Philip Summers, one of the masterminds behind Shamoozal, has delivered the latest installment of his series Read Only Memory, a collaboration with gonintendo.com. Here we see a frustrating moment that any serious Contra player can relate to:

Hans Van Harken and his co-director Justin Pruitt have released a new game last month titled Ace Pilot over on Newgrounds. The game also includes elaborate cut scenes, which were animated in Flash and After Effects, lead by character animator Kevin Tan. Along with artist Carlos Ubillus, Van Harken and Pruitt went to great lengths to build out a compelling story around the game play, while Nath Milburn handled all of the compositing. Here’s the first cut-scene video:

Jakub Dvorský and his Czech-based game studio Amanita Design are readying their next point-n-click release, titled Botanicula, which focuses on five tree creatures who are “on a quest to save their home’s last seed from a pack of evil parasites.” As in earlier Amanita games, like Samarost, the natural environment plays a big role in the design of the game, and here in this teaser you can see that mushrooms are characters. I was actually mushroom hunting in the Czech Republic this summer, and can verify that this is an awesome national pastime. Animation in the game was handled by Jaromir Plachy.

For more on Amanita, read our 2005 interview with Jakub.

There’s a Weebl’s Stuff game set to drop this month, that sets gameplay amongst some of their more popular Flash-animated shorts. In this trailer for Russian Dancing Men, you’ll spot favorites like Crabs, Badgers, Magical Trevor, Amazing Horse and of course Weebl and Bob. They’re making it for iPhone and iPad, but also Android down the line.

Dragon Age: Legends, EA’s popular Facebook game, includes an intense opening cinematic that was animated by none other than Adam Phillips. It was animated over 48 days using Animate Pro 2.