E3 2014: Halo Master Chief Collection announced for Xbox One

The first four Halo games to be released on a single Blu-ray disc with enhanced Halo 2 Anniversary edition and live-action series from Ridley Scott – plus access to the Halo 5 beta. By Keith Stuart

E3 2014: 10 key trends to look out for

The biggest, loudest show in the gaming calendar is back, toting mega sequels like Halo 5 and Uncharted 4 as well as newcomers like Evolve and Destiny. But will there be some surprises too? By Keith Stuart

Super Time Force review – a brilliant piece of creativity

A brilliant piece of creativity is bundled with irreverent character and a slick retro-fetishist style, writes Will Freeman

Microsoft: US must act on ‘unfinished business’ of NSA surveillance

Brad Smith says in strongly-worded piece that government must 'reduce the technology trust deficit it has created'

Xbox One creator: how to design a games console

Carl Ledbetter lead the team that designed Microsoft's latest games console. But how do you set out to create a games machine? And did he mean the new Kinect to look like a smiling face? By Philippa Warr

Watch Dogs review – open-world shooter hints at more to come

Watch Dogs will have you zipping around a lovingly recreated Windy City on a mission of revenge, writes Toby Moses

Choose life! Why video games could do with a 1980s touch

Games have become too preoccupied with dark stories. Don't we need some new romantics, some glamour and a touch of Pretty in Pink? By Keith Stuart

Google is not doing enough to curb online piracy, says Cameron’s adviser

MP Mike Weatherley urges all search engines to do more and wants online ad funding of pirate websites blocked. By Mark Sweney

Microsoft’s ‘Star Trek’ voice translator available before the end 2014

Skype Translate demo showed real-time voice-to-voice translation between English and German. By Samuel Gibbs

Still running Windows XP? That’s the way Bill Gates planned it

Bill Gates's vision was of 'a computer on every desk, each one running Microsoft software'. Now the true cost is emerging, writes John Naughton

Amazon’s new downtown Seattle HQ: victory for the city over suburbia?

While Microsoft and Nintendo have stayed in the suburbs, Amazon is moving to a futuristic new inner-city home. Not everyone is happy – but this could be a masterstroke for the city

What is Twitch, and why does Google want it?

The YouTube of live gaming has 45 million users and 1 million people uploading videos of themselves playing games. So what's the appeal? By Stuart Dredge