Evolution, disruption, annihilation: why 2013 looks like 1983 for consoles

Keith Stuart: There has never been a greater degree of uncertainty surrounding the future of video game consoles – or has there? Does the great crash of 1983 hint toward our future?

Game on: Inversion – preview

Tom Meltzer: Gravity-defying play is refreshing and new – but then things get really weird

Microsoft in $6.2bn write-down of aQuantive advertising service

Software giant on course to make a quarterly loss as value of online advertising portal slumps following poor performance

The Amazing Spider-Man – review

Mike Anderiesz: The Amazing Spider-Man provides free-swinging fun through New York, but it does have a glitch or two

Quantum Conundrum – review

Echoes of designer Kim Swift's previous iconic release may leave Portal-lovers underwhelmed, but this is still an engaging and addictive game, writes Matt Kamen

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor – review

Bringing Kinect technology to the new Steel Battalion results in a game that will appeal to nobody, says Simon Lucas

New-tech moguls: the modern robber barons?

John Naughton asks whether today's captains of industry – the wealthy and powerful figures who control the digital universe – are any different from the ruthless corporate figures of the past

Microsoft loses EU antitrust fine appeal

Europe's general court turns down bid from Microsoft to dismiss £721m fine levied in 2008, but software giant wins £32m discount. By Charles Arthur

Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2bn

Acquisition steps up software giant's battle with Google for the future of technology in the workplace. By Josh Halliday

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armour – Kenji Kataoka interview

Nick Cowen talks to producer Kenji Kataoka about the new iteration of Steel Batallion, which sees the introduction of the Kinect controller

Microsoft rejects Motorola patent offer

Google offer to settle Motorola Mobility patent disputes brushed off by Microsoft. By Charles Arthur

Microsoft Surface: how the software giant got Apple envy

Microsoft's new Surface tablet launch reveals the extent to which the company is apeing its greatest rival

Microsoft reveals Surface Windows 8 tablets

Microsoft launches bid to compete with Apple in tablet market with new devices that will run versions of forthcoming OS

Xbox 720 document leak: giant hoax or Microsoft road map?

Xbox 720 to have Blu-ray drive, Kinect 2 and augmented reality glasses? A leaked document says it will – but can we trust it?