Games

There’s hope – and Faith – for Mirror’s Edge fans. Dice and EA have confirmed that they are working on a sequel to the parkour-inspired first person adventure and platforming game. No release date yet though.

An extensive look at MGS V. The Metal Gear series goes open world for the first time ever, bringing with it new challenges and opportunities. It also brings Big Boss one step closer to his Darth Vader moment.

Titanfall seems to be EA’s answer to Destiny. The game is a multiplayer-focused FPS where players can fight on foot as well as with mechs. Infantry are more agile, but the mechs are more powerful. More at NeoGAF.

The aura of hype and kowtowing in this video – is this a report or an ad? – is so thick it’s quite unnerving to listen to at times. But IGN does cover a lot of ground here about Bungie’s upcoming massively multiplayer FPS Destiny.

Dracula is besieged by powerful forces. Satan himself is amassing forces to exact revenge, and the Belmonts are coming for their errant kin’s head. Lords of Shadow 2 will see the conclusion of Gabriel Belmont’s tragic tale.

The free-to-play MMO FPS Firefall parodies business and stock market shows as it showcases the different classes available in the game. Find out more about the battleframes here. COURAGE.

(NSFW: Language, Gore) The mulitplayer in The Last of Us is as tense as its story mode. Form clans to scavenge and survive random events as well as attacks from enemies. You’ll also be able to buy and craft items on the fly.

Capt. Falcon, Link, Ness and Solid Snake duke it out. YouTuber pwnisher and his friends worked for a total of a year and a half to make this live-action version of Nintendo’s hit brawler.

Tall Chess is the app equivalent of the vertical chess set. It’s neat and simple, and it’s free-to-play if you just want to match wits with one person at a time. If you upgrade to the paid version, you get to play multiple games at once.

The music from Street Fighter 2 is the perfect backdrop for Vimeo user dantheadman’s foray into Cinema 4D, featuring colorful, swirling motion sculptures. (Thanks Tex!)

A puzzle adventure game where you play as a man armed with a gun that creates clones of himself.  You can possess any of your clones as you navigate through the game’s beautifully creepy world. Also on Steam. Demo at 2:02.

The story trailer for Rain gives us another look at its intriguing visuals and gameplay mechanics. The puzzle adventure game will be released on the PS3 this fall. The song is Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy.

A point-and-click adventure game inspired by early Mickey Mouse, Looney Tunes and other classic cartoons. Aside from its retro cartoon look, the game will also ask players to “think like a toon” in order to solve its puzzles.

The sequel to one of the best tower defense games ever made will launch on iOS devices on 06/06/13. It will have new towers, enemies and heroes. Flash version to follow; sadly, there’s no word on its Android release yet. More here.

From the creators of cult classics Earthworm Jim and The Neverhood comes a new claymation point-and-click adventure game, featuring a space explorer and his blind, talking dog sidekick.

Mojang’s next major release, the trading card game Scrolls will enter open beta on 06/03/13. It will cost $20 and will be available for Mac and PC. It looks like 2013 is the year of digital trading card games.

Another stellar lineup of indie games for PC, Mac & Linux. From the brutal Hotline Miami, the moving Dear Esther and the meta-game Little Inferno. DRM-Free. A $90 value, but you get to pay what you want and even help charity.

How Long to Beat is a crowdsourced website where gamers share how long it took them to beat a game based on varying play styles and platforms. It also shows the percentage of members who beat or even quit on the game.

Watch Ryze, Twisted Fate, Katarina and the other champions of free-to-play MOBA game League of Legends duke it out in this awesome CGI cinematic. Check out the behind the scenes video here.