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The father of modern sandbox video games just turned 10. Rockstar Games shows its gratitude by re-releasing the game on both iOS and Android devices. Also by reminding us of how old we are.

The trailer is in Japanese, but it still doesn’t detract from the gorgeous anime-style graphics of this game. We hope it plays as good as it looks. Coming to North America and Europe in 2012.

Here’s Naughty Dog’s official launch trailer for the gorgeous and thrilling Drake’s Deception, revealing key plot points and mysteries that set Nathan’s latest epic adventure in motion.

Hugo Strange psychoanalyzes Batman, a gallery of villains spew catchphrases and the Dark Knight starts a beatdown in the final trailer for Batman: Arkham City. Also, a split-second of Robin.

(Spoilers) This “trailer” for FF XIII-2 is more of a compressed run through the game’s story. It picks up exactly where XIII ended and then takes off on an epic journey through time and space.

Phoenix Wright is just one of the new characters included in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, but he’ll be enough reason for fans to pick up the game, what with his unorthodox, yet appropriate moves.

The ending credits of Portal (and later Portal 2) feature some of the greatest song lyrics in the history of video games. Now you can enjoy GLaDOS’ Still Alive courtesy of your web browser.

Chaos and corruption throughout the galaxy can mean only one thing – war is coming. Take a closer look at the battles, both intimate and epic in scale – in the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

We’d rather see more gameplay, but this animated trailer for upcoming multiplayer FPS Gotham City Impostors is not bad at all, and is a funny metaphor for the alternate lives that gamers lead.

Listen to old man Ezio’s soliloquy over a montage of past trials and future killing sprees in this trailer for Assassin’s Creed Revelations. As for the taking orders line – isn’t that their thing?

(NSFW: Language) Will they just hurry up and come out with this game already? Every time we see Uncharted 3, we just want to play it more. For now, here’s little bit of new gameplay footage.

Infinity Blade 2 looks to build upon the great graphics and gameplay of the original iOS game, with more upgrades, dual-wielding of weapons and bigger and non-linear environments. More here.

A limited-edition series featuring NES cartridges with retro pixel art of modern video games. Each cartridge contains a random NES game, not an 8-bit version of the game on the cover, though.

Play as Jackie Estacado and use quad-wielding – a weapon in each hand while his Demon Arms grab, smash or impale foes. True to its name, the power of The Darkness grows stronger in the dark.

A clever ad for Forza Motorsport 4, which has Top Gear‘s Jeremy Clarkson waxing poetic about the ostracism of car lovers. Gearheads will start with tongue in cheek and end with tears on cheeks.

Check out this supercool functional Gears of War Lancer MK2 built by the Plumbrothers; it can shoot rubberbands and has a motorized chainsaw. The action in the vid begins at 1:30. (Thanks David!)

A Dead Island playthrough in real life, featuring a less than ideal character who manages to get by thanks to the world’s strongest hanger. Humor and gaming tropes abound.

A look at some of the gigantic bosses that fans are undoubtedly looking forward to being slaughtered by over and over again in Dark Souls. The song is All Saints by The Silent Comedy.

The classic snowboarding game is coming back just in time for the depths of Winter, and jumping out of a helicopter on a snowboard never looked so inviting. Though we sort of miss Run DMC.

Nintendo has Mario, Sega has Sonic and Ubisoft has Rayman. Now the limbless action platforming hero and his friends are back in beautifully-drawn 2D. The game drops on 11/15/2011.

Battlefield 3 uses Jay-Z’s song to bury the competition – EA’s got 99 problems, but CoD ain’t one. If you still doubt it’s Call of Duty, calling out the CoD tagline at the end will destroy all doubts.

A man, an elf and a dwarf walk into a barrage of monsters in the Power of Three trailer for Lord of the Rings: War in the North, teasing some of the skills and spells of the different races and classes.

The latest trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations hypes up the game’s multiplayer. Get ready for new modes, maps, characters and lots and lots of stabbing, impaling and freerunning.