Awesome Games

If you’re short on space but big on parties, this 7-in-1 Rotating Game Table saves the day (and space); you’ll get ping-pong, chess, checkers, backgammon, pool, foosball, and air hockey.

This Mayhem trailer for Darksiders doesn’t reveal anything new, but we like its angsty, vengeance-be-mine style; the protagonist seems hell-bent on sending everyone to hell.

Stephane Perruchon’s Dualshock Controller Table is the real Playstation Home; it’s just a concept, but we’d kick up our feet on the ABS handles any day–let’s just hope it doesn’t vibrate.

Because racing just seems more fun when you’re dodging oil tankers, airplanes and buildings: this Standstill trailer for Split/Second shows the heavy consequences of looking pretty.

No space opera is complete without its villains, and this Enemies trailer for Mass Effect 2 delivers them en masse: we get a look at the Collectors, as well as the Reapers and Geth.

Spore comes to Facebook with Spore Islands; you’ll get to build and evolve a creature as usual, but it plays more like Game of Life with an entertaining (but hands-off) observation mode.

theory11 seems like it’s back to its old tricks with Genesis v1, but it’s actually a slick, magic-free training DVD with 30 moves that teach you how to flourish cards–aka, the art of cardistry.

Liberty City is nowhere near as crowded as NYC, but that ain’t a bad thing: Grand Theft Auto IV looks remarkably realistic and (dare we say) livable in this hypnotic 15-day time lapse.

The fire still burns bright for some of Namco’s most classic games: they’ve teamed up with Zippo to release special edition, etched lighters with Pac-Man, Galaxian, Xevious, and Dig Dug.

Even if you’re not an Eminem fan, it’s tough not to get pumped over this kick ass launch trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2; you’ll get to fight in castles, DC, and even the freakin’ ISS.

Splinter Cell: Conviction Collector’s Edition not only puts a hole in your wallet, but bullet holes in its steel DVD case; it includes a USB drive, two in-game items, art book, and comic book.

Star Trek Online continues its Future Past series (Part 1 here); emboldened by their victories and feeling xenophobic as ever, the Klingons decide to take on the goodie-goodie Feddies.

The ragdoll death animations are a bit silly, but space combat looks (and sounds, thanks to “audio simulation files”) absolutely epic in this Escalation trailer for Shattered Horizon.

Because scary movies have nothing on sadistic gamers: The Sims Horror Movie is like Exorcist, Poltergeist, Puppetmaster and Saw rolled into one spinning diamond of death.

We’re always wary of game-to-movies, but we like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’s first trailer; there are wisps of PotC here, appropriate as it’s a Bruckheimer & Disney production.

Available at the end of 2009 as a free browser game, Trauma is an adventure with a twist: you play a car accident survivor who must reconstruct their memories using a gesture-based UI.

Just Whitlock’s Mini Arcade Cabinets are big on detail: amazingly detailed plywood replicas of classic video games, each cabinet is made to order and ships for free in the US.

Kratos goes armageddon on the gods in this Brutal Gameplay trailer for God of War III; the gory combat is sweet as usual, but the tunnel flight sequence at the end is truly epic.

We have to admit that Red Faction: Guerilla’s indestructible environments can be a bit too much fun at times; Space A**hole is a fan-made ode to the sociopath in all of us.

Their first trailer was choppy in terms of frame rate, not body parts, but Fort Zombie delivers with this vastly improved trailer; it’s a budget RPG about holing up during the zombapocalypse.

This latest No Ordinary Mission trailer for Just Cause 2 is literally goes above, beyond and off rooftops: it’s a look at the game’s ridiculously cool (and somewhat sadistic) sandbox gameplay.

Available at Amazon, GameStop, and GameKrazy, God of War III Ultimate Edition is a Kratos cash cow: it includes a Pandora’s Box replica, Art Book, soundtrack, and retailer-specific skins.

Now available: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time concludes the Future trilogy and goes out with a Qwark-laden bang in the launch trailer above; it’s also Insomniac’s last 60fps game.