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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Wii Review Wii
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1 2 3 Kick It PC
100 in 1 Explosive Megamix DS
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A Boy and His Blob Wii
A Christmas Carol DS
Achibald's Adventures PSP
Alice in Wonderland DS
Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery DS
Assassin's Creed II 360
Astro Boy Wii
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Batman The Brave and The Bold Wii
Batman The Brave and the Bold Wii
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Wii
Beautiful Katamari 360
Bolt Wii
Boom Blox Wii
Braid XBLA
Bubble Bobble Retro
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Canabalt iPhone
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 360
Cave Story 3D 3DS
Contra 4 DS
Crash: Mind Over Mutant 360
Create Wii
Crush3D 3DS
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Dark Void Zero DSi-Ware
DeBlob 2 Wii
Despicable Me Wii
Dewy's Adventure Wii
Diego's Build and Rescue DS
Diego's Wolf Pup Rescue PC
Disney Universe 360
Docomodake DS
Dodogo DSi-Ware
Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii
Doodle Jump iPhone
Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom Wii
Dora The Explorer: Dora Saves the Mermaids PS2
Dora The Explorer: Journey To The Purple Planet PS2
Dora the Explorer Dora Saves the Snow Princess Wii
Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Snow Princess Wii
Dora's World Adventure PC
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter DS
Duck Tales Gameboy
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Echoshift PSP
El Shaddai Ascension of the Metatron 360
Enslaved 360
Enslaved in the Membrane PS3
Epic Mickey Wii
Escape Plan PS Vita
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Faceez DSi-ware
Fancy Nancy Tea Party Time DS
Fling Smash Wii MotionPlus
FlingSmash Wii MotionPlus
Flower PS3
Flower PS3 PSN
FreeJack PC
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Game and Watch Cement Factory DSi-Ware
Game and Watch Chef DSi-Ware
Game and Watch Judge DSi-Ware
George of the Jungle Wii
Go Diego Go : Safari Rescue Wii
Go, Diego, Go! Safari Rescue Wii
Gottlieb Pinball Wii
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Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure DS
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Ivy the Kiwi Wii
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Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier PSP
Jonas DS
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Katamari Forever PS3
Kirby Mass Attack DS
Kirby Super Star Ultra DS
Kirby's Epic Yarn Wii
Kung Fu Panda 2 360 Kinect
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Lara Croft Guardian of Light 360
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 360
Leedmees 360 Kinect
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes PS3
Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 PS Vita
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 360
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 PS3
Lego Indiana Jones 2 360
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Wii
Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga 360
Lego: Pirates of the Caribbean DS
Limbo XBLA
Limbo: A Nasty Game 360 XBLA
Line Rider 2: Unbound DS
Little Big Planet PS3
Little Big Planet 2 PS3
Little Big Planet 2 Preview
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
LittleBigPlanet 2 PS3
LittleBigPlanet 2 Machinima PS3
LittleBigPlanet PSP PSP
Loco Roco PSP
Loco Roco 2 PSP
LocoRoco 2 PSP
Locoroco 2 PSP
Lost Winds Wii-Ware
Lost in Shadow Wii-ware
LostWinds Winter of the Melodias Wii-Ware
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Mario Galaxy Wii
Mario Galaxy 2 Wii
Marvel Super Hero Infinity Gauntlet Wii
Mercury Revolution Wii
Mighty Switch Force 3DS
Mirror's Edge PS3
Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess PSP
Monsters vs Aliens 360
Ms Splosion Man 360 XBLA
Mushroom Men the Spore Wars Wii
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Naruto Shippuden Ninja Council 4 DS
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Brother DS
New Super Mario Brothers DS
New Super Mario Brothers Wii Wii
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OIO PC
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath PSN
Outland XBLA
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Pac 'N Roll DS
Pac n Roll DS
Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions 3DS
Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX XBLA
Paper Mario 3D 3DS
Parasol Stars Retro
Peggle DS
Phineas and Ferb Ride Again DS
Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon DSi-Ware
Planet 51 360
Portal 360
Portal 2 PS3
Prince of Persia 360
Prince of Persia (2008) 360
Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands 360
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? PSP
Pucca Power Up DS
Punch Time Explosion 3DS
Putty Squad PSV
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Rainbow Islands Retro
Rainbow Islands: TA Challenge Mode XBLA
Ratchet and Clank All 4 One PS3
Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time PS3
Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One PS3
Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty PS3
Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty PS3 PSN
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Desrtuction PS3
Rayman Origins 3DS
Rayman: Origins 360
Rolando 2 iPhone
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Scribblenauts DS
Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun Wii
Shantae: Risky's Revenge DSi-Ware
Shaun White's Skateboarding PS3
Shinobi 3DS
Shrek Forever After Wii
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventures Wii
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time PS3
Sly Trilogy PS3
Sonic 4 Episode 1 360
Sonic Colours Wii
Sonic Generations 3DS
Sonic Unleashed PS3
Soul Bubbles DS
Splosion Man 360 XBLA
Sponge Bob Square Pants Wii
Spyro Skylanders PS3
Stacking 360
Super Mario 3D Land 3DS
Super Mario 3d Land 3DS
Super Mario Advance 2 (Super Mario World) GBA
Super Mario Advance 3 (Yoshi's Island) GBA
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 GBA
Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Brothers 2 GBA
Super Mario All Stars Wii
Super Mario Brothers 3 NES
Super Mario Galaxy Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii
Super Monkey Ball 3DS
Super Monkey Ball: Splitz PS Vita
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Tangled Wii
The Adam's Family Pinball
The Adventures of Tintin PS3
The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity DS
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 360
The Munchables Wii
The Princess and the Frog DS
Tomb Raider 360
Tomb Raider Anniversary PS2
Touch My Katamari PS Vita
Toy Bot Diaries iPhone
Toy Story 3 360
Toy Story 3: The Video Game Wii
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DS
Trials HD XBLA
Tron Evolution PS3
Tron: Evolution PS3
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Up DS
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Vertigo Wii
Vertigo Again
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Wario Land: The Shake Dimension Wii
We Dance Wii
Winterbottom XBLA
Wipeout In The Zone 360 Kinect
World of Goo Wii-Ware
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Yogi Bear The Video Game DS
Yoshi Touch and Go DS
Yoshi's Island DS DS
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Zen Pinball PSP
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de Blob Wii
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n+ DS
Platform games task you with getting from point A to point B. The world you journey through is usually based on different levels, and populated with enemies, switches and lifts to be negotiated. As you work through each level you pick up various collectables that accrue score, special abilities and access to hidden areas.
Although the term refers to the vertical and horizontal platform found in early examples of these games, the genre now includes games that have moved on from the straight forward running and jumping play style. Some platform games, such as Super Mario DS and Pac n' Roll DS allow the player to navigate a 3D space. Other platform games such as LittleBigPlanet PS3 provide other additional ways to interact with the environment that extend the experience beyond the left to right progression.
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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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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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
Jonas DS is a simplistic and slightly unnerving game based on kid-pop's most sinister siblings... read now
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Kirby's Epic Yarn Wii Review
Little Big Planet 2 PS3 Review
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 360 Review
Braid XBLA Review
Braid 360 Review
Tangled Wii Review
Shantae: Risky's Revenge DSi-Ware News
Novel Gamer Show | Epic Mickey Wii Podcast
Epic Mickey Wii Review
Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii Review
Winterbottom XBLA Review
Braid XBLA Review
Enslaved 360 Review
1 2 3 Kick It PC News
Limbo XBLA Review
Braid XBLA Rough Guide
Braid XBLA Review
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Wii News
Tron Evolution PS3 Review
Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX XBLA Review
100 in 1 Explosive Megamix DS Review
Limbo 360 XBLA Review
Tomb Raider 360 News
Up DS Review
Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii Review
Lego: Pirates of the Caribbean DS News
Enslaved 360 Review
Epic Mickey Wii Review
FlingSmash Wii MotionPlus Review
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? PSP Review
Limbo 360 Review
Sonic Colours DS Review
Sonic Colours Wii Review
Epic Mickey Wii News
Diego's Build and Rescue DS Review
DeBlob 2 Wii News
Limbo XBLA Review
Super Mario All Stars Wii News
Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii News
Enslaved PS3 Review
Sonic 4 Episode 1 360 Review
Kirby's Epic Yarn Wii News
Enslaved 360 Review
Echoshift PSP Review
Super Monkey Ball 3DS News
Enslaved 360 Review
n+ DS Review
Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon DSi-Ware Review
Limbo XBLA Review
Trials HD XBLA Review
Faceez DSi-ware Review
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Achibald's Adventures PSP Review
Limbo XBLA Review
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii Review
Toy Story 3 360 Review
Assassin's Creed II 360 Review
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 360 Review
Shrek Forever After Wii Review
Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands 360 Review
Ivy the Kiwi Wii News
Dark Void Zero DSi-Ware Review
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii Review
Lost in Shadow Wii-ware News
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii Review
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii Rough Guide
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii Review
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii Review
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Review
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Little Big Planet 2 PS3 Rough Guide
Peggle DS Review
Little Big Planet PS3 Rough Guide
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LostWinds Winter of the Melodias Wii-Ware Review
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Zen Pinball PSP Review
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World of Goo Wii-Ware Review
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Dewy's Adventure Wii Review
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Little Big Planet PS3 Review
Prince of Persia 360 Rough Guide
Crash: Mind Over Mutant 360 Review
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Docomodake DS Rough Guide
de Blob Wii Rough Guide
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Desrtuction PS3 Review
Line Rider 2: Unbound DS Rough Guide
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The Adam's Family Pinball Rough Guide
Yoshi Touch and Go DS Rough Guide
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Boom Blox Wii Rough Guide
Loco Roco PSP Rough Guide
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Super Mario Advance 3 (Yoshi's Island) GBA Rough Guide
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