Awesome Games

Available 6/16, check out this preview for the Ghostbusters game; it introduces you as the fifth Ghostbuster, talks about the various weapons/tools and shows off plenty of gameplay.

We’ve seen swordplay iPhone apps before, but iSamurai communicates with your opponent’s iPhone via Wi-Fi to (semi) accurately produce sword strike and block sounds.

Little Wheel may be a linear game, but it’s fantastically done: it’s a robot story with a steampun graphics and a jazzy soundtrack; we only wish it were longer. Full walkthrough above.

Killzone 2’s Flash & Thunder DLC gets a 1 million SPF reveal with this drill sergeant-led Nuke trailer; you, too will learn how to dress up atomic blasts like a trailer park girl on prom night.

Real Pirates and Ninjas wouldn’t settle their ages-old rivalry with a game, but this hand-painted checkers set keeps flesh wounds to a minimum; also available: ninja and pirate-only sets.

Pac-Man goes slightly post-modern with this Reservoir Dogs-inspired Runaway t-shirt, but despite the designer suit and cellphone, it’s clear that he’s still up to his old games.

This story for Homefront is a bit of a stretch–North Korea invades the USA–but just might work; the graphics in the trailer look sweet and it’s being written by the guy who did Red Dawn.

Because a thousand Zergling cranes can’t be bad: Leon Gaban has put together a StarCraft PaperCraft Kit with dozens of origami instructions; also check out the Flickr gallery here.

It won’t turn you into a real beatboxer, but bChamp is an iPhone app that gives you the next best thing by translating your “k”, “b” and “t” into snare, kickdrum and hi-hat sounds.

Most collector’s editions are so-so, but the UK and Australia-only Black Edition of Assassin’s Creed 2 includes a kickass Ezio figurine, 64-page artbook and full game soundtrack.

One man’s offense is another alien’s defense: in deference to our ET overlords, arcades on the other side of the galaxy usually rename Taito’s classic game as “Space Defenders.”

Easily the most gamer-friendly talk show host, Jimmy Fallon demos Project Natal; the clip above is both fun and funny, but like Jimmy we’d love to have one to take home now.

Quite possibly the coolest gamer poster ever, Edge magazine subscribers will get this video game poster; we see everything from Pac-Man and Katamari to Street Fighter and Doom.

If you’re tired of killing Nazi Zombies, Call of Duty: World at War’s Map Pack 2 drops today (6/11); this Shi No Numa trailer shows off a new co-op map nicknamed the Zombie Swamp.

Vector Boom is a 2D space shooter with a twist: aside from upgrades, your primary weapon is essentially an expanding blast radius, limited by the amount of time you take to charge it.

YouTube music celebs Paul Dateh and David Choi break out the strings in this stirring rendition of the Super Mario Land Theme; if this doesn’t get you doing a plumber’s jig, nothing will.

We fear this may be the beginning of an epic battle (think Pirates vs. Ninjas), but let’s just say that Global Agenda’s No Elves trailer fires the first salvo in the great Elves vs. Snipers war.

While there’s no gameplay in this Edge of Twilight trailer, we like its ominous, intensely atmospheric feel; it’s a third-person steampunk fantasy platformer due out third quarter 2009.

If you can’t stand the sight of Zerglings getting mashed into a goo, be sure to skip this video filled with Starcraft II unit death animations; otherwise, let the pixel eviscerating begin.

Thrustmaster’s Tennis Duo Pack NW straddles the line between real and virtual; it not only works with Wii’s MotionPlus but includes a foam ball for when you want to break a real sweat.

Blingvaders puts the 1980s on ice and lets you rep the 2600 in style: each necklace sports a a pixelated Space Invader studded with fake gems, and comes in either gold or silver.

This 10 minute walkthrough trailer for Just Cause 2 may look sweet, but what really rocks is the gameplay: the grappling hook looks like mad fun, as is the level of destructive realism.

Learn to Fly is tamer than Shopping Cart Hero, but still pretty fun; you’ll get to upgrade air resistance, acceleration and ramp height, and purchase three models of gliders and rockets.