold RPG games, this is probably what they'd squeeze into a flat-pack.

MATT MAGUIRE

REVIEW: Deep Silver has created a challenging, clever title that explores complex issues.

Games industry website MCVPacific has published a list of the top-ten selling games in New Zealand for 2011.

Blog: Yesterday, something quite extraordinary happened from the man behind Grim Fandango, Full Throttle and Psychonauts.

The dog that stole The Artist's show will now be collecting coins for Mario and co.

Sales of gaming software, hardware and peripherals in New Zealand generated $179.6 million in 2011.

Microsoft has denied there is any evidence of a security breach in the Xbox Live service but has acknowledged users are having their accounts hijacked by cyber criminals.

REVIEW: Final Fantasy XIII-2 goes a very long way to redressing the shortcomings of its predecessor, but in focusing on doing so, doesn't move the series forward.

BOB BROWN

The iPad 3 rumour mill has heated up this week, fuelled by a report from Japanese Apple blog Macotakara that the much anticipated tablet will come out in March.

MATT MAGUIRE

REVIEW: Even with the soaring popularity of the undead, doublesix's effort on this downloadable title lacks bite.

Blog: Sean Bean, the producer on EA's action role-playing game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, has a lot to thank Sean Bean, the actor, and Game of Thrones for.

MATT MAGUIRE

REVIEW: It's great to see Voltron back on the screen again, even if this particular iteration is lacking in a few key areas.