This week in the Nintendo Download: ZombiU, NBA 2K13, and Hello Kitty

Nintendo makes it up to neglected Wii U owners with a pair of shiny new demos, and Hello Kitty comes to the 3DS. Finally!

Justin Bieber, Minecraft’s Creeper, and other cameos in modern games (gallery)

Whether hidden or obvious, spotting cameos in video games is always cool. Here are a 13 examples.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II beats Halo 4 in NPD’s dismal November game sales list

Sales for total video game hardware, software, and accessories sold at retail were $2.55 billion in November, down 11 percent from $2.87 billion a year ago.

October NPD: Dishonored charts high while XCOM fails to chart at all

The industry slipped again with new console sales down and software slipping compared to last year's titles.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Cliff Bleszinski, Skylanders Giants, and alleged racism at Kixeye

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.

Beef up your NBA 2K13 career with Facebook and mobile apps (preview)

2K Sports is making sure you never stop thinking about your NBA 2K13 player with the help of two new apps: MyNBA2K and NBA 2K: MyLIFE.