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I bloody love Shigeru Miyamoto. I really bloody love him. It’s not just that he’s created some of the finest-crafted, wittily-designed, overall wonderful games in history. It’s not just that his eight and sixteen-bit Mario games absolutely shaped my early gaming years. It’s also the fact the he’s been responsible …

(opens in new tab) According to International Game Developers Association Mobile SIG lead Kevin Dent, THQ has been hit with another round of layoffs, and this was was significantly larger than the last few. Among those effected are said to be over 170 employees, including the VP of tech Mark …

Rockstar Games has delivered one mighty fine holiday gift in the form of an iPad version of Grand Theft Auto III for only $5… but how does it play? We’ve got the details below. After that, we’re checking out Batman: Arkham City Lockdown, the Infinity Blade-esque spinoff of this year’s …

The Hosts Special Guests: Listen to find out! The Content (opens in new tab) It’s a short week here at the GamesRadar offices as we all prepare to stuff ourselves stupid with turkey, gravy, alcohol, and awkward family conversations about politics. Because we’re busy pretending to be sick to skip …

No one is safe as Kirby, rapacious cutie-pie and king of the Nintendo B-list, extends his boundless hunger into our own third dimension today. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure is a remake of the pink all-devourer’s second outing and NES debut. The 3D Classics line’s been pretty sparse for platformers so …

The following story originally posted on Oct. 31, 2008, back when our old layout confined it to a much smaller column width – and much smaller images. With Halloween 2011 fast approaching, we decided it was time to pull it out, dust it off and give it a second chance …

This article is part of a weeklong series of features celebrating the 10th anniversary of GTA III. You may also want to look at What devs think of GTA III, Who’s your favorite GTA character? and GTA V: Location! Plot! Characters! Guesswork! 7. It opened the door for more storylines …

All we really want to do is talk about the iPhone 4S and all the amazing-looking games we’ll be playing shortly thanks to the pairing of the A5 processor (from the iPad 2) and the Retina Display (sadly still not on the iPad), but we have a job to do, …

Madden NFL 12 is the biggest name in the bunch this week – no competition there – but iPad owners should be particularly psyched about the recent slate of hugely impressive original offerings. Jetpack Joyride (from Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick) in particular is a pitch-perfect, one-touch action game that keeps …

Last month marked not just the 20th anniversary of the SNES, but also the stupendous game that was packed in, Super Mario World. One of many high points in Mario’s career, to numerous fans it’s still his best game, with Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto going on record that it’s his …