December 2013 - games, that were released this month for PlayStation 3

Battlefield 4: China Rising - release date for PlayStation 3

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Tactics

December 3, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.9/10

An expansion for Battlefield 4, this first-person tactical shooter centers on the fight for dominance across mainland China. Players battle across four large maps...

Tiny Brains

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie, Adventure

December 3, 2013 → PlayStation 3; December 11, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Tiny Brains is a cooperative action puzzler about four super-powered laboratory animals trying to escape a mad scientist’s experiments. Players work together to...

Robot Rescue Revolution

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

December 4, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 66/100

This arcade puzzle game follows robots trying to escape hazardous labyrinths. The player controls every robot on a level at once, so their synchronized movement...

Gran Turismo 6

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

December 5, 2013 → PlayStation 3; December 6, 2013 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Gran Turismo 6 is a racing simulator focused on driving cars from a wide-ranging collection on some of the world's most renowned racetracks. Players take part in...

Batman: Arkham Origins

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics, Open world

December 5, 2013 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 8.6/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Batman: Arkham Origins is a continuation of the adventure stealth action game with a third-person view in the Batman Arkham universe. The game takes place seven...

Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends

Action, DLC, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

December 5, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends is an improved and expanded edition of the dynamic slasher Dynasty Warriors 8 about medieval confrontations in Asia. The plot is...

High Velocity Bowling

Arcade, Bowling, Third-person view, Sports game

December 6, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 66/100

This arcade bowling game uses the SIXAXIS wireless controller’s motion sensors to simulate a bowling swing on themed lanes. It supports one to four players and...

Race The Sun

Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Procedural generation, Runner, Racing

December 9, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An arcade runner about a solar-powered craft racing through a procedurally generated world toward sunset. The sun acts as a timer, and collecting boosts can briefly...

Doki-Doki Universe

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Puzzle, Adventure

December 10, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 66/100

This arcade game with platforming and puzzle elements follows QT3, a robot who must prove his humanity to avoid being sent to the scrapheap. Accompanied by Alien...

Strength of the Sword 3

December 10, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 67/100

This sword-combat action game puts the player in control of a blade-wielding, magic-powered war machine from the heavens. The machine battles the Dark Mechanism and...

Ratchet & Clank: Into The Nexus

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

December 12, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Ratchet & Clank: Into The Nexus — after the events of Full Frontal Assault, Ratchet and Clank manage to catch one of the most dangerous criminals in the...

Double Dragon: Neon

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op)

December 12, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade beat ’em up follows brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee as they set out to rescue Marian and fight the villain Skullmageddon. Trained in the martial art of...

Minecraft

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

December 17, 2013 → PlayStation 3; December 18, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

December 17, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

The Walking Dead: Season 2

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

December 17, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, Clementine searches for safety and learns to survive after being orphaned. The Walking Dead: Season 2 continues...

Assassin's Creed 4: Freedom Cry

Action, Adventure, DLC, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical, Open world

December 18, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Assassin's Creed 4: Freedom Cry is a paid add-on for the stealth action game with a third-person view in the historical setting — Assassin's Creed 4. Having...

Drakengard 3

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view

December 19, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Drakengard 3 takes place approximately one hundred years before the events of Drakengard, making it a prequel to the first two games in the series. Despite this...

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn

Action, Beat them all, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk

December 19, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 64/100

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn — Features over 120 units, as well as new gameplay elements and the return of space combat, among other things. While the game...

Final Fantasy X

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

December 26, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Final Fantasy 10 — just like in the previous games of the series, the player controls the main character from a third-person perspective, moving through locations...

Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Collection, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Fantasy

December 26, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The edition combines updated versions of the iconic Final Fantasy X and its sequel Final Fantasy X-2. The story begins with Tidus's journey, who finds himself in...

Final Fantasy X-2

Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

December 26, 2013 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This role-playing game is set in Spira two years after Yuna’s journey to defeat Sin. The world has entered a “Machina Revolution”: people have turned away from...