Injustice: Gods Among Us is not a reskinned Mortal Kombat (hands-on preview)

Developer NetherRealm Studios has made some key changes to its fighting formula to make sure Injustice stands out from its Mortal Kombat games.

Sony harnesses the power of the Internet to promote Planetside 2

Sony Online Entertainment seeks to expand the PlanetSide 2 audience by working with popular YouTube users, its own passionate fan base, and Major League Gaming.

Serious Sam Double D XXL’s multiplayer is like insane sour cream on crazy-ass nachos (hands-on preview)

The heroes of the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade side-scroller explain the multiplayer mode. Usually by messing up.

Tomb Raider multiplayer keeps Lara Croft fans entertained (hands-on preview)

A decent multiplayer mode will be a pleasant surprise for fans who only expected a great single-player game.

Phone Fight wonders if my iOS device can beat up your iOS device (hands-on preview)

An upcoming free-to-play game turns your iPhone into a Tamagotchi-like virtual pet that you then send off to do battle with other people's devices.

Kingdom Conquest II primer: How to protect yourself and dominate your enemies

Kingdom Conquest II combines card battles, resource management, and dungeon exploration into its massively multiplayer online universe.

Disney Infinity: Made possible because Disney owns all of this

The Disney conglomeration is using its vast resources to make a game like no one else can. It looks like it might even be fun, too.

My mom previews Tomb Raider, Dark Souls II, and other big games of 2013

My nongaming mother shares her opinions on The Last of Us, Dark Souls II, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and more of 2013's biggest games.

A tale of two zombie games: The Walking Dead vs. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

Thanks to the enormous popularity of The Walking Dead, we get not one but two games based on Robert Kirkman's zombie apocalypse. They're very different, but they also share some similarities that may surprise you.

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is an ambitious shooter that’s faithful to the show (preview)

Terminal Reality's first-person survival game follows the adventure of Daryl and Merle Dixon as they fight their way through Georgia, killing walkers and recruiting survivors along the way.

Hawken’s open beta shows a thoughtfully designed mech combat game (preview)

But can Hawken's amazing attention to detail, capturing the weighty power of a multi-ton war machine, carry it through the pitfalls of free-to-play game design?

Marvel Heroes needs more humanity, more warmth, and more MMO

I just ran around Hell’s Kitchen with Iron Man. Man, were we faced a lot of muggers and dudes with automatic rifles. Oh, and Electro. Can’t forget him. I fought him for about 15 minutes, grinding his health down to …

Developer Ron Gilbert unravels the mysteries of The Cave and calls time of death on physical media (interview)

Underground carnies sounds like something from our nightmares, but it actually makes for a somewhat enjoyable adventure game.

Toki Tori 2′s simple mechanics reward your curiosity (hands-on preview)

The only things you can do in Toki Tori 2 is chirp and stomp the ground, and half the fun is figuring out how to use these actions to affect the wildlife populating each level.

Zen Pinball 2 on Nintendo’s eShop gives you a choice of dozens of pinball tables (preview)

The title features characters who rise the from 3D table tops and become scoring opportunities if you can hit them with the ball.

The 3DS library gets a little weirder with these quirky eShop games (preview)

A physics puzzler with magical water droplets, a brave squid, and a truly inexplicable game about throwing people in Tokyo give 3DS owners a diverse eShop lineup to look forward to.

Medal of Honor Warfighter’s Zero Dark Thirty map pack debuts

EA hopes the association with the movie about the hunt for Bin Laden will lift sales of Medal of Honor Warfighter.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: GLaDOS in Pacific Rim, more Black Ops II zombies, and Portal on a calculator

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.