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Splinter Cell: Conviction proves to be a two-fer in more than one way with this Co-Op trailer; it’s a two-player prequel campaign that bolsters the main story with six hours of gameplay.

NSFW: it’s a good thing that this debut trailer for Kane & Lynch 2 is deliberately low quality; if Lynch’s flashbacks got any more visceral, we’d have to wipe the blood off our monitor.

Completely unofficial but totally sweet, these Modern Warfare-inspired half-skull balaclavas allow you parade around like Ghost; coming soon: The Joker and MK’s Scorpion.

Command & Conquer 4’s gameplay makeover gets teased with this lengthy Transport Down trailer; with procedural damage, control nodes, and upgrades, it seems more DoW 2 than C&C.

If you’ve used up all your lives and find yourself in 8-bit heaven, don’t be surprised if you see an extra dimension or two: Sevensheaven’s Voxel Game Art puts a 3D spin on 2D games.

Jack of all trades, master of … everything: the Sentinel class continues to be a versatile biotech and tech class in Mass Effect 2, but gains a more durable (and explosive) Tech Armor talent.

If you like eBoy’s isometric pixel art, Beat It! is a beat machine/rhythm game a-la Tap Tap that brings those sprites to life; it features 50 animated levels along with a freestyle mode.

Jedi mind tricks are the least of your worries with these Star Wars Poker Chips; Force Hold’em sounds fun until Vader literally makes you lose a hand or Force Crushes your neck.

Red Dead Redemption may be set in the gritty Wild West, but it looks spit-polished in this Gameplay Intro; it shows off the game’s three distinct regions, characters, quests, and weapons.

Preorder now: the Peregrine Glove mixes Minority Report and button mashing, letting you frag via your fingers with 18 touch points and 3 pads, good for 30 programmable actions.

Due out Fall 2010, Spec Ops: The Line reboots the franchise; the third person shooter tells the story of a Delta Force team sent in to a devastated Dubai to retrieve a rogue Colonel.

Master Chief almighty, it’s a Forerunner…to the trilogy: much as we like seeing a whole mess of Spartans, we’re most impressed that this debut trailer for Halo: Reach is done in-engine.

This debut trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 seems to reveal little other than the Joker getting new digs, but watch closely: it reveals four villains (learn about three of them here).

Following in the footsteps of Call of Duty, Medal of Honor gets a modern reboot in this debut trailer; due out Fall 2010, it’ll tell the story of a special ops soldier fighting in Afghanistan.

The voices of Vader and Yoda duel in Starkiller’s mind while he duels in real life in this debut trailer for The Force Unleashed II; his opponent makes a rancor look like a chihuahua.

Seeking revenge, Sam Fisher digs up more than he bargains for in this Conspiracy trailer for Splinter Cell: Conviction; for the first time, he’ll go head to head with another Splinter Cell.

Get those Energon cubes ready, because it’s time for an Autobot vs. Decepticon smack-down: Transformers: War for Cybertron takes place before Earth and gets teased above.

For the same cost as the regular version, Dante’s Inferno: Divine Edition is a PS3 exclusive due out 2/9/10; it includes a digital copy of the actual book, soundtrack, and art book.

It’s not the first controller-style case we’ve seen, but the iPDA iHandstick is easily the cheapest at $12; it’s a dual-grip rubber gamepad for your iPhone 3G/3GS or iPod Touch 2G/3G.

It’s been available on Xbox LIVE since October, but Beat Hazard finally gets a debut trailer above; the 1-2 player 2D space shooter uses your own music collection to generate enemies.

The Microsoft Surface-powered D&D table gets a proper promo video and a name: SurfaceScapes is an ongoing CMU project and was conceived after a meeting with Penny Arcade.

Master Chief, Kratos, and other characters get reduced to their digital basics with these Videogame Minimalism posters; it’s created by a SCEE artist and also available for sale here.

Holy smoke and flame, horseman: Darksider’s four-legged Ruin gets its own trailer with glimpses at other mounts; still, there’s no topping the epic coda: “What follows War but Ruin…”