Today is the 5th annual The Game Awards, hosted by Geoff Keighley, which acts as a kind of mini E3 at the end of the year. There are a bunch of world premiers and gaming news that comes out during this show - so lets delve into what happened this year.

Rumour has it the first trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home is coming this Saturday out of Brazil Comic-Con. If that’s true, fans are soon going to learn a lot more about what Peter Parker has been up to since, well, we don’t know when. But, we do now have really good images of some of his new duds.

Old Faithful. That's what I call my Vita, or at least that's what I would call it if I was the type of person who had nicknames for their video game consoles and, for whatever odd reason, felt compelled to utter them out loud. I'd call it that because no matter how long I go without playing it, the damn thing always seems to have some battery life in it. For years I've taken its relatively efficient sleep mode for granted, but in the twilight of the handheld's lifespan it's become my favourite feature.

In a perfect world, you would always be able to sit down in front of your console and living room television when you had some gaming to do, but other members of the household will sometimes get in the way. When that happens, you can stream games to another computer or mobile device—and it’s easier to do than you might think.

While the rest of the world was wondering how Sony could ever make a good movie about Venom without Spider-Man’s involvement, the studio was busy cooking up the most erotic, disturbing romantic comedy of the year, and it would like to remind you of this very important fact. No, really.

PlayStation Classic is a faithful reproduction of the experience of playing original PlayStation games in the mid-1990s. In that respect, it succeeds. What it lacks is passion.

After one of the most jam-packed product release seasons ever, all the big phones are finally out. But which one is right for you? Between multiple releases from Apple, Samsung, and Google, Huawei's continued global push, and old names like Nokia and Palm popping up again, there's a seemingly an endless number of choices. And to make things even more daunting, with several phones pushing the $1500-mark, making a hasty purchase can quickly turn into an expensive mistake.

I just picked up one of those snazzy PlayStation 4 Slim Spider-Man bundles. It comes with the console, a controller, a copy of Spider-Man, USB, HDMI and power cables and a small piece of audio garbage no one needs.

Another batch of Spider-Man DLC is out now, and you know what that means - hot new spider-threads to collect, and take pictures (pictures of Spider-Man!) with.

This time around, all three new suits are actually from the comics, so here’s a quick little primer to their origins on the page.

I didn’t know how much I liked Felicia Hardy until she was missing from Turf Wars, the second chapter in Spider-Man’s The City Never Sleeps DLC, released today. The cat burglar’s duplicity and romantic chemistry with Peter Parker, the highlight of chapter one, are replaced in this latest outing by the sociopathic antics of old-school crime boss Hammerhead. He’s menacing but ultimately one-dimensional, leaving Turf Wars with no emotional center to help propel it to a satisfying conclusion.

One of the best aspects of Insomniac’s most recent Spider-Man game is the dozens of alternate costumes from Marvel’s Spider-Man comics that you can equip in order to gain special abilities and give Peter Parker a new look. You’ve got your Spider-Punk, and your vintage comics Spidey, but let’s be honest here. The most impressive of the game’s suits is the one at the top of this page.

Sony is skipping next year’s E3, ditching its traditional booth and press conference in a move that will have a significant negative impact on the video game industry’s annual trade show.

You’re heading to the store to get a PS4 right now, and need to know which games to get. (Keep your eyes on the road, please!) Or maybe you’re home, all set up, realising you want more stuff to play. We’re here to help.

Sony are slinging their own bargains today with cheap Playstation 4 Pros that come with a copy of Marvel's Spider-Man.

I was in a trendy hotel in Sydney when I decided to indulge in some controversial and downright dirty behaviour. I was going to do something that you're really not supposed to. Something naughty.

I was going to test Sony's shiny new A9F OLED by plugging my Xbox One X into it.

As publishers and platform holders push more towards cloud services, the prominence of subscription-based models take more prominence. Australians have access to a few already, and they're not bad deals. Xbox Game Pass is often better than buying a game outright, and EA's model is better value than it first appears.

But the most successful model amongst all the publishers belongs to Sony. Small problem: it's still not available in Australia.

With the PlayStation Classic’s release less than a month away, I went to PlayStation HQ this week for three hours of hands-on time with Sony’s nostalgic mini-console. It plays its selection of 32-bit classics like Final Fantasy VII and Resident Evil: Director’s Cut just fine, but the features of the device are pretty much the bare minimum.

A new version of Sony's Playstation 4 Pro has been rolled out and it includes one very important improvement: it's a lot quieter.

If you’re reading this blog then you know who Miles Morales, the lead hero of Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, is. But take a moment to really stop and consider just how much you know about Miles. What are his hopes and dreams? What are the things that define his personality? Who is he?