For a first time ever on a handheld, a first-person shooter feels natural to control.

It's more high definition Sonic as Tails returns from exile to assist in the adventure.

Aside from a large brain and ample stomachs, the chief glory of being an ape is largely due to our opposable thumbs. Darwinists have long known that evolution sped up when our mammalian ancestors developed fingers arranged in such a way as to make picking up objects and gripping things generally, much easier; and indeed, the fact that apes can manipulate their environments using opposable thumbs is one of the main reasons homo sapiens have distanced themselves from the rest of the animal kingdom, developing fine motor skills and inventing tools.

Industry veterans to deliver series of half hour seminars.

Ubisoft’s shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier claims top spot in the week’s all formats games chart, pipping last week’s highest seller, Max Payne 3, to the post.

Eurocom bringing the adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione to Microsoft's Kinect peripheral.

Graffiti-spraying, rollerblading Dreamcast classic coming to Sony's handheld.

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Expect spelunking aplenty as The Cave comes to consoles and PC via digital download in early 2013.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mickey and the Three Musketeers unveiled.

Browser-based version retains all the features of home console original.

Never in (clear and present) danger of raising the bar for the genre, but a solid shooter regardless.

The Olympic torch took a wrong turn as it headed for Bristol yesterday. Tens of thousands of people had lined the streets of the city to catch a glimpse of the flame, but Clifton Suspension Bridge was left curiously empty.