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Have you been wondering about the look Rocksteady has gone for with Catwoman in Arkham City? Let us explain what it’s all about.

Here at PLAY magazine we get a lot of letters and e-mails from readers about a wide range of topics, but two subjects come up way more than any other. First – how do I get a job as a games journalist? And a close second – how do I get a job as a game developer?

WARNING! This post contains scenes of extreme gore and mutilation that gamers of a sensitive disposition might find too much to bear. Proceed at your own risk.

If, like us, you simply can’t wait for tomorrow’s launch of Red Dead Redemption, you can check out all our coverage of the game in one place thanks to our sister site’s new Red Dead tag widget.

What do PlayStation games tell us about the important subject of family? We looked into it and, if this is what families are really like, we’re going abroad on our own next Christmas. It’s not though. In real-life, it’s important to love your family, no matter how annoying they are.

You may or may not have heard of Scott Pilgrim, but he’s the star of a fantastic indie comic title that is approaching its sixth and final volume, a movie adaptation directed by Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz maker Edgar Wright and a videogame from Ubisoft. Basically if you haven’t heard of him you’ll be hearing plenty in the coming months, but what I wanted to bring to your attention was a new teaser panel from the next volume of Pilgrim’s comic.

The Super Street Fighter IV screens just keep rolling in, with this new batch focusing mostly on the art of kicking people really hard or, if you will, getting kicked really hard. New characters Cody, Guy and Adon feature, along with Street Fighter IV favourites Rose, Sagat and Chun-Li. Good ol’ Chin-Li.

How It Works moves from strength to strength as first issues have sold fantastically across the board

While most people are tucking into their turkey and pulling a cracker or too we here at Play are still frantically smashing away at our keyboards trying to promote cheer and good will throughout the land and on that note we’d like to wish all our readers a very happy Christmas holiday

No one can deny that when Media Molecule created Sackboy they cooked up one of the most iconic videogame characters in recent years. And what do you do with something that has universal appeal and can appear in a near endless amount of different guises? You merchandise it of course. Arriving just in time for Christmas is a new range of products based on Sony’s award-winning franchise. Everything from figures and keyrings to flashy new threads will soon be with us – available at retailers like HMV and Play.com gamers and collectormaniacs alike can pick-up the Sack-related stuff and if you’re lucky you might even track down a limited-edition angry version of the Planet protagonist.

If you’ve been reading Play for a long time, then you’ll no doubt be familiar with the name and face of Nick Jones, who’s been working on the magazine for almost six years

Thought you’d like to see this – we ran a competition with Morrisons a few months back and first prize was this, a signed PSPgo, signed by the man who created Gran Turismo and changed racing games forever, Kazunori Yamauchi

From air-sea rescue to counter surveillance, night vision goggles have literally changed the way we see

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