Developer Ron Gilbert unravels the mysteries of The Cave and calls time of death on physical media (interview)
Underground carnies sounds like something from our nightmares, but it actually makes for a somewhat enjoyable adventure game.
Insomaniac’s Fuse lets you lead a team of four badass agents (preview)
The single-player version lets you shift between four characters.
Toki Tori 2’s simple mechanics reward your curiosity (hands-on preview)
The only things you can do in Toki Tori 2 is chirp and stomp the ground, and half the fun is figuring out how to use these actions to affect the wildlife populating each level.
Zen Pinball 2 on Nintendo’s eShop gives you a choice of dozens of pinball tables (preview)
The title features characters who rise the from 3D table tops and become scoring opportunities if you can hit them with the ball.
The 3DS library gets a little weirder with these quirky eShop games (preview)
A physics puzzler with magical water droplets, a brave squid, and a truly inexplicable game about throwing people in Tokyo give 3DS owners a diverse eShop lineup to look forward to.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GLaDOS in Pacific Rim, more Black Ops II zombies, and Portal on a calculator
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Dead Space 3 ain’t a walk in the park (hands-on preview)
Set on the bone-chilling frozen world of Tau Volantis, Dead Space 3 is aimed at gamers who want to be scared out of their wits at the same time they’re slaughtering masses of horrible monsters. While some fans fear that it has too much action, I detected plenty of scary stuff in the demos that I’ve seen.
Insomniac’s Fuse promises some intense multiplayer co-op battles (hands-on preview)
There's nothing exactly like Fuse out there when it comes to multiplayer combat, and that's a good thing.
With Company of Heroes 2 multiplayer, ‘every battle tells a story’ (preview)
Victory can either come from grabbing strategic spots early, or building up your armor as fast as possible.
Resident Evil 6’s new modes put an undead spin on competitive multiplayer (preview)
The new modes arrive first on the Xbox 360 on December 18, with PlayStation 3 to follow sometime later.