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There comes a point in your life when you realize your grandparents may not be the simple folk you thought they were. This is an especially poignant moment for Vanessa. She knew very little about her grandfather, but when an archbishop invites her to a small town in Italy, she learns he was researching some very serious, very dangerous stuff. Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes follows Vanessa as she uncovers ancient secrets lost beneath St. Peter's Cathedral.

Although the OUYA's been steadily making its way to Kickstarter backers, the Android-based console's retail launch has been pushed from June 4 to June 25. 

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Chuck the Muck is the latest in line of fun and quirky games in the Planet Muck universe, right behind last year’s well-received action-oriented Critter Escape. This time around, one of those lovable critters has teamed up with a big muck named Chuck for a head-scratching, physics-based good time. So how do our critter pal and his new friend Chuck hold up in a puzzle-platform environment?

Survivalcraft is a survival action game from Igor Kalicinski and CandyRufusGames. You are stranded on a remote island where you will need to mine resources, create tools, hunt for food, and build shelter so you may survive. Knowing where to start in a game like this is key to any sort of success, and with Gamezebo’s quick start guide you’ll have all of the tips, tricks and walkthroughs to stay ahead of the game.

Kiz Studios has announced today a new character asset that will be coming to their popular MOBA game, SmashMuck Champions at some point in 2013. Described by Kiz Studios and fans as “part-platypus, part-unicorn and full-awesome,” Platimus, the Mighty Platicorn, was designed by fans of the game at this year’s PAX East event, and will now become a fully playable character in the actual game. 

If you've ever been bummed that there wasn't a sequel to Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, get ready to hold onto your sanity. Nintendo may never get around to an official follow-up, but original creator Denis Dyack and Precursor Games are working on a “spiritual successor” called Shadow of the Eternals. And really, who isn't down for a little time-spanning mystery, murder and magick?

Dessert Shop by Shinezone Games is a delightful time management game on Facebook where you are given your very own dessert shop. You can design and expand it and learn to bake recipes from basic milk cookies to advanced five star desserts; use advanced machines and even grow fresh ingredients from your garden where you will plant and harvest goods as well as grow them from trees and farm plots; and visit your friends’ dessert shops and help each other out as you are building up your businesses. Gamezebo’s quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game.

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The television drama Castle follows novel writer Richard Castle in his adventures with detective Kate Beckett, using his skills as a novelist to help solve every case that comes along. Now, fans of the television show can help Castle solve his next case in Castle: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover, a new hidden object puzzle game that’s actually really entertaining, even if you’ve never watched the show.

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On my list of “most wanted, never gonna happen” games, a standalone, licensed version of Triple Triad is right at the top.  The brilliance of this card-battling mini-game from Squaresoft’s 1999 Final Fantasy VIII is the one thing fans and non-fans can agree on when not trading blows over the Junction system.  While Square Enix refuses to take our money and create this instant bestseller, other developers are tweaking the idea of Triple Triad and attempting to cash in—sometimes literally, as is the case with Laboratz.

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It may look like one of the now-ubiquitous minimalist iPhone weather apps, but Mosaique is more like the love child of Lumines and Echochrome than another reinvention of the thermometer. Beautiful in its simplicity, simple in its design, and satisfying in its gameplay, Mosaique checks all the boxes of a great puzzle game by being the essence of them.

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Tadpoles may not look tasty to humans, but to everything that lives in the pond they might as well be chocolate cake. Tasty Tadpoles is a clever little arcade game by Mark White that is one of the most pleasantly simple iOS games around. And despite the name, we're pretty sure no tadpoles are actually harmed during the game, despite being eaten over and over again.