p>The Beano's Dennis, Gnasher and Walter join Minecraft By Emily Thomas Newsbeat reporter

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p>Minecraft players should be on the watch for Walter "softy" and his stinky pants.

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p>Walter, Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher from The Beano, can now be added to PC versions of the game.

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p>Gnasher can be turned into as a sausage by players, and all of Dennis' tricks, including catapults and stink bombs can be used.

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p>It's part of the Beano's bigger plans to expand into digital and its model has emerged out of a partnership between the show and Frima Studios, a Canadian multiplatform game developer.

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p>Mark Cotton, who is responsible for digital transformations at Beano, told Newsbeat that Minecraft is "their most fervent passion and their most cherished love"

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p>Mark says that the game is an extension of the comic and a way of making The Beano "a more holistic experience" for children.

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p>"Roughly 32,000 comics are sold every week at the Beano which is an impressive number," he says.

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p>It's still far lower than the two million copies sold during the height of the magazines.

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p>"We are very aware kids today are captivated by digital technology," Mark says. Mark.

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p>"We need to turn The Beano into an all-encompassing brand where Dennis and Gnasher is everywhere that kids are, instead of expecting that they will come to us.

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p>"So we're putting together an entire series of articles on the next three to six month."

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p>Some of these initiatives include puzzle-based apps, an interactive comic, and an "action 3D game for kids".

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p>The Beano's publisher DC Thompson has already extended the brand's reach to a television show, a photo sharing app and a YouTube channel.

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p>Grand Theft Auto? https://photography-blogs.co.uk/ </p>

p>The comic has been in existence since 1938, and has a lot of adult fans. It's possible that the Beano characters be featured in any adult games - Dennis the Menace in Grand Theft Auto perhaps?

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p>"No. It's not something we'd be focusing on right now," says Mark.

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p>"We're focused on the 7-11-year-old digital product - for the moment, digital for us is about engaging with children and discovering their passions."

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p>They've been working with 10 Minecraft and Beano fans aged 7-11 during the development process.

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p>Minnie the Minx

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p>"We basically asked our kids"If you were to put Beano into Minecraft What do you think you would see?

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p>"This was their first step towards imagining what they wanted. Evidently, their imaginations go far beyond what we could ever imagine at the moment.

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p>"But they wanted to play pranks, they wanted Walter, they wanted Gnasher, they wanted to dress as Dennis and that's what we've given them.

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p>"We'll keep talking to them. We'd like to expand this and build Beanotown to allow kids to be creative.

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p>"Minecraft is so popular because it gives children the ability to make decisions. If we try to restrict the kids and tell them what to do, they'd probably reject it."

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p>Are there any other characters who will get a glimpse?

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p>"We definitely want to expand it," says Mark.

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p>"Minnie the Minx is the obvious character and the one that kids have been asking about. So that's what I'd probably look at next."

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