Awesome Games

Mojang’s next major release, the trading card game Scrolls will enter open beta on 06/03/13. It will cost $20 and will be available for Mac and PC. It looks like 2013 is the year of digital trading card games.

Another stellar lineup of indie games for PC, Mac & Linux. From the brutal Hotline Miami, the moving Dear Esther and the meta-game Little Inferno. DRM-Free. A $90 value, but you get to pay what you want and even help charity.

How Long to Beat is a crowdsourced website where gamers share how long it took them to beat a game based on varying play styles and platforms. It also shows the percentage of members who beat or even quit on the game.

Watch Ryze, Twisted Fate, Katarina and the other champions of free-to-play MOBA game League of Legends duke it out in this awesome CGI cinematic. Check out the behind the scenes video here.

The debut trailer for the tenth (!) installment in the Call of Duty series, Call of Duty: Ghosts sees the United States dethroned from its superpower status following a devastating attack. We just hope that dog doesn’t die.

The trailer for Bungie’s upcoming RPGFPS Destiny mixes CGI and live action to introduce the Guardians of the City, the defenders of the human race. And Giancarlo Esposito. More about the game here.

Door Kickers is an unique, fast-paced real-time strategy game. Control a SWAT team from a 2D top-down perspective and rescue hostages. It has a random mission generator and will also come with a mission editor.

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection is a two-disc bundle that contains eight games: Metal Gear 1 & 2, MGS 1, 2, 3 & 4, MGS: Peace Walker & MGS: VR Missions. It also comes with two digital graphic novels. A serious bargain.

Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure combines the videogame franchise’s creation mechanics with every DC character ever made. All of them. Coming to Wii U, 3DS and PC this Holiday 2013.

Coming this Holiday season, Gran Turismo 6 has new game and physics engines. It will also have all cars and tracks from GT5, plus at least 7 new locations and even more rides. We might also see it ported to mobile devices.

A fun (and addictive) use of Google Maps. You are stuck in Street View and must look for clues to find out where you are. To guess, drop a pin on the corresponding place in the world map. Made by Anton Wallén. (Thanks Calen!)

The FPS formerly known as XCOM is now The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. It’s a third-person tactical shooter – think Mass Effect or Ghost Recon – set in the 60s. True to its lineage, the game also has permadeath.

Currently being developed by just two people, the game tentatively called Cube World seeks to combine the voxel graphics and crafting mechanics of Minecraft and the RPG features of games like Monster Hunter and Zelda.

Americans, if you think your President is cool, he’s got nothing on the hero of Saints Row IV: you. You have the power of a superhero, the moves of a pro wrestler and the morals of a maniac. Okay you’ll lead us all to ruin.

Pay what you want for DRM-free copies of four quality adventure and roleplaying games. Available for PC and for the first time Mac and Linux as well. Pay at least $35 and you pre-order Broken Age too. Plus, antioxidants.

An indie PC game done in the style of classic Super Nintendo titles, this artful retro platformer puts you in the shoes of Death, as you absorb and combine the powers of your foes. Gameplay here. Download the demo here.

(NSFW) Help fund this creepy short film and video game, from Nick Peterson and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), with Abe Sapien actor Doug Jones as a creature built by Steve Wang. We can’t wait to see what they have in store.

Activision presents the next generation of the franchise in Call of Duty: Ghosts, promising an all-new gameplay experience, new story and settings, and new next-generation CoD engine. Oh, and masked warriors. (Thanks Callum!)

YouTuber Takaske “dances” to Paranoia Revolution in DanceDanceRevolution X3 on the highest difficulty level and the mode that uses both dance pads. Somehow his lightning-fast feet were still no match for the game.

Find out a bit about Watch Dogs protagonist Aiden Pearce in the latest gameplay trailer for the visually stunning, open-world action adventure. We sure hope Amazon’s pricing for the PS4 version is just a placeholder.

(NSFW) Grand Theft Auto V’s protagonists. Michael is a middle-aged man who wants to escape his boring life. Franklin is a gangster who wants out. Trevor is a hillbilly drug dealer who, well, we don’t know what he wants.

LEGO gives the world’s greatest minifig superheroes a game of their own. We don’t know much about the game yet, but we’ve heard it involves platforms and puzzles. Coming to all major consoles and handhelds this Fall.

Among the Sleep is a first-person horror adventure game. You play as a two-year-old who wakes up one night to find himself alone in a surreal world. And his diaper is full. Okay we made that last part up. Gameplay here.

(NSFW: Language) Jodie was born with a powerful entity living inside her. Watch and guide her in her struggles in this interactive thriller from the developer behind Heavy Rain. Starring Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe.

It doesn’t have the uncanny valley graphics of Project CARS, but this online multiplayer racing sim makes up for it with officially sanctioned tournaments, a cutting-edge physics engine and laser-scanned tracks and cars.

An inventive new game by PC Gamer writer Tom Francis, Gunpoint is a puzzle platformer for the PC. You play as a spy who needs to rewire the electronics in buildings – switches, doors, cameras etc. – to complete missions.