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Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time promises a return of some much-loved characters as well as a joyful and child-friendly action adventure with gadgets... read now

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Rayman Origins comes to the 3DS, after a popular appearance on the big consoles. Will the attractive animation translate to the small screen with the big depth?.. read now

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Flower may seem like an odd-ball on the PlayStation 3, but actually it's as true to Sony's PS3 system as Wipeout was on the PS1... read now

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Mighty Switch Force provides an innovative 3D take on a block-switching action platformer, with a beautiful comic-book art style... read now

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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz comes to the Playstation Vita and seems to find a natural fit with its new controls - and even offers some nifty GPS features... read now

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Scripted Gamer digs into some multiplayer Ratchet and Clank and finds things are not what they are supposed to be... listen now

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Star Wars is an Odyssey I will happily travel again and again. Real actors or Lego actors, terrible special effects or cool digital animation, cartoons, fan fic, whatever. I love it in all its incarnations. Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga on 360 was therefore right up my mythic street... read now

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Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 adds to the list of the Vita's early titles. Solid gameplay and entertainment promise to make this a popular choice... read now

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Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes offers a return to the carefree cartoon world of a fun Lego licence not constrained by a movie tie-in... read now

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Putty Squad plans a triumphant return in higher definition than ever on the Playstation Vita, and with new content to warm the heart of ageing Amiga and Atari ST gamers... read now

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In Today's Scripted Gamer Fred and Bob discuss a teenie tiny Lara Croft... listen now

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2011 has brought with it some significant and poignant anniversaries, but surely none more so than Sonic The Hedgehog's twentieth birthday (assuming that he'd just been born when the first game came out). the year's other major milestone, of course, marks ten years since Sega officially announced that it was giving up producing console hardware and was focussing solely on designing games for other platforms... read now

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold Wii is the flipside to the successful Arkham games, a cartoon 2D platformer that's colourful, funny and charming... read now

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Batman The Brave and The Bold is intense fun that is over a bit quick. But with the collectibles and link-up Wii play there is still enough here to keep you playing for quite some time... read now

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Batman The Brave and The Bold is brim-full of co-operative fighting fun. Although at times repetitive, playing together with two kids on the Wii and one on the DS turns this into more than just a Batman branded novelty... read now

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LittleBigPlanet returns in a handheld form for the Vita and promises to unleash the potential of the new controls through its hugely creative audience... read now

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Touch My Katamari is the return of a hilarious object collection series and challenges you to roll up everyday artefacts like never before... read now

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Jonas DS is a simplistic and slightly unnerving game based on kid-pop's most sinister siblings... read now

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Shaun White's Skateboarding brings out the rad side of Bob's personality, Fred isn't convinced... listen now

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Escape Plan PS Vita is another thoughtful dark side-scrolling platform game, with a dash of cartoon wit and comprehensive touch controls... read now

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