When Nintendo Wii launches Wii Party across Europe on 8 October, each copy of the game will come bundled with a white Wii remote. With this extra Wii remote, users will be able to access the many multiplayer games on offer.

Microsoft has unveiled the latest addition to the famed “Age of Empires” franchise, “Age of Empires Online".

AMD has announced the availability of the ATI Stream Software Development Kit (SDK) v2.2 with full OpenCL 1.1 support to provide developers with the tools they need to build incredible next-generation applications.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 was the first "next-generation" game console to hit the market in November 2005, beating the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 by a full year. Like its peers, the 360 initially suffered from a few limitations, but since its launch, the Xbox team has implemented an assortment of improvements.

Ultimate Dream Teams, a fantasy sporting site, has over 35 000 users playing online football for the World Cup – a feat that GuruHut, their software developers, are very proud that they have had nothing to do with.

Esquire Technologies has announced the availability of the Point Of View (POV) GeForce GTX470 graphics card, with cinematic visual enhanced viewing through increased processing power for gaming graphics.

The dramatic success of James Cameron's Avatar – which this year will be followed by Steven Spielberg's TinTin, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and others – has cast new light on the 3D phenomenon.

It was predicted at the beginning of 2009 that the recession would force consumers to go out less and spend most of their free time indoors, writes Stefan van de Giessen, channel manager at Comztek. It was also anticipated that this would have a positive spin off for the gaming industry as people sought indoor entertainment. This indeed came to pass and the 2009 Christmas season proved to be very profitable for the gaming industry.

Video games first exploded on the PC entertainment scene 37 years ago and have evolved to become a multi-billion dollar industry that has captivated gamers and even technophobes with the depth and quality of graphics and action.

Mobile gaming will need a serious boost to put it on track to be the success analysts have predicted it will be. Declining revenues internationally and a stuttering start locally are the products of a lack of knowledge and investment in a sector that is without doubt a sleeping giant, says Riaan Groenewald, operation director of Multimedia Solutions.