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A pair of stellar universal iOS releases lead our iPad reviews column this week: Riptide GP – a jet ski racer from the developer of Hydro Thunder Hurricane – and Bike Baron, the top-selling motorcycle platformer that shines despite obvious influences. Over on page two, we’re taking a different tact …

Norman Lovett and Hattie Hayridge bring their stand up act to Prestatyn

Vampires, werewolves and zombies have already become small screen superstars, so what supernatural creature should be next?

Over-the-top football hasn’t had a proper home since 2002’s NFL Blitz 20-03. That’s all about to change in the new year when EA Sports’ NFL Blitz takes to the gridiron in January of 2012. This fumble-happy, interception-laden comeback brings the arcade franchise back to its roots with no rules, no …

A Misfits series three world exclusive and the sizzling SFX Hot 50 revealed in the latest issue of the galaxy’s greatest sci-fi mag

Hey, remember when SSX was SSX: Deadly Descents? Publisher EA eventually dropped that subtitle in a signal to fans that this newest entry was a true return to the pure and classic snowboarding gameplay they loved during the last console generation, not just an edgy and gritty spin-off. We followed …

From Dungeon Defenders’ description alone, it may sound like the developers at Trendy Entertainment may have bitten off more than they can chew. But from our experience playing the game, it looks to be combining the mix of gameplay styles together quite nicely. We had a chance to run through …

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. …