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BEST GAME: Portal 2 Bloody 'ell!  PERFORMER: Mark Hamill, Joker Well deserved FAMILY: Little Big Planet 2 I like Adam Buxton DEBUT GAME: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet I dislike Alex Zane ONLINE MULTIPLAYER: Battlefield 3 Again SPORTS / FITNESS: Kinect Sports 2 Back up a bit Oh it's just a big thing about Minecraft, good time for a toilet break... Christ he talks a load of bollocks, no wonder I gave up after page 1 of his books... Wow, Ian Livingstone is presenting the next award, let's turn to page ## to find out who wins... ARTIST ACHIEVEMENT: Rayman Origins Erm, the demo is great fun ONLINE BROWSER: Monstermind Okay? ONE TO WATCH: Tick Tock Toys Tick Tock, what?  ACTION: Batman Arkham City About time they won something... GAME AWARD FOR 2011: Battlefield 3 Perhaps we'll get a new one every year? MOBILE & HANDHELD: Peggle HD Every train journey I took during my years in Japan was spent playing this game STRATEGY: Total...

If there's anyone that really loves retro gaming it's PuppyGames. Though taking a retro aesthetic to all their games this one in particular also burlesques a retro arcade classic that everyone knows and loves and from this, they elevate and improve upon it. The premise is simple - Space Invaders. But these invaders are from Titan, are they're invading Earth, which you need to defend and then take the fight back to them, planet by planet (including the moon). You control your tank using the mouse (or keyboard if you're insane, as it's much slower), to weave among the enemy projectiles and hammer the ctrl or mouse buttons to shoot back and space to launch a smart-bomb. Though there's nothing smart about it, you just hit space and most of the enemies on the screen explode after a flash. As you shoot more enemies down you'll gain money which can be spent on upgrades such as shields, gun-power and even weapon attachments, giving you more projectiles to hurl ...