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Oxenfree is a thriller adventure game about a group of teenagers who “unwittingly open a ghostly rift.” It’s being made by former Telltale Games and Disney employees, with music by Scntfc (Sword&Sorcery EP, Galak-Z).

A lap desk for people who game on laptops. The Hover X is made of bamboo and has a built-in 9″x 9.3″ mousepad, a 7.2″x 0.5″ dock for mobile devices and large slots for ventilation. Available in two sizes.

This fast-paced multiplayer FPS takes place in what could best be described as TRON’s discotheque. Players pull off skateboard-style tricks on unicycle robots while demolishing their opponents with exploding dodgeballs.

If you love Monday Night Combat or PvZ: Garden Warfare, check out Gigantic. The Windows and Xbox One exclusive is a team-based multiplayer game that combines MOBA and FPS domination elements. Beta signup here.

A commentated version of the debut trailer for Metal Gear Online, the online multiplayer component of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. As with previous MGOs, it will have several modes and playable characters. And selfies.

Thumper is a hypnotizing “rhythm violence” game that appears to be part Guitar Hero and part racing game. Developer DROOL is being purposefully vague about it, but to us it looks like Heavy Metal magazine’s wet dream.

A beautiful ’90s throwback D&D CRPG. Serpent in the Staglands promises no hand holding. Instead of quest markers or rigid exposition, you’ll explore the world with sketched maps, diagrams and your own notes. Drops 5/28.

Play as Bombshell, a cyborg mercenary trying to rescue the US President from aliens. Her robotic arm transforms into 10 upgradable weapons. What’s crazier than the plot is the fact that her revolver is based on an actual gun. More here.

(Gore)”Just how many Nazis are there in this world?!” Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a standalone prequel to the under appreciated Wolfenstein: The New Order that takes BJ Blazkowicz back to 1946. Drops 5/5 for $20.

The latest prototype of Sony’s PS4 virtual reality headset has a 5.7″ 1080p RGB OLED, can refresh at 120Hz, and is lighter than the previous model. It also has better head tracking. The production version will be released in 2016. More here.

The thief, the knight and the wizard return in Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power. Unlike its side scrolling predecessors, the latest installment of the charming and challenging puzzle platformer makes use of all three dimensions.

Currently in alpha, We Happy Few is a first person adventure game. The game takes place in an alternative and “retrofuturistic” 1960s England, where for some reason everyone is always happy. And wears creepy mime makeup.

Opaque Multimedia’s Earthlight is an upcoming virtual reality tech demo in the form of a first-person exploration game. You’ll play an astronaut roaming around (and outside) a realistic depiction of the International Space Station (ISS).

An arcade-style brawler heavily influenced by SEGA’s classic Power Stone. Lastfight will feature up to 4-player matches and will have 10 characters, all based on the French comic book Lastman. Drops 2015 for PC and consoles.

One of our favorite classic SEGA Genesis games could soon return, thanks to a crowdfunding effort by one of the game’s original creators to launch a reboot based on the gameplay mechanics of the original, along with online multiplayer.

Charlie Nash throws down with the World Warriors in the newest trailer for Street Fighter V. The (undead?) hero appears to have switched sides and sports a couple of new powers alongside his proto-Guile moveset.

Rocksteady’s upcoming Batman game is looking more and more polished, as Scarecrow assembles a rogues’ gallery of baddies to destroy Batman and take over Gotham once and for all. PS3/PS4 players get a bonus set of Scarecrow missions.

Pokkén Tournament is an arcade Pokémon fighting game from the makers of Tekken and Soul Calibur. It won’t be as technical as other fighting games and will have a console-style controller, so it’ll probably come to the Wii U too.

Vocalist Mr Dooves of Triforce Films recreates tunes from saturday morning cartoons and video games using only his voice and multi-track layering. We’ve posted our favorites here, and you can buy some of his cartoon tunes on LOUDR.

Vinheteiro plays a medley of 13 tracks from the Super Mario series on a synthesizer he’s loaded up with 8-bit sounds. While we’ve heard lots of covers before, there’s just something about hearing them played with the original sounds.

Her Story is an upcoming non-linear crime fiction game with live-action video footage. Set in 1994, you’ll play a detective trying to uncover the truth about a missing man by using keywords to browse the police’s interviews with his wife.

There’s a chain-link fence by the airport in Grand Theft Auto V that appears to be pretty tricky to enter. But it turns out it’s not the fence that’s really the problem – it’s the gate that’s got an attitude.

With a more concise tutorial, new weapons and revised gathering and crafting mechanics, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS is the most newbie-friendly entry in the series, but it still offers plenty of challenge for veterans.