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With esports the world’s fastest growing spectator sport, Australia’s E-League has a new sponsor, the return of a host of World Cup stars, the defending Premiers and the promise of an intense new format.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Australia has unveiled two limited edition Playstation 4 bundles with a Star Wars Battlefront II theme to celebrate destroying the Death Star, or, perhaps the release of Star Wars Battlefront II.

Now that in Australia we have bid farewell to the best code to carry the term “football” for 2017, we can turn our attention to other codes – in this case American football or Gridiron with the release of the perennial Madden NFL 18.

Looking almost better than any of the movies, the latest official Star Wars Battlefront II trailer has hit the inter-webs.   

Good on you Respawn – good on you for listening to the fans. The first Titanfall was a breakthrough multiplayer experience that set up a universe ripe for exploring solo. Titanfall 2 has landed and brings with it the kind of single-player campaign that veteran franchise could learn a thing or two from.

The long awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed Mirror’s Edge has just been delayed again, but in the meantime a few of us lucky ones have tasted the game during the closed Mirror’s Edge Catalyst beta test.

Need For Speed hits the road again - but this Speed feels rushed.

At PaxAus 2015 we had a chance to begin a Tie Fighter versus X-Wing dog fight in a game of ten versus ten Star Wars: Battlefront fun with Fighter Squadron.

The yet to be released Unravel from independent game studio Coldwood from the north of Sweden is one of those intriguing artistic games that seem to successfully combine the craft of video game construction with the emotional heart of characterisation.  Seemingly so does Coldwood’s Creative Director Martin Sahlin.

Another year a new cover and number for Electronic Arts’ NFL simulator Madden 16.

There have been a few videos, and certainly there are many grains-of-salt to be taken here, but the new Star Wars: Battlefront official trailer does look better than Princess Leia in a gold bikini.  Perhaps this IS the game we have been looking for.

We sat down for some multiplayer action with the Battlefield Hardline Beta and members of the development team at Visceral Games ahead of the public launch.

Bioware has gone back to the drawing board with the third major Dragon Age release.  Returning to much that made the original Origins game such a success Inquisition is focusing on story-telling, character development and smoothing out the wrinkles and annoyances in combat.  We sat down and played the game from beginning and spoke to Mike Laidlaw lead designer from Bioware.

The 15th anniversary of the Sims is looming, we sat down with Maxis producer Graham Nardone to discuss the upcoming Sims 4.  The popular series is into its third reboot and the challenge for the developers is to please the legion of fans and at the same time introduce and refine the very personal experience of playing a Sims title.

You might need to put the pedal to the floor and get to the cinema as soon as possible to catch Need For Speed, game-to-movie tie-ins don’t normally linger long at the box office.

Users of EA's game distribution system Origin will have to get their orders in quickly if they want a physical copy - the company has announced it will cease offering physical copies of games from 4 April.

Microsoft  is banking a lot on Respawn Entertainment’s forthcoming Titanfall.  Having spent a lot of hours bounding around in the mech strewn world of the Titanfall beta test we can safely confirm that this release will be a unit shifter.

Titanfall, by all accounts will be a must have for Xbox One owners come this March,  Here is the wireless controller you will need to control your stomping-mech on-screen activities.

When game developers say they are going mobile now days, it typically just means a new phone or tablet version of their game.  In this case however Battlefield 4 is hopping into a tank and trundling around Australia.

The killer application for Xbox One? Titanfall – Introducing the Ogre