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Welcome to the first zombie movie we’ve seen that’s actually any good. Left 4 Dead finally gets gaming away from the trigger-point mechanic: you have no idea if a dozen zombies are around the corner, or one, or none.

For every way that the web has improved life, it has also made things more complicated, frustrating and dangerous..

No one would have guessed that violent computer games could actually hold the key to saving lives rather than snuffing them out, until a team from Durham University postulated otherwise.

Not since Back to the Future Part 2 premiered, have we been so excited about 3D. And now it’s here in Sydney, we went out to experience the units for ourselves.

The man behind Ultima tries to reinvent the online RPG and partially succeeds with this robust MMO.

A much-hyped console epic comes to the PC, but unlike others that have made the move this deserves its press.

Valve may have missed the point of episodic gaming, but this is one of the best value gaming packs ever released

The newest version of Intel’s laptop platform is here. We unveil and test real Santa Rosa hardware.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

Half-life to share its platform with Doom.

Half-life to share its platform with Doom.

Half-life to share its platform with Doom.

A Vista-only release that's merely a port of an Xbox game. The charm's in the gameplay, not its Vista-centric nature.

Explore the burnt out shell of Chernobyl while shooting and savaging your way to the top.

Valve's digital distribution platform takes off.

An exciting glimpse at future performance, but by the time games appear to make them worth buying, the price will have plummeted.

Dell's 6400 is a great value mid-range notebook with very few weaknesses. The support is the icing on the cake.