Weekly Wrap-Up: When you’re not at Comic-Con

Happy Sunday, GameZone readers. Okay, that's enough of the polite formalities. Listen up, if you missed anything over the course of the last week, you can find all of our latest content — be it reviews, previews, interviews, or opinionated pieces — right here. It's all in one place, so scope it out below.

Reviews

Review: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is a trope-tastic, loothappy clickfest

While its heart is in the right place, this title doesn't hit all the right notes.

Review: Mutant Mudds Deluxe takes its NES-like spirit to the Wii U

The indie gem lands on the Wii U in what is arguably the version to play.

Review: Mighty Switch Force 2 may be over soon, but it's a great ride while it lasts

This sequel is fun, challenging, and full of charm, and it's a great 3DS download.

Review: Magrunner: Dark Pulse's eerie atmosphere shines in an otherwise mediocre experience

Its style may be pretty rad, but this puzzler is hardly worth getting excited over.

Review: Tokyo Jungle Mobile is too little game for Playstation Vita

Just stick to Tokyo Jungle on your PlayStation 3 instead.

Review: Nerds take over Castlevania in UnEpic

This fun Castlevania-influenced title walks a fine line between tough and rewarding.

Review: Razer Smashes into the arcade stick market with the effective yet expensive Atrox

This peripheral may be a bit pricey, but hey, at least it's great.

Review: Dynasty Warriors 8 brings the series to new heights

Dynasty Warriors returns with the best entry in the series thus far.

Previews

Preview: Beatbuddy is a music-loving underwater adventure

This underwater platformer boasts some cool music and a great art style.

Preview: Don your clown mask and prepare for another heist in Payday 2

It's time for another heist, and this one looks quite robust and much more engaging than the previous one.

Preview: The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot will make a dungeon designer out of you

A major change is coming to the dungeon crawler formula.

GZ Originals

Kickstarter Interview: The Megatokyo: Visual Novel Game rips characters from the comic and puts you in control

GameZone chats it up with the folks behind Megatokyo.

Why I didn't expect the ending of The Last of Us

It's good to know that some games can still surprise players.

Five things we can't wait to see at Comic-Con 2013

It's that time of the year again. San Diego Comic-Con, baby!

Dr. David's Indie Roundup: Super Time Force, Soul Saga, PSN Play 2013, and more

New Kickstarter projects, trailers, and PlayStation Network promotions round out this week's indie news.

Reveal: Will you choose to make your Champs: Battlegrounds’ apprentice a cleric or an acolyte?

GameZone talks Champs: Battlegrounds.

Quick Time Events won’t go away, so let’s fix them!

What can developers do to address the annoying subject of quick-time events?

Judging this year's Steam Summer Getaway Sale

What's the verdict on Steam's huge summer sale?

Week in Mobile: That Monsters Game, Zombies!!!, and Gentlemen!

This week, we take a look at a few winners that you should definitely check out on your mobile device

Are beat 'em ups on the comeback trail? They should be

The old school brawler is as strong as ever.

Kickstarter Interview: Celestian Tales: Old North offers three decades of story-driven RPG

We get the skinny on this upcoming RPG right from the developer.

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