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WiiWare gets another retro-reboot with Mega Man 10, which continues 9’s 8-bit style; it’ll feature 8 Robot Master bosses along with Proto Man and a secret playable third character.

Mirror’s Edge lands on the iPhone/iPod Touch January 2010; it’ll feature Canabalt-style gameplay with 14 3D levels, dynamic camera angles, and running, sliding, and leaping.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 gets a truly magical debut trailer, with glimpses of Quidditch, Fluffy, the Sorting Hat, and even a little Wingardium Leviosa; it’s due out sometime in 2010.

Flash on, dude: HexoLights are red, yellow, and blue LED light pods that sync with any sound source including iPods any consoles; snap them together to build your own custom set-up.

The developers in this Vehicle Stunts trailer admit that Just Cause 2 may not be super realistic, but we’re all for doing “really, really stupid stuff”; it’ll include over 100 different vehicles.

Filled with tests of L-block temptations and delayed line pieces, any hopes you had that the 8-bit heavens are fair and just will disappear like a row of blocks in this God of Tetris video.

With a typical patrol running 10 hours, it’s best that periscope up equals upgraded graphics; this 3D Engine trailer shows off submarine sim Silent Hunter 5’s new graphic engine.

Darksiders continues its Hellbook trailers with War’s Arsenal and Hordes of Hell; the first is a runnin’, gunnin’, and swordin’ lowdown, while the latter gets up close with the unholy masses.

Bethesda takes gaming to the cutting edge with Brink; the innovative FPS’ Container City and Airport trailers show off gameplay, with the latter focusing on the “smart button”.

Nothing beats repurposing a giant gun, especially when it’s used to take out Nazis: this explosive AA Gun trailer for The Saboteur wraps up with a pair of big, blimpy bada-booms.

This lushly detailed Races trailer for Guild Wars 2 is a who’s who of Tyria; you’ll meet the noble Humans, the belligerent Charr, the spiritual Norn, the brainy Asura, and the organic Sylvari.

This trailer for The Impossible Game may look hopelessly simple, but it could also drive you insane: available on Xbox LIVE, it reduces platforming to its purest, most difficult form.

Konami takes Silent Hill back to its roots with Shattered Memories, due out on the PS2, PSP, and Wii 12/8/09; this Memories Montage trailer is a music video with monstrous overtones.

Alright, so it’s not an official HD version of New Super Mario Bros Wii, but a plumber can dream: the video above was shot running the Dolphin emulator on a PC at 1080p at 60 fps.

We don’t plan on featuring every character trailer for Mass Effect 2, but Samara is just too good to pass up: this elite Asari warrior is a biotic badass with a trick that’s literally high-flying.

It’s no secret that Bayonetta kicks butt with her transformation abilities, but this Witch Time trailer shows off a power that borders on outright cheating: let’s just say time is on her side.

If Mario thinks taking out koopas is hard, he should try paying taxes: David Creighton-Pester’s This Game Sucks t-shirt shows what happens when 8-bit fantasies meet 9-5 realities.

With no brackets and 6-week byes, Shang Tsung’s tournaments are as meaningful as BCS rankings; still, swapping fairness for fatalities and flawless victories ain’t half bad.

Almost entirely wordless, Korean MMORPG Blade & Soul leaves nearly everything to the imagination with this beautiful (but largely un-narrated) North America Debut trailer.

Ironically, the weakest part of this John Marsten trailer for Red Dead Redemption is the voice acting of John himself; it’s otherwise a fantastic look at Rock Star’s gunslingin’ Wild West RPG.

Filled with dwarves, elves, and orcs, this Kingdom Under Fire II Races Trailer had us waxing nostalgic for LotR with the line between movie and gameplay blurred–not a bad thing.

It’s not the first site to let you buy and sell used dvds, books, and games, but Glyde is a trade-up from eBay with a clean interface, pre-stamped packaging, and no-hassle returns.

The Company of Myself is a platform puzzler in the vein of Braid and Winterbottom that mixes time travel and cloning; we just can’t decide if it’s singly multiplayer or multiply single player.