Awesome Games

Two Pokémon have entered the stage. The fire-breathing dragon Charizard and the tongue-wearing frog Greninja will be available in the upcoming Wii U and 3DS game Super Smash Bros. 4 as playable characters.

Ever wondered what the Japanese version of The Sims would be like? Wonder no more, because Tomodachi Life is here. The Nintendo 3DS game lets you create characters with wacky personalities and even crazier activities.

This first-person (first-animal?) video game puts you in control of a not yet another gun-toting protagonist, but in the body of a bear. You’ll have to forage for berries, go on the prowl for meals, and explore a huge open world along the way.

A unique co-op fantasy board game in which players must flick their wooden hero discs across the playing field to battle monsters and earn treasure. If Dungeons & Dragons and curling had a baby, this would be it.

Character creation in MMORPGs has become a mini-game of sorts. The upcoming Korean game Black Desert takes it to the next level with a dizzying array of options. The developer might as well spin this off as a standalone program.

A brief look at The Crew, a open-world driving game from Ubisoft which encourages cooperation and competition. It also incorporates elements of MMORPGs with the ability to level up vehicle parts by collecting loot. More from Gamespot.

The Alliances continue to vie for the throne, even as they struggle to keep up with the invasion of the vampire lord and Daedric Prince Molag Bal in the latest episode of the CGI cinematic for The Elder Scrolls Online.

The latest trailer for the Wii U exclusive Mario Kart 8 shows off two of the game’s new items – the Boomerang and the Piranha Plant. The infamous Rainbow Road also returns with a new paint job. More here.

The beautiful perspective-based puzzle game Monument Valley is now available for iOS devices, with an Android release coming soon. Like Journey, it’s a fairly short experience, but every moment you spend with it is a treat.

The award-winning spaceship simulation game finally makes its way to the iPad. Experience the challenging, fast-paced and addictive FTL: Faster Than Light optimized for touch commands. Works with iPad 2 and above. Demo here.

This upcoming sci-fi survival horror game SOMA takes place in a remote undersea research facility in which machinery begins to think that it’s human. Coming to PS4 and PC in 2015. Early gameplay teaser here.

Ever encounter one of those April Fools’ pranks that sounds so good, and then you’re sorely disappointed to find out it’s not real? This is one of those times. Respawn and EA, get on the phone with Hasbro and make this happen now.

Project CARS already looks like the most visually stunning driving game of all time, but what fun is racing around in supercars if they don’t sound good? Crank the volume, sit back and enjoy 12 minutes of audio porn for gearheads.

We still wouldn’t pay a cent for Goat Simulator, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate Coffee Stain Studios’ humor. The studio parodied the dramatic Dead Island trailer to launch their intentionally broken ragdoll physics game.

Stratolith is an “electronic warfare simulator.” Defend your ship by hacking enemy drones through an interface lifted from software synthesizers and digital audio editors. Coming to Windows, OS X and iPad this winter.

YouTuber spumwack uses the simple graphics and programmable physics of Minecraft to better explain some of the complicated concepts of light speed. Like any good physics video he takes time to make us feel incredibly insignificant too.

A fast-paced arcade shooter by Vlambeer (Ridiculous Fishing, Super Crate Box). Mix and match airplane parts and engage in frantic dogfights while bopping to the sweet soundtrack. For Windows, OS X, Linux, PS3 & PS Vita.

After images of the game leaked online, Ubisoft decided to release this very brief teaser for the next Assassin’s Creed. The game will be set in the French Revolution and will be released on Xbox One, PS4 and Windows this Holiday season.

Made by Valve, Free to Play is a feature-length documentary that followed three professional eSports players on their journey to Valve’s million-dollar Dota 2 International Tournament. It’s also on Steam and iTunes.

Used in Tom Clancy’s The Division, Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment shows off the power and flexibility of their new engine, which isn’t just about amazing graphics, it’s designed to improve the workflow and creativity of game developers.

A 3D virtual reality headset accessory for the PlayStation 4. It has a 5″ 1080p LCD display and uses onboard sensors along with the PlayStation Camera to track head movement and position. It also has 3D positional sound.

Smooth McGroove’s latest is one of the catchiest video game tracks of all time – the Overworld theme from Super Mario Bros. 2. Seriously, when will they start using this guy for actual game soundtracks? Bubba dubba dubba doo bop bop…

Red Warrior will need food badly once again with this remake of the 1985 hack-and-slash arcade classic Gauntlet. You and up to three others will make your way through randomly-generated dungeons to gain loot. And food.