"games" news, interviews, and features

Slideshows about games

• 

  The seven coolest PC cases at Computex 2015

  Desktop PCs may be yesterday's technology, but that doesn't mean they can't be slicker than the latest smartphones.

  The seven coolest PC cases at Computex 2015
• 

  In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games

  Star Wars Rebels, Fireworks, Shakespeare and lots of quests are featured in top iPhone and iPad games.

  In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games
• 

  IN PICTURES: Thousands of gamers flock to EB Games Expo

  EB Games Australia's annual expo is in Sydney's Olympic Park from October 3 to 5. The three-day event (which is scheduled to coincide with the school holidays) hosts game developers and publishers, alongside manufacturers, each claiming their stake across the giant Dome; there's consoles, PCs, accessories, toys, collectibles, cosplay, DJs, robot wars, and of course, a wide array of big titles, and hands-on preview sessions of yet-to-be-launched games for those willing to brave the lines.

  IN PICTURES: Thousands of gamers flock to EB Games Expo
• 

  In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2014

  Heroes, bugs, puzzlers, baseball and more fill this list of popular Apple iPhone, iPad games

  In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2014
• 

  In Pictures: 17 best iPhone/iPad games of 2013

  Puzzles, adventure games, dungeon crawlers, and more fun for your favorite iOS device (during off-work hours, of course).

  In Pictures: 17 best iPhone/iPad games of 2013
• 

  In Pictures: 12 must-play Android games

  Our top picks for gaming on your Android device.

  In Pictures: 12 must-play Android games

More slideshows

News about games

• South Australia makes $2M gambit for digital games developer jobs

  The new hub is expected to create up to 500 new local jobs

• This fake Pokemon Go game will secretly drive porn ad clicks

  The app will freeze the phone with a screen lock of a Pokemon Go image

• No, it wasn’t just you: Super Mario Bros. is tougher than NP-hard

  A new paper co-written by researchers at MIT, the University of Ottawa, and Bard College at Simon’s Rock says that Super Mario Bros. belongs to ...

• Monster gaming laptop from CybertronPC packs latest desktop hardware

  The Osiris laptop can be configured with two Nvidia GPUs and a desktop Skylake chip that can be overclocked

• Film Victoria backs women in gaming with new fellowships

  Offers $25,000 to address gender imbalance in gaming industry

• What does the future hold for artificial intelligence?

  Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, shares with CIO.com his thoughts on where artificial intelligence and cognitive computing research is ...

Interviews about games

• Minecraft's Notch revealed in behind-the-scenes tale

  The frontiers of gaming may not be a post-PC zone, and conditions are great for independent developers

Features about games

• 36 best free iPhone games: Brilliant iOS games that cost nothing

  Looking for the best free iPhone games? We've rounded up 36 of our favourites: from driving games to sports sims, from puzzle games to shooters, ...

• Nintendo's Hiroshi Yamauchi, father of console gaming, dead at 85

  The man who led Nintendo to kick start the home console market died Thursday of pneumonia at a Japanese hospital.

• Relive the 90s with these three awesome iOS games

  Warning: This story may bring on severe flashbacks

• Opinion: Xbox One - built for... business?

  Microsoft pitches its latest video game console as a tool for small business owners. No, really!

• Sony PlayStation 4 vs next-gen Apple TV

  How will the PS4 fare when Apple steps up to the plate? Badly, if this is all it has

• How Windows 8 rewrites the rules of PC gaming

  As Microsoft moves PCs, tablets, and smartphones under a common code base, the future of gaming is primed to change forever.