Video and online game preview for 2014

Expect higher stakes and more melodrama now that protagonist Gabriel Belmont has been transformed from a miserable pile of secrets into Dracula himself.

Bungie's latest space opera has elements of "Halo" with a dash of "Battlestar Galactica," featuring a group of Earth-based super soldiers fighting aliens that have nearly destroyed society.

There's a sprawling backstory (involving the colonization of, and then attack on, cities in our solar system) and the promise of plenty of action.

[...] the expansive world of Tamriel is open for exploration in Bethesda's upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Players will take a role within one of the three factions fighting for the throne.

More than 2,000 percent funded on Kickstarter, "Hyper Light Drifter" is on most people's list of indie games to watch in 2014.

Judging from the trailer, it's a 2-D action-adventure RPG that looks like a happy meeting of 16-bit "Legend of Zelda" with the aesthetic of "Tron," a sort of dark, futuristic dungeon world punctuated by neon colors.

With pilots and mech-like "Titans" engaging in fast-paced skirmishes on battle-ravaged playing fields, "Titanfall" should provide one of the adrenaline rushes of the year.