Fun for all the family
Rockstar’s Batman: Arkham series may have started out fairly cuddly, but by the end there was no way little hands were getting a go on those games.
Marvel’s Spider-Man changed all that. This open-world adventure shows you Spidey as you’ve never really seen him before on screen.
It’s a more experienced Peter Parker, eight years into his stint as the city’s Friendly, Neighbourhood Spider-Man.
This experience shows, in that he’s faster and has much sharper detection skills, making him a better crime fighter.
The environments in this game are stunning. Beautifully rendered skylines, textured rivers and bright, neon lights combine to create a city so real, you feel like you’ve actually been there.
And if the kids fall in love with it, then there’s good news. The follow up, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, is out next month. takes Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped and wraps them up into one, beautiful little package.
It’s a wonderful wave of nostalgia for older players, and a rude awakening for younger ones as they realise just how hard games used to be. This is a great way to relive Crash’s glory days, and keep the whole family entertained for hours.
IF there’s a character more adorable than Nintendo’s Yoshi, I’ll eat my cookie dough hat.
This title sees the chubby little dinosaur, and his pal Poochy in a world made of wool.
Having seen the villainous Magikoopa Kamek reduce Craft Island’s Yoshi population to bundles of yarn, the remaining Yoshis must work together to track their friends down and knit them back together again.
Weave yourself platforms to scale hard-to-reach places, bend pipes to clear your route, and pull loose threads to unravel walls and uncover secret areas.
Warm, colourful, cuddly and fun-packed – you can add a further dimension to the game with a woolly Poochy amiibo, and bring the game to life.
IF there’s one experience which will make kids fall in love with gaming, it’s Zelda.
This is a game brimming with beautifully realised landscapes, taxing puzzles, mysterious landmarks and hidden treasures.
Take our hero Link on a voyage of discovery across fields, through forests and up mountain peaks and discover what has become of the ruined kingdom of Hyrule.
This is the first open-world adventure for Link, and it boasts a map 12 times larger than Twilight Princess. It also offers different environments, for which you’ll have to dress Link accordingly to shield him from them.
Explore at your own pace, complete dungeons in whichever order takes your fancy and you can create waypoints and investigate enemy stats. The game also supports multiple Amiibo figurines that can alter elements of gameplay.