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Teaser for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. The franchise seeks to tie loose ends as an older, wiser Ezio Auditore traces the footsteps of the legendary Altair. Also promises better multiplayer.

The Lambent is nigh: in the latest E3 trailer for Gears of War 3, a mysterious message that Marcus Fenix receives from his father sends him on a dangerous search mission to find him. Out 9/2011.

Crowbar, check. HEV Suit, check. Headcrabs, check. This game looks awesome. Wait? It came out in 1998? That didn’t stop James Benson from creating a great new trailer for Valve’s classic FPS.

This life-sized replica of the Lancer assault rifle from Gears of War is over 3.5ft long and has a machine gun sound effect. It can also be purchased with Gears of War 3 via a couple of bundles.

(NSFW: Language) As if the trailer for CoD: Modern Warfare 3 wasn’t awesome enough on its own, it’s now amped up just that much more, thanks to the obligatory Team America: World Police dub.

You’re still going to have to wait until November 8th to play it, but at least now have our first look at gameplay from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and it looks pretty frickin’ awesome to us.

Achron is a “meta-time strategy game” where players can go back and forth through time, so you can move troops faster, get troops from the past, scout the future and even send “preinforcements”.

Dead Island looks like such a peaceful place – until its overrun with a zombie hoard, trapping tourists on what is clearly the worst vacation of their lives. Do zombies sunburn when you set them on fire?

(NSFW: Language) Brentalfloss sings about the unrewarding video game endings from the 80s and 90s. It’s a shame there are curse words in this song, because younger gamers need to see this.

The spiritual successor to Warhawk, 3rd person shooter Starhawk will have battles both on air and on foot, as well as Macross-like ships and an RTS inspired feature called Build & Battle.

Illustrator A.J. Hateley’s ongoing series Thirty Days of Videogames features beautiful vintage-style fake book covers inspired by videogames. You can get some of them as prints here.

Google and Rovio have teamed up to bring the popular physics game to your browser. Although still in beta, it does have exclusive unlockable Chrome levels. What are you waiting for?

Game Boy Online lets you play Game Boy and Game Boy Color games online for free, no emulators needed. If you prefer NES or SNES games, check out GBO’s sister site Play Nintendo.

The action-packed launch trailer for what is probably going to be another blockbuster from Rockstar, although more props go to Team Bondi this time. L.A. Noire will be released on 05/17/11.

Voice-overs are a relatively recent addition to video games. But addition doesn’t always equal improvement. Here are the 50 worst video game voice-overs, acted out by HansJamesMusicAOk.

Feeling all played out with Crysis 2? Grab 4 new maps for more multiplayer mayhem starting on 5/17. Check out Park Avenue, Transit, Shipyard and Compound in this sneak preview.

Trade your pickaxe for the Portal gun and go sciencing in Minecraft. Andrei235’s mod features testing chambers filled with companion cubes, energy pellets and more. Download here.

Modder [Ed] converts Xbox 360 Slim consoles into portable laptops with a 17″ 720p LCD monitor, LED backlights and engraving. You can send in your own console or have him use a brand new one.

Get acquainted with the fundamentals of Brink, including gameplay modes, character progression and classes, and the HUD. At the very least it’s a chance to ogle at the game’s beautiful graphics.

While we’ve yet to see a video game that looks as good as the graphics in any game engine tech demo, we’re still wowed by the incredible-looking images from this Xbox 360/PS3 gaming engine.

One of the simplest yet most mind-blowing video game inventions of all time, the Portal gun would immediately make almost all other games ridiculously fun and easy, and SMB is no exception.

A look at the character progression in L.A. Noire. Help Cole Phelps rise up from patrolman to detective – solve different crimes, team up with a partner and hone your fighting and sleuthing skills.

A recent XKCD strip depicted heaven as a Tetris game with a piece that fits whatever you already built. GUD magazine turned it into an actual game. Get in on the reassuring fun here.