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Get a good look at the new player animations and signature moves in NBA 2K13, including lots of dunks, crazy layups and pumped up celebrations. The song is Victory, a Puff Daddy classic.

Here’s a brief look at the new units that will be introduced in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Some old units also get new abilities, while an old favorite is removed from the game.

Valve has released a beta version of Big Picture, a new interface for Steam members that’s meant to be used with HDTVs and game controllers. Just hook up your PC to your TV and head to this link.

(NSFW: Language) An 15-minute version of the gameplay footage shown earlier this year. The movements, dialogue, sound and hit-and-run action give The Last of Us a realistic, but tense feel.

Despite the seeming abundance of new aggressive moves in Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Ubisoft assures us you can still do solid stealth playthroughs, as shown in this alternate take of the bloody demo.

(SPOILERS) A promotional behind-the-scenes look at the making of Halo 4, which sees the return of Master Chief in an adventure that’s wider in scale yet also more personal than the previous games.

HD re-releases of the Sega Saturn classic NiGHTS: Into Dreams and Dreamcast games Sonic Adventure 2 and Jet Set Radio. Available soon (as separate purchases) on XBLA, PSN and Steam.

The launch trailer for the sequel to the hit action RPG. Torchlight II has 4 new classes, co-op via Internet or LAN, offline single player and just a $20 price tag. Sweet. Drops 09/20.

Inspired by the headsets worn by military helicopter pilots, it has 40mm neodymium drivers, passive noise isolating ear cups and a detachable boom mic. Also has a Battlefield 3 variant.

Listen up, rookie vault hunters. Sir Hammerlock is here to teach you all about Pandora: the classes, enemies, locations, skills, items, upgrades and the 87 bazillion guns you can find on the planet.

Learn more about Connor’s weapons, fighting style and tactics in this episode of the behind-the-scenes mini series for Assassin’s Creed III. The diversity of the combat animations is impressive.

More than an hour of gameplay from 2KGames and Firaxis’ livestream of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, consisting mainly of two missions and a brief look at the base. Skip to 5:00 for the gameplay.

Freddie Wong orchestrates the ultimate battle between today’s most popular video game characters and a massive invasion of primitive 8-bit pixelated foes as they invade the city.

We’ve seen Doc Brown’s time machine in Crysis, and now it’s on the mean streets of Grand Theft Auto IV. SeedyROM used a variety of mods and tweaks to make the functional virtual replica.

A limited-edition bundle for Xbox 360 and PS3 packed with goodies like a replica of the in-game Care Package and a functional replica of the Dragonfire quadrotor (sans weapons of course).

The Dragonborn on the Xbox 360 will soon be able to take a break from adventuring with Hearthfire, an upcoming add-on that will enable players to build their own house and even adopt kids.

NBA 2K13 brings a crossover-friendly control scheme, new player physics, the Dream Team and the return of the All Star game modes. We hope they made the Slam Dunk contest enjoyable.

From Uber Entertainment (Super Monday Night Combat) comes a PC & Mac real-time strategy game of colossal proportions. Wage war and gather resources from planets, moons and even asteroids.

Blinds with graphics that make double references to video games, featuring classic characters and icons made from controllers and handheld systems. Available in four designs and different colors.

Described by its creators as “a procedurally-generated game of being hunted by tweedpunk gentlemen automatons and their faithful hounds,” Sir, You Are Being Hunted has a style all its own.

Revolution Software needs your help to finish the 4th game in the critically acclaimed point-and-click adventure series. The Serpent’s Curse will have hand drawn backgrounds with CGI characters.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is now available. Play through a re-telling of the destruction of the robots’ homeworld, meet classic characters and make your own Transformer in online multiplayer.

The trailer for Mists of Pandaria, the latest expansion of the MMORPG giant. MoP adds the hairy and huggable Pandaren race, the Monk class, a talent calculator and a pet battling mode.