2012 had some open world games that brought some great new game mechanics to the table. Here's what we would like to see more of.

Check out this sentimental, not-official trailer for the Zombie Bait edition of Dead Island: Riptide. A pair of young lovers are forced to say goodbye in the most harrowing of ways...

GameSpot gives you a primer on the many games in the Devil May Cry back catalogue so you can get up to speed ahead of the new DmC.

Feast your eyes on some spoiler-free gameplay from Dante's latest outing.

It's all kicking off in the club for Dante in DmC: Devil May Cry, but who's the better fighter - Johnny or Cam? There's only one way to find out.

This week we check out DmC: Devil May Cry, Crusader Kings II: The Republic and Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt.

Tomb Raider multiplayer is real. Watch and listen as multiplayer producer, Joe Khoury talks specifics about the game mode.

GameSpot's Jonathan Toyad and Randolph Ramsay venture into the underbelly of Japan in Sega's latest installment in the open-ended Yakuza series. Oh, and beat up lots of people while they're at it.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown--Second Wave is upon us. Which player types will benefit most from this free add-on, and are you one of them?

Bren and company unleash spectacular heavy metal using his specialized V.S. mech Gingira.

Will we finally see Half-Life 3? What will the next Xbox be called? Red Robot Labs' John Davison tells us what to expect in the coming year for gaming.

In the final episode, Jess McDonell rounds of the quick look at gamer types by featuring The White Knight and The Ultimate Evil Doer among others.

Get a look at the world through Dante's eyes in this CG trailer for DmC.

PC versions of Activision's James Bond games have been removed from digital sale on Steam, Xbox 360 Games on Demand and Activision's own web store.

After exploring gamer types from Readers to Exterminators, this episode features four new variations that go from Difficulty Snobs to Ghosts.

GameSpot wheels out the drawing board in order to map out the Call of Duty series' first branching campaign featured in Black Ops II. See all the possible ways Black Ops II can play out. FULLY SPOILED.

A visual journey through 2012 as seen through the eyes of a gamer.

In this episode, Jess McDonell extends the look at gamer types to four new kinds ranging from Builders to Analysts.

In the first of this four part series, Jess McDonell explores four distinctive gamer types from the Completionist to the Speed Runner.

GameSpot's Jonathan Toyad heads back into the 3D MMO action side-scroller formerly known as Dragonica, together with some community managers from publisher NHN.