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The demo for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster just dropped on Xbox Live, and we were practically falling over ourselves to give it the warm, FAPpy treatment. Why? Because childhood, that’s why. Because childhood. We were really surprised by how much dancing there was in this game. Don’t get …

We don’t know how the gameplay will turn out just yet, but the story behind Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is stupendous. The hero has his name because as a little chicken fetus, he was hardboiled inside his egg. That’s… disgusting, but also sets the proper tone for this 2D action/platformer which …

I like to think that ‘Ico’ means ‘beautiful thing’ in some exotic foreign language. Because it is truly a thing of beauty. I’m not just talking about the dreamy fairytale vistas surveyed from the game’s many vertiginous parapets, or the golden radiance of the sun flooding through some towering window. …

NOW WITH ANSWERS! Can you identify the voices behind 20 animated film characters?

Since May 2009, Minecraft has chugged along in what’s possibly the longest and most open public beta ever in the history of video games, and some big changes are starting to take place. Creator Markus “Notch” Persson has said in the past that he eventually wanted to move the game …

The largest transformation in Mario’s history came with the shift from 2D to 3D in Super Mario 64. He handled the transition well, but the platforming plumber was never the same. From that point on, Mario’s console releases started to take on a form of their own, with new mechanics …

Like zombies? Then you’ll love our latest special issue, which is dedicated to all things undead!

In the world of Deus Ex: Human Revolution , what upgrades would you get? John Cooper makes a list of biomechanical enhancements that didn’t make it into the game

Thunder! Thunder! Thunder! ThunderCats. Hooooooo! As the rebooted feline cartoon comes to UK screens, we chat with the creative team behind it…

Glitches happen. Deal with it (sometimes) First of all, know that I’m not going into a rant about how glitches are an unforgivable rampaging evil that must be stomped out at all costs here. Games are big, complicated things these days, and I get that glitches are part and parcel …