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Developer IO Interactive asked Realm Pictures to make a Hitman-themed version of the latter’s wildly entertaining voice-operated live action roleplaying game. They then asked popular YouTubers and Hitman voice actress Jane Perry to control Agent 47.

Ever wonder if the developer behind Ninja Gaiden made Demon’s Souls? Wonder no more. Team Ninja’s Nioh is a samurai action RPG that appears to focus on speed and style rather than timing and memorization. Drops this year for PS4.

Artist Chris Carlson takes to his chalkboard canvas once more – this time with a recreation of a classic video game. At first it doesn’t look that immersive, but look at the shadows around Chris’ and Ryu’s feet, and it seems as if he’s been dropped into the game.

Horror fiction always requires a suspension of disbelief, by virtue of the fact that you’re aware that you’re getting into a scary story. But Ivan Zanotti’s cult hit IMSCARED knows it’s a game, and that’s how it messes with you. Demo here.

It’s been a long time since we banged out heads against the wall trying to solve the puzzles in Myst. Now, its creators are back with a new game, in which you are abducted to a strange place, and must figure out WTF is going on to find your way home.

The sequel to the hit Nintendo 3DS RPG Bravely Default sees Tiz, Edea and their new friends on a mission to save Agnes from a man who wants to tear Luxendarc apart. Bravely Second features new job classes, an option to save multiple party loadouts and more.

An expansion for Disney Infinity 3.0. It has a story mode involving Loki and Ultron, but the star of Marvel Battlegrounds is its brawl mode, where up to 4 players (or AI) can duke it out using characters from both Infinity 2.0 and 3.0. It’s Smash Bros, Disney style.

The Hitman series returns to its sandbox roots, giving you a variety of ways to fulfill assassinations, similar to MGS V. Sadly, the game will be released in episodes, but it will try to keep you entertained with weekly missions, challenges and a mission creator.

A 1 to 2 player adventure game set in a dying tourist town in late ’80s England. When the town’s prized relic is revealed to be a fraud, two young girls try find out the truth behind the local legends. Coming for PC, Mac, Linux and PS4.

A strategy game about mankind’s most terrifying skills: decimating natural resources and automating production. Start with mining machines, then move on to electrical power and beyond. Build weapons, subdue the locals and more. It also has a map editor and mulitplayer.

The stylish puzzle game makes its way from iOS and Android to Windows, PS4 and PS Vita. Hitman GO: Definitive Edition is presented as a turn-based board game that builds on its basic rules with increasingly challenging twists.

It spent a long time in beta, but one of the best action RPGs ever made is finally ready for release. From the folks behind Titan Quest, Grim Dawn lets you learn skills from two classes at the same time, acquire skills from items and reallocate skill points at any time.

The innovative first-person shooter is now available on Steam. In Superhot a single hit will kill you, but time advances only when you move. Combine that with stages inspired by action movies and lots of post-story challenge modes and you have a winner.

“Last I checked we’re all a bunch of thieves, digging around where we shouldn’t.” Doubt creeps into Nathan Drake’s thoughts as he gets sucked into the hunt for the biggest pirate treasure of all time in this jaw-dropping but ominous trailer for Uncharted 4.

(Gore) “We’ve just gone through the birth of Larry King.” Conan O’Brien and gaming megastar PewDiePie fly owls into cliffs, listen to a mammoth’s dying words and tame a perverted badger in Far Cry Primal.

Three bearded fishermen go on an adventure after fishing out a bottle containing a (probably) mysterious map. Brain & Brain’s Burly Men at Sea is a humorous interactive Scandinavian folktale with a branching narrative. Coming to Windows, Mac and iOS.

Ahoy looks back at 1982 to 1983, some of the darkest days of the video game industry, born from over-saturation of the market, low quality games, and competition for shelf space. Fortunately, things turned around by 1985, but the cycle could repeat itself.

Combine the original Quake‘s first-person perspective, mechanics and graphics with the brutal pace of the best bullet hell shoot ’em ups and you get Devil Daggers, a love letter to ’90s shooters and a death threat to your resolve.

A look at the opening sequence of Telltale Games’ upcoming interactive adventure The Walking Dead: Michonne. The three-episode game follows Michonne from when she parts ways with the other main characters up until she reunites with them.

The lighthearted trailer for the rogue-lite survivor game The Flame in the Flood gives you tips on dealing with the post-biblical flood wildlife. Long story short, they’re all out to get you. The game drops 2/24/16 on Windows, Mac and Xbox One.

(Crude humor) A casual card game based on Cyanide & Happiness’ Random Comic Generator. Joking Hazard is a lot like Apples to Apples, except this time you’re forming a three-panel comic strip. The person who supplies the funniest third panel wins the round.

Accompany Garnet, Zidane and their friends on their adventures wherever you are with the iOS and Android versions of Final Fantasy IX. It features HD graphics, auto-saving and cheats such as no battles or maxed out abilities for those who are in it mainly for the story.

Yahoooooo! Dark Pixel envisions a melding of the Mushroom Kingdom with Star Wars, with a game that surely will be made if Disney ever buys up Nintendo. Seriously, we’d like to play this game now, so get working on it already, Nintendo!