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NOT SURE WHAT GAME TO BUY NEXT? CHECK OUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING AT MANIA HQ!

Platform: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4 Style: Action Publisher: Warner Bros Price: $89.95

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Gameplay: Every time we think we’ve had enough of the LEGO games, they pull out something AWSM and get us interested again! In this game you get to play as a whole bunch of different heroes, all with unique powers – Spider-Man can swing on webs, Iron Man can fly, and every other hero does what they do in the comics. It’s really cool jumping into a level with a few different characters and switching between them to use their powers to beat the bad guys and solve puzzles! As always, the game wants you to have fun and get plenty of LOLs along the way – this is a really funny game, and it’s packed with things to collect and find. If you haven’t played a new LEGO game for a while, we reckon this one is well worth checking out, especially if you love all things Marvel!

Graphics: Although the game is out on the PS4 and Xbox One, we played LEGO Marvel Super Heroes on PS3, and it looked AWSM! The characters look really cool in LEGO form and the level design is really fun and colourful. We loved bashing everything to pieces with our super powers and seeing bricks scatter!

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Lots of variety in hero’s superpowers!

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Maybe you’re sick of LEGO games?

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Minecraft is the best-selling game on Xbox Live by over 4 million sales!

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Platform: 3DS Style: Adventure Publisher: Nintendo Price: $69.95

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Gameplay: Link’s back, YAKs, but this game is very different from the ones we’ve been playing lately – it’s a sequel to his Super Nintendo adventure, A Link To The Past! But while A Link Between Worlds may not feel quite as epic as Zelda on consoles, we think this is the best new Zelda game released since Wind Waker landed on the GameCube! They’ve changed the whole formula around – you unlock a bunch of dungeons at once and can tackle them in any order you want, and you can rent most of the main items in the game right from the start to use anywhere! This means that you’ll spend a lot of time exploring and figuring out the world, which is really cool – you really need to hunt around to find everything! It’s much faster than other Zelda games – the dungeons are shorter and the world is smaller – but this just means that the game never stops being fun, even for a second! We totally love it, YAKs! Graphics: The 3D effects here are really AWSM! We kept the 3D slider all the way up for most of the game, because you get such a great sense of depth which helps a LOT in some of the dungeons!

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Classic Zelda, but it feels so fresh!

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CUSTOM CRAFTS!

We scouted the realms for the most AWSM creative builds!

MINAS TIRITH The capital of Gondor has been recreated Minecraft style. This mega build has all the awesome features from the Lord Of the Rings fortress, including massive white walls, castle and that epic precipice!

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THE TITANIC Unlike the real Titanic, this one is easily fixed if struck by an iceberg! Brick by brick this massive ship has been reconstructed complete with cabins, steam stacks and heaps of room for a crafting party!

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MINES OF MORIA More Middle-Earth Minecrafting! The Mines of Moria have been painstakingly recreated, from its massive dwarvern chambers to its deep fiery belly this place is EPIC!

SONIC-CRAFT Enter the Green Zone!

Minecraft user, Hwd45, has created classic Sonic The Hedgehog levels including loop-deloops and gold rings to collect!

EIFFEL TOWER The Eiffel Tower is one of the most iconic buildings in the world and there are so many custom towers, we couldn’t even come close to picking the most epic!

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Unlikely Hero Goofy, creative and resourceful. Laugh all you want at the spare shirts, bagels and Mr Queasy plush doll in Steven’s cheeseburger backpack, but they’re totes useful!

Half human and half Gem! Steven is part of The Crystal Gems, magical guardians of humanity.

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Sings, raps and jams on the ukulele.

Fave things to chow are Cookie Cat ice-cream sandwiches!

Crystal Gems have shape-shifting abilities, but the one time Steven used them, he turned his fingers into cats!

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Your cheat sheet to TV’s newest hero, Steven Universe!

Magical rose quartz gemstone embedded in his belly button. It summons a shield but Steven hasn’t figured out how to activate it yet.

“If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn’t have hot dogs.” – Greg from Steven Universe

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She works at Steven’s fave snack place, The Big Donut and enjoys watching him outwit Lars!

LARS He picks on Steven and also works at The Big Donut!

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This gentle Crystal Gem is a perfectionist and all about logic.

Pearl’s weapon is a magical spear!

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Weekdays @ 7:30am on Nickelodeon starting January 28.

Bwaaaaah! The craycray rabbit creatures have jumped from the gaming world into TV land. If you thought they were chaotic and unpredictable before, you ain’t seen nothing yet!

Steven’s dad used to be a one-man rock band and now runs a car wash.

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She’s the wild child of the Crystal Gems and loves messing with Steven!

Amethyst’s weapon is an energy whip.

GROJBAND

Weekdays @ 7:15am on ABC3 starting January 15.

Corey and his mates have started a band but their songs suck, so Corey steals his sis’s diary for inspiration. Crank it up YAKS, ‘cos the insanity has only just begun!

“I guess your powers don’t come from ice cream.” – Amethyst (Steven Universe)

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