Awesome Games

Play as Nelson Tethers, the US Department of Puzzle Research’s (only) agent, and investigate why an eraser factory has shut down. Filled with humor, suspense, puzzles and gnomes.

Get ready to dish out a serious beating in this new actioner, starring a disgruntled teddy bear armed with axes, machetes, and other weapons – our kind of game. Hits Xbox 360 and PS3 Friday, 6/25.

Thanks to Gears of War 3’s new Beast Mode, you can turn the tables and play as Locusts, Boomers, Berzerkers, Wretches and other nasties. IGN shows us a brief glimpse at the gameplay in this vid clip.

The role-playing triad – the thief, the knight, and the wizard –  returns for more action, platforming and puzzle-solving in Trine 2. The sequel promises an online co-op mode and gorgeous graphics.

Disney and PDP are working on TRON-inspired controllers for the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360. They feature the iconic neon blue glowing “circuit” design from the films, and hit stores this Fall.

The sequel to one of the most innovative puzzlers on the PSP and PS3, Echochrome 2 uses the PlayStation Move as a flashlight that manipulates the shadows of objects to solve platform puzzles.

Reflections’ classic urban car chase is back, and they’re going back to its roots for this one (which is a good thing). Sit back and watch as the game’s creator walks us through a little bit of gameplay.

The classic clown-filled deathrace is making its PS3 debut with a vengeance. Here’s a short clip from this week’s E3 to whet your appetite for vehicular (and chainsaw-wielding) destruction and mayhem.

IGN kindly shared the Portal 2 demo that was shown at E3 with the rest of the world. Watch the 2nd part here, and the 3rd part here. There are tiny spoilers here and there. You’ve been warned.

Perfect for the upcoming Wii remake of GoldenEye, dreamGEAR’s dual-trigger light gun for the Wii-mote controller really turns you into The Man with the Golden Gun. License to kill not included.

Available 11/2/2010, GT 5’s $100 Collector’s Edition includes a 300-page “car lover’s guide”, a 1:43 2009 Nissan GT-R Spec V replica, a DLC voucher, and a GT keychain. All together now: Finally.

The cinematic trailer for BioWare’s new action MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic takes us inside the battle to save Alderaan, and if the final game plays anything like this, we’re excited.

Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of Rez, Space Channel 5, and Lumines demos his latest trippy game, a full-body “multi-sensory shooter” that takes full advantage of the new Xbox Kinect system.

Valve shows off a tiny sneak preview of what we might expect from the sequel to their incredibly addictive 3D platform puzzler. We can’t wait until 2011 to throw our controllers across the room.

Nintendo’s new handheld 3D gaming system offers glasses-free 3D viewing on its 3.5″ top screen, adds an analog control, gyro and motion sensors, beefed up graphics, and a 3D camera on back.

Stuart Black’s new FPS shows off it’s weapon-y goodness in this preview trailer. Being all about the guns, it’s the spiritual successor to last-gen’s BLACK. Hits PS3 and Xbox 360 Spring 2011.

Microsoft has revealed the much-anticipated “slim” black version of the Xbox 360, has a 250GB hard drive, built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi, is “whisper quiet,” and ships to U.S. retailers this week for $299.

This amazing robotic chess set took a core team of four people over a year to create, using over 100,000 LEGO parts, at a cost of appx. $30,000. Winner: the LEGO company.

While the 1950s suburban setting for the reboot of XCOM might look peaceful, the blobby black alien invaders in 2K Games latest FPS are nothing of the sort. From the guys who brought us Bioshock.

LucasArts just took wraps off of this awesome cinematic E3 2010 trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, and while it shows none of the actual game, it still still kicks ass and takes names.

Our confidence that any Duke Nukem game would ever make it to market wasn’t very high, but 3D Realms is back from the dead with a remake of their PC classic on XBLA. Release date: 6/23/2010!

Square Enix is showing off its latest side-scrolling-actioner, which looks sort of like a 4-player co-op version of Strider. The game hits Playstation Store and Xbox Live Arcade later this year.

Not to be confused with the awesome live-action Mortal Kombat Rebirth vid clip, the latest MK game looks like a flashback to the roots of the classic fighter – with much better graphics.