December 2012 - games, that were released this month

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Indie

December 1, 2012 → PC

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological horror game follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year-old woman on the verge of suicide. With no family, friends or hope for a...

Santa Saga

Arcade, Action, Platformer

December 1, 2012 → Browser

Santa Saga is an arcade game with action and platform elements from the iNCEPTIONAL studio. The game is published by...

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

December 3, 2012 → PC; December 6, 2012 → iOS; December 18, 2012 → PlayStation 3; December 20, 2012 → iOS

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to...

Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

December 3, 2012 → PC

Players: 4.9/10

Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition is a third-person action game with elements of shooter, horror and indie game from Intoxicate Studios. The game...

Far Cry 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Open world, Adventure

December 4, 2012 → PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Multiplatform shooter-action Far Cry 3 with RPG elements was released by Ubisoft in 2012 and immediately gained huge popularity. The game is...

SSX (2012)

Sports game, Stunts, Snowboard, Skiing

December 4, 2012 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 82/100

This snowboarding and skiing sports game centers on racing, performing tricks and surviving descents across vast mountain ranges around the world...

Guardians of Middle-Earth

Strategy, Hack and slash, In real time, Top-down view, MOBA, Action

December 4, 2012 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; December 5, 2012 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 27/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in Middle-earth during the Third Age, this multiplayer MOBA centers on battles between opposing armies. Teams of up to five players fight in...

Battlefield 3: Aftermath

Action, Shooter, DLC

December 4, 2012 → PC; December 11, 2012 → PlayStation 3; December 18, 2012 → PC, Xbox 360

Players: 1/10

Battlefield 3: Aftermath is an action game with shooter elements from the studios DICE and EA Digital Illusions CE. The main publisher of the game is...

Page Chronica

Arcade, Platformer, Logic

December 4, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Page Chronica is an arcade game with a dash of platforming from the masters at Red Hare Studios. The game is published by Red Hare Studios. But Page...

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view

December 4, 2012 → Wii U

Players: 9.2/10

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 — The game begins with young brothers Jacob and Luke Marshall going hunting in Alaska with their father, a park...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim — Dragonborn

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, In real time, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 4, 2012 → Xbox 360

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Dragonborn is an expansion pack for the open world adventure RPG The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. A return to Morrowind...

Uncharted: Fight For Fortune

Role-playing game, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game

December 4, 2012 → PS Vita; December 5, 2012 → PS Vita

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Uncharted: Fight For Fortune — board collectible card game in the universe of the Uncharted game series. The goal of the game is to gather on...

EVE Online: Retribution

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, DLC, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

December 4, 2012 → PC, Mac

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

EVE Online: Retribution is the perfect continuation of our recent series of well-received expansions, where we put even more control of the game...

Waking Mars

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie

December 4, 2012 → PC; December 13, 2012 → PC, Mac

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find...

Rotastic

Arcade, Action, Casual game

December 4, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Rotastic is a 2D arcade game built around swinging through levels and completing objectives. Players collect items, avoid traps, fight opponents...

PowerUp Heroes

Arcade, Action, Fighting

December 4, 2012 → Xbox 360

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 61/100

This arcade fighting game uses full-body motion controls and pits players against one another with superpowers. Combat involves launching...

Raiden Legacy

Action, Arcade, Shooter

December 4, 2012 → iOS

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Raiden Legacy is a collection of four vertical-scrolling arcade shooters from the RAIDEN series: RAIDEN, RAIDEN FIGHTERS, RAIDEN FIGHTERS 2 and...

Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade

December 4, 2012 → Wii U

Metacritic: 11/100

This collection brings together 30 games featuring competitions for kids of all ages. Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade includes playful...

Avengers: Battle for Earth

Arcade

December 4, 2012 → Wii U

Metacritic: 56/100

An arcade game inspired by artwork from Marvel comics and the Secret Invasion storyline. Avengers: Battle for Earth draws on Marvel’s comic-book...

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Action

December 4, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 97/100

This anime fighting game centers on duels between characters with distinct movesets. In Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, players can string attacks...

Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game

Arcade, Adventure

December 4, 2012 → Wii U

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 43/100

This action-adventure based on childhood legends follows a team of Guardians as they fight the evil spirit Pitch and his nightmares. Players choose...

Mass Effect Trilogy

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future)

December 4, 2012 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; December 5, 2012 → PlayStation 3; December 7, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.1/10

Mass Effect Trilogy is a third-person role-playing game with a dash of action and shooter from BioWare. The game is published by Electronic...

Forge

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 4, 2012 → PC

Metacritic: 65/100

Forge is a class-based multiplayer online shooter set in a remote fantasy universe. The game combines the best aspects of MMO and FPS and will offer...

Gimbal

Simulation, Action, Shooter, MMO, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Construction, Online, Sandbox

December 4, 2012 → PC

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Gimbal is a top-down multiplayer shooter in which players build flying vehicles and fight in real time. Before taking off, pilots can customize...

Mass Effect

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

December 5, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect is a sci-fi action RPG with a third-person perspective. The events of the game will take you to XXII, when humanity mastered the...

Primordia

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

December 5, 2012 → PC, Mac, Linux

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Primordia is a point and click adventure in cyberpunk style from the creators of Gemini Rue. The events of the game take place in the distant future...

Book of Unwritten Tales: Die Vieh Chroniken

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Fantasy

December 5, 2012 → Mac, Linux

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia tells the story of how adventurer Nate Bonnett first met Critter, his hairy...

AirBuccaneers

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Indie, Free game

December 5, 2012 → PC

Steam: 61/100

This multiplayer action game with strategy and role-playing elements sets airship battles in the ancient North, a once peaceful land now corrupted by...

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Arcade, Platformer, Mario Game, Japanese role-playing game

December 6, 2012 → Nintendo 3DS; December 7, 2012 → Nintendo 3DS; December 8, 2012 → Nintendo 3DS

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Paper Mario: Sticker Star — the player controls a paper cut-out version of Mario in a 3D paper world with landscapes ranging from snowy areas...

Yakuza 5

Action, Third-person view

December 6, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

This third-person crime action game follows Kazuma Kiryu, a former underworld figure who has severed ties with his old life and works as a taxi...

Ben 10: Omniverse

Action

December 6, 2012 → Wii U

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Ben 10: Omniverse is a multiplayer game similar to Ben 10: Protector of Earth and Ben 10: Alien Force. Player 1 takes on the role of Ben Tennyson...

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure

December 6, 2012 → iOS, Android

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by...

Mutant Mudds Deluxe

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

December 6, 2012 → iOS

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a retro-styled pixel action platformer in which Max searches for mysterious Water Sprites in hopes of washing away the Mutant...

Mutant Mudds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

December 6, 2012 → iOS

Metacritic: 75/100

A retro-styled action platformer in which the hero, Max, fights mutants with a water cannon. Armed with the cannon and a jetpack, he makes his way...

WRC 3: East African Safari Classic

Simulation, Racing, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view

December 6, 2012 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

WRC 3: East African Safari Classic is a first-person simulator with racing elements from developers from the Milestone studio. The main publisher of...

Аллоды: Охота за Сокровищами

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

December 6, 2012 → iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad

Allods: Treasure Hunt is an isometric adventure with puzzle and fantasy game elements from developers from Mail.Ru studio. The main publisher of the...

Lords & Knights

Online, Strategy, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Free game

December 6, 2012 → Android

Players: 9.4/10

Lords & Knights is an online game with a mixture of strategy, massive multiplayer, fantasy, indie and free-to-play from the masters at Xyrality...

Triple Town

Arcade, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game

December 6, 2012 → PC, Mac

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Triple Town is an arcade puzzle game with strategy elements. Your task is to collect plants, houses, etc. into groups. Moreover, the system is...

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy

December 7, 2012 → iOS

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is an expanded edition of the legendary 1998 role-playing game. In addition to improvements in graphics and gameplay...

007 Legends

Action, Shooter, In real time, First-person view

December 7, 2012 → Wii U; December 11, 2012 → Wii U

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 43/100

007 Legends is a first-person spy shooter in the 007 series. The game begins during the beginning of the events of the film 007: Skyfall, in which...