Awesome Games

Watch over 45 minutes of juicy details on upcoming MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic; it’s a multi-part developer walkthrough that can be watched in one sitting on YouTube.

Few games have had as many trailers as Batman: Arkham Asylum, but as the game rolls toward release (9/25), this last trailer is perhaps the most relevant: it’s a history of Arkham.

Liked by everyone except for one loopy branch manager, you’ll need to play this The Office edition of Clue to find out who killed Toby; familiar items from the show serve as game pieces.

Azeroth is broken and reforged in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm: it features two new races (Goblins and Worgen), raises the level cap to 85, adds flying mounts and more. Thanks, SJ!

We can almost picture a medieval battlefield with this fantastic Chain Mail Chess Set; it’s made by artisan David Austin and consists of precisely 42,256 rings.

Available for pre-order: Metroid Metal Varia Suite is classic Metroid music played by a real band; they’ll debut live at PAX, with the official release set for 9/8/09.

Definitely worth the wait, the much-anticipated Guild Wars 2 gets one heckuva debut trailer: tipping the scales at 5-minutes, it’s a satisfying blend of cinematics and gameplay.

Buying Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a foregone conclusion for hardcore Snake fans, but this lengthy trailer should seal the deal: it’s nearly 9 minutes of gameplay.

This Venomous Fitted t-shirt is abstract enough to leave its meaning open to interpretation, but what’s clear is the awesome artwork: the arachnoid controller is flat-out sick.

Filled with rockin’ music set to equally rockin’ visuals, this Brutal Warrior trailer for Brutal Legend has us totally sold on the game; bonus points for the metal spider and Ozzy cameo.

While Made of Myth focused on decay, Patrick Runte’s Jump and Run brings video games to life with actors in familiar costumes reenacting Space Invaders, Pac Man and more.

Dr. Nefarious is up to his old tricks in this Destiny trailer for Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time; a little robot who could, the last lombax and time travel = “destined” for success. Thanks, Calvin!

From the same team that brought us Super Stardust HD, Dead Nation is yet another zombie brawler–but we’re liking the semi-realistic graphics and visceral weaponry effects.

Video game consoles killed the arcade star: this 8-Bit Stickup t-shirt gets metaphorical with upstart gunmen (Nintendo, Sony, Sega, etc.) wiping out the establishment (coin-op arcades).

It’s hard to imagine Uncharted 2 getting any better, but this Fortune Favors trailer hits it out of the park with a nearly continuous stream of gorgeous visuals and actions sequences.

Gung-ho American patriots are going to wince at this savagely disastrous Squad Stories trailer for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, but don’t worry: the Reds get theirs in the end.

This Omega trailer for Mass Effect 2 starts off about a mining facility, but “Grunt” steals the show: he’s a reckless Krogan with a penchant for making a mess out of everything and everyone.

Online gamer show The Guild’s Do You Wanna Date My Avatar left us confused, but in a good way: it’s simultaneously geeky, cheesy, pithy and, most surprisingly–sexy. Buy the MP3.

It’s not very pretty, but armchair space admirals would be remiss to not to try AI War: Fleet Command; it’s a 2D space RTS with up to 30k ships at once and 1-8 players. Demo here.

Games aren’t made in cubicles but factories: French magazine Amusement’s Made of Myth feature posits a world filled with forges for Sonic’s rings and discarded Tetris bricks.

It’s as close to Monaco as we’ll ever get: Logitech’s G27 Racing Wheel is leather wrapped with dual-motor force feedback, a six-speed shifter, 16 buttons and 900 degrees of rotation.

We’re still sore over the delays, but the deities at Blizzard have thrown us a two meaty bones: the first cinematic trailer with Zeratul and an old foe, and 4 minutes of SP gameplay.

PS3 and Xbox 360 owners don’t have a monopoly on turtle nostalgia: check out the features trailer above for TMNT: Smash Up, a Wii/PS2 2.5D fighter due out September 2009.