Awesome Games

If you never played Portal, or just forgot how much fun it was, great news. The guys at VALVe are giving the game away for free for both PC and Mac. One catch – you need to grab it by 5/24.

True to it’s setting, the collector’s edition of Fallout: New Vegas is a gambler’s delight, featuring custom poker chips and playing cards, as well as a “Making Of” DVD and a hardcover graphic novel.

Shortfuse Games side-scrolling fighter for the Xbox 360 and PS3 puts you in control of a vampire Elvis impersonator as he takes down a variety of undead baddies with “fists, guns, and rock & roll.”

No release date yet, but Media Molecule has announced that LittleBigPlanet 2 will have a robust new set of tools, themes, toys and enemies to add to the 2 million levels we created in LBP1.

Ninja Theory, creator of Heavenly Sword have been working on their latest game, which follows two characters who escape slavery in a post- apocalyptic world. Coming to Xbox 360 and PS3.

Android’s little green robot gets a video game makeover in these amusing illustrations culled from around the web. Our favorite, Android meets Bioshock’s Big Daddy.

There are a lot of things in XBL’s Monday Night Combat that we’ve seen elsewhere – American Gladiators, DoTA and Team Fortress 2 to name a few. Sounds like a recipe for an awesome game.

FixPix is one of the coolest little games we’ve seen, and it’s very easy to play: fix the picture by tilting the iPhone or iPod Touch so that everything lines up perfectly. An online demo is available here.

Enter the virtual fighting ring with Pixel Kombat, Jac & Johan’s upcoming “Hadokumentary”, which takes a peek inside the world of gamers obsessed with 2D fighters and mastering their combo moves.

One of the best Flash games ever returns with what we can only call expert mode. The Typing Tutor Edition of Canabalt regularly changes the jump button to one of the keys in the keyboard.

Street Fighter Legacy is an independently-produced short film by actor/filmmaker Joey Ansah, who, like the rest of us, is sick of the lame adaptations of the franchise. See the complete film online on May 6.

Looks like we’re doing some base jumping and handling some vintage-looking weapons and machinery as we head into the jungles of Vietnam in this taste of the latest Call of Duty installment.

Combining two of our favorite pastimes, Dream Machines lives up to its name with their Octane 120 Beer Arcade, which offers sit-down arcade racing, a video projector and an in-dash beer tap.

Fans of VALVE games, rejoice! They just reached a deal with Gaming Heads to create awesome desktop figures based on the characters from HL2, L4D2, and TF2. First up, Team Fortress 2’s HEAVY.

Even if you’re not a fan of Moby’s esoteric musical style, you’ll probably get a kick out of his latest music video, a bittersweet tale shot in the style of a retro 16-bit platformer.

Revisit the original Super Mario Bros. as Link, Samus, Mega Man, Simon Belmont, or Bill – Yes, Bill from Contra – in the ultimate 8-bit mash-up. King Koopa will never kidnap Princess Peach again.

Relive the “good old days” of arcade gaming with these wall graphics from the 1983 classic Dragon’s Lair, featuring Dirk the Clumsy Daring, Princess Daphne and of course, Singe the dragon.

Looks like Doctor Octoroc just wrapped the third and final act of his 8-bit tribute to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Part 1 and Part 2 just hit the Interweb. If you missed ’em, catch Act 1 and Act 2.

With Raven’s time-bending console FPS getting set for a June release, it looks like the time-as-a-weapon gameplay is really starting to shape up. Think Timesplitters meets Bioshock.

Capcom has officially revealed Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. It’ll have the same tech engine as Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2 and will also feature a “moving comic” graphic style.

Red Dead Redemption’s multiplayer mode allows up to 8 players to form posses to take rival gangs, hunt animals, or challenge the law, all the while earning experience and unlocking items.

Remedy reveals more about upcoming Xbox 360 suspense title Alan Wake, touching on aspects like the light-and-dark mechanic, on-the-fly difficulty adjustment, as well as the game’s story.

Get a sneak preview of this new multiplayer FPS developed by Zombie. Something about the madness of war, man losing its sanity, blah, blah, blah. Just know there are lots and lots of guns.