The Empire of Tamriel is on the edge. The High King of Skyrim has been murdered. Alliances form as claims to the throne are made. In the midst of this conflict, a far more dangerous, ancient evil is awakened. Dragons, long lost to the passages of the Elder Scrolls, have returned to Tamriel. The future of Skyrim, even the Empire itself, hangs in the balance.

Dead or Alive 5 Plus brings the signature fighting style of the popular DOA series to Vita with all-new system-specific features, complementing the stunning graphics and new martial arts techniques of the recent console release.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a thrilling new racing experience featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and a fantastic cast of SEGA All-Stars competing across land, air and water in vehicles that fully transform from cars, to planes to boats.

Lose the cops - your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, hide out or play to your car's strengths by driving off-road, hitting straights or diving into back alleys. Drive anywhere, explore the world, hang out with your friends or toy with the cops. It's about you, your friends and the wildest selection of cars in a heavily policed, urban landscape.

Running now until February 1st, the European PlayStation Network site is running an exclusive 50% off sale on four top Atlus titles: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, Droplitz, Rock of Ages, and Trine 2.

Dreadline is a fast paced action RPG/RTS hybrid where you control a team of monsters, equipped with a time machine, who visit human calamities to kill those who are already doomed to die.

Gamers will have a final opportunity to get their favorite games on Steam.  A select number of the most sought-after titles from the Steam Holiday Sale will reprise their biggest discounts for two additional days.  The Encore Weekend begins at 10am PST on January 5^th (Saturday) and runs until 10am PST on January 7^th (Monday).

EA announced that servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates, just like it has in the past few years. Fans may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates.

Fez is a platforming game that uses 2-D/3-D perspective shifts and optical illusions to drive gameplay. Gomez is a 2-D man on a voyage of discovery into the mysterious third dimension.

Asheron's Call 2 is a fantasy MMORPG in which the world dynamically evolves around you. Enter a land devastated by a magical disaster, where the players must rebuild the world.

The insects return from dormancy to end humanity with over-the-top action and massive city-leveling explosions that will entrench the EDF and the citizens of Earth into a state of emergency.

With 2012 coming to a close, news will be winding down as we approach the holidays.

Each year we take advantage of the lull to go on a trip for a few weeks and visit relatives, but this year, we are indulging ourselves with a trip to Hawaii as we celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary.

The laptop has already been packed, boarding passes printed, and the final load of laundry is being dried.

Just in case those Mayans were right about the world ending and such, we'll have a spectacular view!

Valve introduced the Steam Community Market, now in Beta with Team Fortress 2, allowing players to buy and sell in-game items via Steam.

War for the Overworld is a real time strategy god game that takes influence from Dungeon Keeper, Overlord, Evil Genius, and StarCraft where you play as a malevolent Underlord hell bent on destroying the goodly denizens of the overworld.

Duke Nukem, the politically incorrect celebrity and ultimate alien ass kicker, defends Earth and its babes from alien invasion.

Metro 2033, based on Russian author Dmitriy Glukhovskiy's novel of the same name, is a 3D horror/action/survival FPS with elements RPG genre game.

Nintendo has selected NetFront Browser NX, a WebKit-based browser, as the browser engine for the Wii U game console, the same browser as used in the 3DS.

Lose the cops - your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, hide out or play to your car's strengths by driving off-road, hitting straights or diving into back alleys. Drive anywhere, explore the world, hang out with your friends or toy with the cops. It's about you, your friends and the wildest selection of cars in a heavily policed, urban landscape.

Lose the cops - your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, hide out or play to your car's strengths by driving off-road, hitting straights or diving into back alleys. Drive anywhere, explore the world, hang out with your friends or toy with the cops. It's about you, your friends and the wildest selection of cars in a heavily policed, urban landscape.

Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, Halo 4 features Master Chief returning to confront his own destiny and facing an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the entire universe.

IPKeys has teamed up with Applied Research Associates (ARA) and Epic Games to produce state-of-the-art 3D training simulations.

Forge is a PC-only multiplayer game that will deliver first-of-its-kind player-versus-player combat by bridging the gap between the instant action of first-person shooters and the strategic competition of MMO games.

While usually independent game developers band together to offer a sweet deal on indie titles, this time The Humble Bundle is going all out with four big budget THQ titles (and 2 expansion) as well as a bonus titles if you pay the average price.

Nintendo will be releasing a limited-edition bundle to help keep fans' engines revving through the holidays as on Dec. 2 a Blue/Black Nintendo 3DS XL, with Mario Kart 7 pre-installed on it, will be available in stores for $199.99.