Awesome Games

2014 has seen everything from great indie games like Broken Age to giant, bug-filled blockbusters like Assassin’s Creed Unity. Along the way, some thrilled and others disappointed. Malcolm Klock recaps the gaming memories of the past year.

Play the world’s largest game of Yahtzee – or replicate The Price is Right’s Dice Game with these oversize wooden dice. Each 3.5″ is crafted from solid pine, with hot-iron branded pips. Sold as a set of six. Giant dominoes also available.

Our latest look at No Man’s Sky sees a player exploring planets in different star systems within a few seconds. With 18 quintillion planets in the game, we really hope those worlds are all diverse and worth visiting. Best watched in 1080p60.

Never count the big N out. The Legend of Zelda co-creators Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aounuma show off the beautiful and vast world of the series’ upcoming Wii U game. You might also be doing a barrel roll by the end of the clip.

(NSFW: Language, SPOILERS) Nathan Drake navigates a scenic and dangerous route before meeting up with his brother Sam, voiced by none other than Troy Baker, in this enthralling demo of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – coming soon to PS4 .

If you enjoy the addictive frustration of games like Flappy Bird and Crossy Road, then Pixeljam’s wacky retro-styled platformer might be right up your alley, as you navigate an anthropomorphic tuber through a myriad of fast-moving obstacles.

Imagine if The Wire merged with True Blood and the resulting show was then parlayed into a Joss Whedon Disney movie. That’s what’s happened to Saints Row. Gat out of Hell is a standalone expansion of Saints Row IV.

Kooba is a unique spin on darts, in which 2 to 4 players use a pair of sticks to fling their pieces onto its game board. The game includes a strategic element which challenges you to attack other players’ game pieces. Game rules here.

Ultimate NES Remix for the Nintendo 2DS/3DS tosses you into fast-paced challenges based on classic 8-bit games, mashing up bits and pieces of 16 NES games, including Super Mario Bros. 3, Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Excitebike.

Goblins vs. Gnomes, the first expansion for Blizzard’s hit digital collectible card game Hearthstone drops 12/8/14. But Blizzard is giving all players one free Arena ticket so you can try out some of the new cards at no cost.

The PlayStation 4 20th Anniversary Edition bears the dull gray color and the four-color logo of the original PlayStation and is etched with the PS button icons. The edition is limited to only 12,300 units. Available 12/6/14 in US & Canada.

The Masterplan is a top-down real-time strategy game about pulling off heists. Choose from crooks with different abilities, scout the place then get the loot. It features hand-drawn animation and a sweet ’70s rock soundtrack.

The launch trailer for Telltale’s Game of Thrones Episode 1: Fire from Ice sees the game’s lead characters interacting with some of the most powerful inhabitants of Westeros. Difficulty level: Ramsey Snow.

How has man gone this long without Fireworks Simulator? Create fireworks shows using over 100 realistic fireworks and 30 launch racks. You can even have shows synchronized to music. Available for Windows on Amazon and Steam.

Man Crates’ Super Retro Gamer Crate is filled with a RetroDuo v2.0 portable game console, two randomly selected Super Nintendo games, and enough candy to keep gamers buzzing through Donkey Kong Country for days.

Project HON is an upcoming third-person mech shooter from Korea’s NCSOFT. The game features a variety of robots, including a giant mech that you get into while you’re already in a mech. Story trailer at 5:00, gameplay at 15:15.

The latest trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight is a gameplay montage that sees Bats infiltrate a chemical factory guarded by the titular antagonist. The Arkham Knight may have an army, but the Dark Knight has the Batmobile.

Another lengthy trailer for Korean MMORPG LostArk. This time we get to learn more about its lore, the classes and skills, non-combat gameplay and the various ways you can interact with the world. English captions available.

(NSFW: Language) There’s a good reason you never leave your video game unpaused while you leave the room. You might miss something like when YouTuber Naswas stepped away to fetch a snack while playing GTA V on his PS4.

“Iron from ice.” In this point-and-click Game of Thrones adventure, you’ll get to play as five members of House Forrester and interact with the series’ characters, many of them voiced by their respective actors in the TV show.

From point-and-click pioneers Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick – the minds behind Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island – comes a new point-and-click adventure game designed to look and play like the old ones.

(NSFW: Language, Strobe Lights) Andy Sum’s GAME OF THE YEAR 420BLAZEIT is a parody of tacky first-person shooter montages. It’s bursting with overused memes, dubstep and the bestial rage of adolescents being fragged.

One of the most unique games we’ve ever seen, Rollers of the Realms is a roleplaying game with pinball mechanics. Characters take on the form of pinball balls, each with its own abilities. Available on Windows, PS4 and PS Vita.