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Isaac Clarke and new character John Carver journey to a frozen planet to look for the source of the Necromorph plague. The game is still single player but also has an optional co-op mode.

Developer Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet) helps the PS Vita flex its muscles with Tearaway, a game set in a paper world and built around interaction. The song is Shut Eye by Stealing Sheep.

(Gore) The latest trailer for Naughty Dog’s gritty post-apocalyptic adventure game The Last of Us is gameplay montage made even darker by Hank Williams Sr.’s Alone and Forsaken.

The trailer for Mann vs. Machine, the latest update to squad-based fps Team Fortress 2. It adds a new faction – the robots of Gray Mann – a co-op game mode, map and most probably new hats as well.

The latest trailer for Assassin’s Creed III shows off the game’s multiplayer components under the guise of a commercial for Abstergo’s Animus tech. Skip to about 1:25 for the gameplay demo.

While it actually plays the GBA SP version of the game, we’re still impressed with the workmanship of Vcoleiro1’s mini Space Invaders cabinet. Looks like he’s working on an entire mini arcade.

A preview of the expansive loot and gear system in Darksiders II. Similar to Diablo games, Death can find weapons, armor, potions and talismans as he defeats enemies and explores his surroundings.

The latest trailer for Dishonored presents more examples of how the powers and tools at the protagonist’s disposal encourage creativity and ensure that gameplay never gets rote or stale.

A look at some of the weapons in Halo 4. A lot of the tried and tested ones are still there, like the Assault Rifle and Battle Rifle, but there are new ones like the Sticky Detonator. More here.

Combining Nike’s expertise in athletics and training with the motion control capabilities of the Xbox Kinect, this upcoming release aims to take things up a notch from the typical fitness game.

Designed to make Angry Birds much more playable on computers, this force-feedback USB controller is the perfect slingshot launcher for birds, and the miniature TNT “button” is priceless.

An Olympic-themed trailer for LittleBigPlanet Karting. Design and share your own karts, tracks and even power-ups. Pre-order to get Kevin Butler’s Sackboy avatar and his golf cart kart.

Ubisoft shows off the AnvilNext game engine, which was used to make Assassins Creed III. It’s capable of rendering up to 2000 characters onscreen at once, as well as dynamic weather and worlds.

The upcoming release of Konami’s long running football series promises more improvements to the AI and its online features, more precise controls and more trademark moves from star players.

Own prints of Jed Henry’s hit Ukiyo-e Heroes – videogame characters drawn in the traditional Japanese style. Watch woodblock artist Dave Bull make a sample print here.

James Bit makes jackets that make game cases look like classic Penguin books. You can customize the author, title and colors, but he’ll only send the template; you’ll have to print it on your own.

A soldier summons his inner Rambo in this cinematic trailer for the massively multiplayer first person shooter. Hopefully players will actually be able to pull off those moves. Beta signup here.

It barely qualifies as “interactive”, but this playthrough of a mission from Crysis 3 does give you a choice whether to take watch the stealthier approach or go in with guns (and bows) blazing.

Developer Bethesda SoftWorks shows off more proof of the replayability and freedom at the player’s disposal in Dishonored. The video shows three distinct ways of escaping a group of enemies.

(NSFW: Language) Gameplay from the action sandbox game Sleeping Dogs. The game seems to have tight controls, keeps things exciting and rewards players who adapt offensive tactics.

While Ubisoft’s idea of “blending” and the NPC AI still leave much to be desired, Assassin’s Creed 3 makes up for it with new weapons, tricks and moves as well as seamless gameplay.

A side-scroller action RPG by LarryPixel, to be released serially like a comic book, as you take on a variety of tasks to survive life on the Moon. For $40 or more, you can be immortalized in the game.

An excerpt from the tutorial level of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance that shows the basics of Blade Mode. The number of slices it can keep track of seems limited, but it’s still impressive.