Awesome Games

Bioshock 2 gets a suitably creepy trailer to announce its launch on 2/9/2010; it’s purely cinematic, but you’ll catch a glimpse of Big Daddy’s cool-est and most shock-ing weapons.

It looks like a poor man’s Mass Effect at times, but we’re happily stunned over this Ground Combat trailer for Star Trek Online; phasers are cool, but we can’t wait for bat’leth brawls.

Command & Conquer 4 shows off its three-class system in this Class Warfare trailer; both GDI and NOD players can respawn as offense, defense, or support without losing their units.

Make Rock Band and Guitar Hero sessions more realistic with Omega’s GM-1 System, which hooks up to a real drum set via a MIDI or accessory cable; it also includes 2-3 cymbal triggers.

Metro 2033’s numerous baddies (both human and not-so-human) make themselves known in this Journey Into the Unknown trailer; the post apocalyptic shooter arrives 3/16/2010.

Go from 8-bit to 180 degrees with these Heat Changing Arcade Mugs; the empty playing fields and skies will be brimming with ghosts and invaders after you pour a hot cup of joe.

All the world’s a stage and you’re forced to be a player in BattleBlock Theater; aka “Game 3”, it’s The Behemoth’s third Xbox Live Arcade game after Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers.

This Queen of the Black Marsh trailer for Dragon Age: Origins: Awakenings may be short, but it fills us in on the tesla-fied dragon; it ain’t no Disney Electrical Parade, that’s for sure.

Spore meets Transformers with Verbatim’s Media Monster Championship; it not only lets you build your own flash drive/SD card gladiator but enter them in duels to the (digital) death.

Not to be outdone by GoW’s Lost Planet 2 cameo, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, and inFAMOUS all invade Uncharted 2 with the Heroes Skin Pack, now available on the PlayStation Store.

Aliens vs. Predator fulfills its promises of fame and gory with its 4-player co-op Survival Mode; you’ll play as Marines defending against waves of aliens, with 2 maps included + 2 DLC maps.

Monopoly rounds the corner to its 75th anniversary with Revolution, which replaces the square board with a circular one and ditches cash for credit cards and an electronic banker. Thanks, Stro!

Battlefield Heroes’ Vampires & Werewolves is as close as we’ll get to becoming a Twihard, but at least we get to blast their brains out; the month-long event includes three night maps.

Red Dead Redemption is no mere shooter; Weapons & Death not only discusses guns but shows off gunshot physics, character behaviors, and the awesome dead-eye targeting system.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 moves from the dusty streets of Panama to snowy Port Valdez; the map pits US versus Russian forces in an attempt to secure the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline.

Lost Planet 2 doesn’t just arrive digitally in May 2010 but also physically with two bad-ass PVC mecha figures via Kotobukiya; each stands 5.5″-6″ tall with over 20 points of articulation.

San Francisco gets a nose job courtesy the not-so-friendly skies in this debut trailer for Vanquish; details are scarce, but the game is helmed by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami.

Assassin’s Creed 2’s first DLC literally takes flight with the Battle of Forli ($4); it takes us into Sequence 12 with more joy rides aboard Leonardo’s fantastically infernal flying machine.

It doesn’t take a detective to figure out how amazing Heavy Rain’s graphics are, but this To Catch A Killer trailer blows the case wide open with gorgeous real-time in-game footage.

This Episodes IV and V trailer for Lost Planet 2 has no shortage of epic scenes; it’s filled with mechs, subs, satellite cannons, pirates, deserts, ice ages, and oversized headgear.

No More Heroes 2 goes ballistic with snakes, buffaloes, and luchadores in this launch trailer; we’d say it’s NSFW, but that assumes you can comprehend its special brand of insanity.

Due out on the Wii 3/23/2010, Red Steel 2’s Caldera Trailer sets the scene for one heckuva wild west east showdown: martial arts cowboys with swords and gatling guns? Count us in!

Super Street Fighter IV has a peculiar animated style for its trailers, but this Juri trailer is actually animated anime-style; it’s available with the game in Japan, but no word on a US release.