This month's rather fetching double-wrapped cover features Nintendo's next great hope, Wii U. We go hands-on with the hardware and deliver our detailed thoughts. We haven't forgotten the rest of E3, though, and you'll find extensive coverage of the Californian show, along with additional game previews, in Knowledge.
Michael Gove, the UK secretary of state for education, has said that videogames have "huge potential" to aid the study of maths and science in the nation's classrooms.
In a speech to the Royal Society in London last week, Gove pointed to the works of Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics at Oxford University and an advisor to maths games website Manga High. He said: "When children need to solve equations in order to get more ammo to shoot the aliens, it is amazing how quickly they can learn.
Michael Gove, the UK secretary of state for education, has said that videogames have "huge potential" to aid the study of maths and science in the nation's classrooms.
In a speech to the Royal Society in London last week, Gove pointed to the works of Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics at Oxford University and an advisor to maths games website Manga High. He said: "When children need to solve equations in order to get more ammo to shoot the aliens, it is amazing how quickly they can learn.
There’s more than a little of Half-Minute Hero to Realm Of The Mad God. Marvelous Entertainment’s matchbox-sized charmer used a simple increase in speed to ridicule, explore, and ultimately benefit from the structures and quirks of the RPG, and now Wild Shadow Studios has opted for a little genre gene-splicing in order to do much the same for the MMOG.
505 Games' Zumba Fitness is number one in the UK all-formats software chart for a third week in succession.
Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean climbs three places to number two, and Wimbledon fever helps Virtua Tennis 4 rise 15 places to fifth, ahead of Top Spin 4 in eighth.
Sony's download service, PlayStation Store, is to finally return to Japan this week, 11 weeks after servers were first taken offline after an attack by anonymous hackers.
In a statement on its website - translated by Andriasang - Sony confirms that the store, and Qriocity, will be back online this Wednesday, July 6. PS3 and PSP owners will be able to access the full suite of services including in-game items, code redemption, and Media Go.
