Awesome Games

Underneath King Arthur’s Court was also King Arthur’s lesser-known bowling alley: Bowling Knight tasks you with taking out the roundtable’s finest without knocking over the princess pin.

Brief yet deadly, the teaser above is our first glimpse of Modern Warfare 2’s Multiplayer mode; it introduces the AC130 gunner mode, which you can unlock as a killstreak award.

Oh, Italy, how far you’ve fallen: Rome gets redone as a giant Orc camp with this Warcraft 2-style map; it uses Cartagen, a mapping framework that can load GSS (geo style sheet) files.

At Gamestop only: due out 10/27, Forza Motorsport 3 Limited Edition includes a 2 GB USB drive, 10 exclusive cars (plus an Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro), and an Xbox 360 dashboard theme.

Taito’s Space Invaders: Infinity Gene is coming soon to the iPhone/iPod Touch; the retro shooter actually evolves as you play it, thanks to an Evolutionary Tree system.

This SDCC ’09 What’s New trailer for Left 4 Dead 2 shows off the game’s new infected (the spitter is gonna be a pain for campers), weapons (grenade launcher FTW) and locations.

We’d prefer ninjas, but this Pirates vs. Castle Foosball table is an awesome alternative to run-of-the-mill sports tables; it’s almost entirely made of LEGO pieces, down to the handles.

We finally get some decent gameplay footage of Jack Black/Eddie Rigs in this Combat trailer for Brutal Legend; it looks totally metal, with axe swingin’, riff power-ups and more.

Samus shines again in this Metroid Prime Trilogy gameplay trailer; it includes the first two Gamecube games reworked for the Wii along with MP3 and is due out August 24th.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed comes to the PC and Mac this Fall with Ultimate Sith Edition; it adds three new levels that’ll let you take on Obi-Wan, Boba Fett and Luke Skywalker.

If you were wondering how Band Hero, Activision’s almost-Guitar Hero would work on the DS, wonder no more: it’ll get both drum and finger-grip guitar attachments and a vocal mode.

We’re all aware of Dragon Age’s bloodiness, but the dwarves seem particularly well-suited to maximizing sanguinity at every swing of the axe: it’s always a good day to bleed.

Sophisticated and impeccably geeky, these NES Controller Business Card Cases are a must for beta testers, game devs and button mashing aficionados; they’ll ship late October.

This Lab Level gameplay trailer for Splosion Man is strangely addictive; anyone who likes fiery wanton destruction and big band, spy thriller-style music will definitely have a blast.

This walkthrough trailer for Alpha Protocol has us officially excited for the game: with custom weapons and abilities you can play as a technician, stealthy spy or soldier: it’s your choice.

It’s an unlikely combo, but South Park Tower Defense promises to be as irreverent as the series with zombified citizens and a besieged City Wok; the game comes out 10/7 on XBLA.

Any qualms we had with Jack Black playing Eddie Riggs vanished with this skull-smashing 17″ Brutal Legends figure; the word is mum from EA for now, so watch their Twitter feed.

Alex Mercer’s Revenge, Part 1 is a day-in-the-life for the perpetually angst-ridden hero of Prototype, complete with bloody special effects, road rage and Buggy Baby Bears.

This Darksiders Hero trailer knocks it out of the 9th circle of Hell with demon hordes, a giant Dune-meets-Beetlejuice worm, and an apocalyptic war horse that shoots flames from its hooves.

It’s been ages since we played a round of AD&D, but these sweet Bioshock tabletop pieces have us dusting off our 20-sided dice; they’re converted from Warmachine figures.

Good luck getting your S.O. to use these as engagement rings: Weta’s Master Chief Rings are must-have bling for any Halo fan; they’re sterling silver replicas of the Mark VI helmet.

Arkham Asylum’s villains are plenty scary, but this gameplay-filled, developer-lead Playing the Game Featurette shows that it’s really the big, bad Bat you really need to fear.

They definitely don’t teach these moves at boot camp: Fragger is a free Flash game where your object is to lob grenades at dim-witted grunts; hint: brush up on your projectile motion.