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God of War: Ascension brings multiplayer to the franchise, supporting up to 8 players competing in Deathmatch and other battle modes. Learn more about multiplayer on the God of War blog.

Check out the modern 8-bit artists and chiptune musicians who have elevated the beloved form to new levels of creativity and cultural reflection in PBS Off Book’s Evolution of 8-Bit Art.

Chris, Leon and newbie Jake Muller run, shoot and dodge in the new trailer for Resident Evil 6. It looks more like Mission: Impossible with monsters, but the 4-player co-op looks quite enticing.

The Blumasters updated the king of all platformers, giving it a neat 3D perspective. They also added a few effects to make it more realistic, though they might have gone a little overboard with it.

(NSFW: Language) Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page plays a troubled girl with superpowers in the latest effort from the maker of Heavy Rain. It’s not Kara, but it is interesting. Extended cut here.

A look at some of the key features of upcoming PC game SimCity: the new graphics engine, the perspective inspired by tilt-shift photography, multiplayer challenges, theme cities and more.

A real-time mobile adventure where you play the hero and one of your friends is the hostage. The villain – David Hayter, voice of Solid Snake – will call you for instructions, i.e. mini games.

Legendary linebacker Ray Lewis preaches about what it takes to get to the next level. His speech will get you pumped up to do just about anything. Oh, there’s also a game somewhere here.

Polygon’s 3-minute clip blatantly skips over some of our favorite video games and consoles, but it’s still a fun look back at just how far video games have come in the last 35 or so years.

LEGO City: Undercover for the Wii U is a lighthearted open world action game with mini-games and augmented reality features. Think of it as kid-friendly version of Grand Theft Auto.

Series newcomer Connor executes both stealthy and brutal moves with deadly precision as he takes on a good old assassination mission. The stealth kills and one-hit finishers look sweet.

Finally, an English trailer for Studio Ghibli and Level 5’s much-awaited role-playing game for the PS3. Oliver sets out to make a young girl’s heart whole and search for his mother in Ni No Kuni.

(NSFW: Language) Hang out with the gang from South Park and maybe save their asses as well in what could very well be the most hilarious and offensive role-playing game ever made.

(NSFW: Language) A surprise entry from E3 2012, residents of Chicago will immediately recognize the incredible photorealistic environments in Ubisoft’s cool new action adventure game, Watch Dogs.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance fully embraces the Japanese hack-and-slash genre, down to the hilariously nonsensical dialogue and narration. Good thing its gameplay looks very promising.

From the looks of Ubisoft’s brutal and bloody zombie thriller, the upcoming Nintendo Wii U is definitely not just a kids’ plaything – and we can’t wait. Controller and gameplay footage here.

The first game from Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, Rango) definitely has us intrigued. The Xbox Kinect exclusive looks like a puzzler, and it features an orb that looks like Wheatley’s cousin.

(NSFW: Language, Gore) It’s the survival of the sneakiest in this gameplay video of The Last of Us. It looks like Naughty Dog is pushing its cinematic style to the limit with this game.

Just in time for E3 2012, here’s a first look at campaign mode for Halo 4, complete with Master Chief, Cortana, stunning environments, some nasty new enemies and the weapons they leave behind.

A bloody good trailer for first-person steampunk stealth game Dishonored, showing off a variety of ways to stick a blade in someone’s head, along with other unusual ways to dispose of enemies.

An online zombie survival mod of ArmA II: C.O., DayZ puts emphasis on survival and human dynamics instead of fast-paced action. You’ll fear other players more than the game’s undead.

Pay what you want for Psychonauts, Limbo, Amnesia & Sword & Sworcery plus their soundtracks, cross-platform, DRM-free. Pay more than the average and you get Bastion as well.

Ghosts are among the best when it comes to black ops missions, but what happens if one of them decides to lead an ordinary life? Almost exactly the same thing, only with less killing.