Awesome Fantasy

Filled with over two minutes of gameplay, Torchlight’s launch trailer is a no-frills affair that leaves no dungeon unturned; it’s now available on Steam both as a full game and a demo.

Kratos’ earlier misadventures get rendered in 720p glory: the God of War Collection remasters God of War I and II for the PS3 on 11/17/09. with 2X anti-aliased graphics at 60 FPS.

This Sacred Ashes trailer for Dragon Age: Origins may be cinematic, but we enjoyed the tag-team, LOTR-style combat and face time with a dragon; note to self: do NOT piss off the ladies.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus‘ new theatrical trailer doesn’t disappoint: running a minute and 43 seconds, there’s a bit more plot exposition and plenty of new footage.

Obliterate that writer’s block with a Martian raygun (or wizard’s blast): David Malki’s Genre-Fiction Generator is a Mad Libs-style flow chart for science fiction and fantasy writers.

Filled with lush visuals, this Creating a Living World video for Dragon Age: Origins explores the game’s universe–we were most surprised by the Dwarves, which are Aztec-inspired.

Although most of Dragon Age: Origin’s previous trailers have used heavy metal, this Music featurette gives us a peek at a far more epic, sweeping score a-la Lord of the Rings.

Sir Lancelot turns into Sir Spamalot in this The Robots Come Out At Knight t-shirt; castles are cool and all, but not against 50 foot tall metal monsters that spew cannon and flames.

If you can forgive the atrocious voice acting, this supposedly leaked trailer for The Witcher 2 reveals day/night cycles, bloodier finishing moves and use of the Havok physics engine.

This new Percy Jackson & the Olympians trailer is the teaser with 50 extra seconds, but they’re important: courtesy a bearded Pierce Brosnan, it drops several hints about the backstory.

Good news for Muggles and magicians alike: The Wizarding World will open in Spring 2010 at the Universal Studios Orlando theme park; Flight of the Hippogriff to Hogwarts Castle, anyone?

It looks like a cartoony version of Diablo, but there’s more to Torchlight; due out 10/27, it’ll be downloadable for $20, is designed to be modded and serves as a prelude to an MMORPG.

Joining the Barbarian, Witch Doctor and Wizard is the Monk: this Monk Class trailer for Diablo 3 starts off with staff combat, but the monk mojo really shines when his fists go flying.

Worth1000.com’s latest photoshop contest is Tolkien on overdrive: Middle Earth 2009 takes the Shire and applies a thick (and often controversial) coat of post-modern symbolism.

We’re liking this new theatrical trailer for Where the Wild Things Are, if only because it better fleshes out the personalities of the various monsters: it’s definitely a motley, if funny crew.

Now available: the Harry Potter Paperback Set includes all seven books of J.K. Rowling’s acclaimed series, and at a reasonable price compared to B&M stores with $3 shipping.

We’re all aware of Dragon Age’s bloodiness, but the dwarves seem particularly well-suited to maximizing sanguinity at every swing of the axe: it’s always a good day to bleed.

It’s not the most exciting trailer, but this video details the various demonic Fallen One creatures you’ll encounter in Diablo 3; you’ll see both concept artwork and character models.

This Forgotten Secret trailer for White Knight Chronicles starts off with butterflies and ballroom dancing; in other words, it’s ripe for all the slick sword-swinging mayhem afterwards.

Warhammer 40K players will literally drool over this Necron Monolith Cake; it was made by Chicago bakery Luscious Layers for a lucky gamer on her 26th birthday. Thanks, Don!

We’ve lost track of all the Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince trailers, but any true-blue Muggle would be remiss to skip this latest one: it’s inspiring, suspenseful and action-packed.

Blade & Soul is an upcoming Korean MMORPG that looks and plays like a manga come to life with acrobatics, bloody fight sequences and ridiculously well-endowed ladies.

There’s so much action in this launch trailer for BattleForge that it gets us dizzy (in a good way); it’s a card-based strategy game with 200 initial cards and an an auction/trading system.