Awesome Games

All the gold in the world can’t save King Midas from Kratos’ beat down, in this gameplay video for the upcoming PSP game God of War: Ghost of Sparta. The game comes out 11/9/2010.

If this trailer is any indication, the Terran campaign promises to be one hell of a ride. The Starcraft II website also has a couple of videos for those who need to catch up on Starcraft history.

A mod of the classic puzzle game. Instead of arranging the blocks to form lines, all you have to do is stack as many as you can. Easy right? Not with the new physics. Download the game here.

Super villain Super Skrull, the mysterious Trish from Devil May Cry, and returning warriors Chun-Li and Doctor Doom join the fray in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, due Spring 2011.

Check out every Fatality from the original Mortal Kombat, demonstrated for us using paper cut-outs, courtesy of animator Eric Power. Gotta love those paper death spikes. They look really menacing.

EA/Maxis’ upcoming action RPG takes the Spore franchise to a new, dark place it never went in the original. The Darkspore is transforming planets into armies of mutants, and it’s up to you to stop them.

Scott Pilgrim’s adventures has reached its final chapter, but you can still team up with him and his friends to beat Ramona’s 7 evil exes. Coming out Aug. 10, 2010 on the PSN, and later on XBLA.

This wacky game for the PlayStation Eye or Move puts your likeness into a cartoon fighter, then take on opponents by wildly gesticulating. We can’t decide if it looks stupid or fun – or stupid fun.

Lara Croft’s latest adventure might be one of the better downloadable games of the year. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light comes out on XBLA on Aug 18, 2010; PC and PSN versions follow in Sept.

We’re already excited about the gameplay of 007 Blood Stone. Its opening credits look even sexier, with music by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart. It’s the next best thing to a real Bond flick.

If you always loved the Street Fighter games, keep the game with you all the time with these SFIV sound effect keychains, complete with joystick and arcade buttons which let you pull off combo moves.

Created by a group of designers at Valve hired from the Mod community, Alien Swarm not only looks like an awesome co-op game, it’s FREE, and comes with all game code. Hits Steam on 7/19.

Thought the GoldenEye remake was the only Bond game to look forward to? Keep an eye out for this 007 actioner from Bizarre Creations. It looks a lot like Uncharted 2 to us – and that’s a good thing.

Kratos gets all quirky, symmetrical and existential on us in this Wes Anderson preview for a God of War flick. From Gamervision, the guys who brought us Inglourious Plummers. (Thanks, Jerrod!)

The $79 special edition of Dead Rising 2 comes in a steel case, along with an artbook, a “making of” featurette, a syringe of “Zombrex” anti-zombie medication, a prescription pad, and more.

The Japanese exploding-creature-filled balls phenomenon is back with a brand new multi-player brawler for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP. Hits consoles November 2010.

Based on Spike’s popular TV show, this downloadable game features 8 real-life warriors, each with unique styles and weapons. Coming on XBLA this July 14 for $10; PSN release TBA.

Apparently, you have to break some eggs to make omelets, squeeze some lemons for lemonade, and slice a few Space Invaders to make Tetris on this funny tee from Eduardo San Gil for Threadless.

What would happen if the world were invaded by 8-bit game characters? Mike Benson’s video melds great snow and skateboarding with game worlds. Portal seems a bit out of place, but still cool.

We can’t think of a better way to decorate if you’re into retro games. Each set of vinyl Asteroids graphics has 65 pieces you can rearrange into your favorite rock-smashing patterns.

Luxury cabinet maker Pinel & Pinel offers up this 80s arcade on wheels, complete with a booming audio system, and a HD 1080p display. Each one is custom made and ships with 60 classic games.

The World Cup may be over, but the battle for virtual soccer supremacy rages on between EA and Konami. The latter’s PES 2011 promises revamped controls, AI behavior, animation and tactics.

This special bundle is for the Blizzard fan. It has an artbook, a behind-the-scenes DVD, a pet for WoW, a soundtrack CD, a comic, DLC, and a 2GB flash drive with the original Starcraft anthology in it.