It’s a sign of the end-of-the-year when pure videogame news begins to decrease in volume, and talk of next year’s games and looks back at the ‘year that was’ increases, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a number of hefty headlines to look over in our round-up.

Catch up with the reveals, trailers and news of last week’s Spike Video Games 2012 event, a review and a community podcast, with a few more trailers and features in the mix below:

• Spike VGAs 2012: Award winners announced – Borderlands 2, The Walking Dead and more win big!

• Spike VGAs 2012: Darks Souls 2 announced with CG trailer, new “unrelenting challenges” await

• Spike VGAs 2012: The Phantom Pain revealed with mysterious trailer – is this Metal Gear Solid 5?

• Spike VGAs 2012: The Last of Us dated for May 2013, new gameplay video sends senses soaring

• Spike VGAs 2012: Tomb Raider trailer reaches incredible heights, but Lara must climb them first

• Spike VGAs 2012: Ominous Gears of War: Judgment cinematic trailer arrives with talk of a ‘monster grub’

• Spike VGAs 2012: Vengeful Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 trailer marks the mighty return of Dracula

• Spike VGAs 2012: Unmissable Bioshock Infinite gameplay video reveals the meeting of Booker and Elizabeth (with crushing action to spare)

• Spike VGAs 2012: New South Park: The Stick of Truth trailer introduces factions, classes and ‘The New Kid’

• El33t’s Question of the Day: Did you watch the Spike VGAs? What did you think?

• El33t’s GotY 2012 Community Podcast: Assassin’s Creed 3 – A chat with Mathew Clarke

• Nintendo Land Review (Wii U)

• US PlayStation Store Preview for December 11th: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Black Knight Sword

• UK Software Chart: Far Cry 3 can’t beat Black Ops 2 during the week of December 8th

• Original Spyro the Dragon trilogy flies onto the European PlayStation Store this week

• New Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance gameplay video sees Raiden pitted against Metal Gear RAY

• Assassin’s Creed III: The Tyranny Of King Washington CG trailer introduces new singleplayer DLC

• Street Fighter X Tekken Ver. 2013 trailer showcases widespread tweaks

• First Dead or Alive 5 Plus footage features Kasumi versus Hitomi

• Godus Kickstarter hits halfway mark with 11 days left, new video released – VG247

• Gabe Newell: Living Room PCs Will Compete With Next-Gen Consoles – Kotaku

• El33tonline Monday News Wrap: 3 December 2012

• El33tonline Tuesday News Wrap: 4 December 2012

• El33tonline Wednesday News Wrap: 5 December 2012

• El33tonline Thursday News Wrap: 6 December 2012

• El33tonline Friday News Wrap: 7 December 2012

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