Have you seen Child of Light
Ubisoft's platforming RPG?
It's coming on April 30
For consoles and PC.
If you hadn't already guessed
The whole story's told in rhyme
Luckily Ubisoft has better poets
Than Joystiq does. Check out our preview.
[Image: Ubisoft]
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