Awesome Videos

Only with a game like Dante’s Inferno can you get away with telling players to “Go To Hell”; this E3 trailer is like a nightmare x 100; seriously, abandon all hope ye who enter here.

Tecmo’s Team Ninja and Nintendo will be teaming up for the Wii-only, all-new Metroid: Other M, which features a mix of first and third-person action; it’s due out 2010. Thanks, JD!

Sure, the gameplay is still 2D, the graphics aren’t significantly revamped nor are the characters new, but we’re liking the New Super Mario Bros. co-op play and Wiimote integration.

With a line like “Who said anything about hiding?” this Splinter Cell Conviction trailer seems hell-bent on ditching the whole “sneaking” thing for the much more satisfying “shooting” thing.

It was one helluva surprise for E3-goers, but Final Fantasy XIV is official; exclusive to the PS3, the trailer above shows a return to steampunk/fantasy sensibilities; PS: Chocobo at 1:00!

Making the best out of the loss of his eye, Rob Spence teases his Eyeborg implant–a wireless video camera in his eyesocket; its shows clips from Fox News, Jimmy Fallon and more.

Created by students at Supinfocom Arles (a French computer graphics school), Machu Picchu is an expertly animated short about the hazards (and drug-like highs) of Incan airspace.

LucasArts’ Monkey Island is back–twice: SOMI: Special Edition is a re-imagined version with new graphics, sound and voice, while Tales of Monkey Island will be a five episode saga.

Masked Venetian revelers are perfect cover in this lush cinematic trailer for Assassin’s Creed 2; it’s basically a Renaissance version of the first one, this time packing hidden guns.

The Big Easy turns into the Big Queasy with hordes of undead in this video for Left 4 Dead; it’s a brief teaser, with just enough time to get acquainted with the new quartet of survivors.

Oft-mentioned in the Halo mythos but never fleshed-out, the fall of Reach gets its own game; Halo: Reach is due out Fall 2010 and focuses on the events before the first Halo.

We thought this was Wii parody, but Microsoft’s Project Natal is the (pseudo) real deal; hammy paid actors and fake games aside, we’re intrigued by the controller-less interface.

We finally get some gameplay to chew on for Halo 3: ODST in the trailer above; Master Chief will be missed, but the revamped graphics and new abilities have us cleaning our battle rifles.

No longer hamstrung by that silly “there can be only two” rule, this E3 trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic packs more Sith than you can shake a lightsaber at and is flat-out awesome.

Andy Doro’s Electronic Dreams Table is literally a bright idea: 60 LEDs light up when electromagnetic devices are nearby, thanks to circuits that detect energy using induction coils.

After their Sex & Violence trailer and now this cinematic E3 trailer, it’s becoming clear that BioWare is positioning Dragon Age: Origins as the RPG of choices for badasses everywhere.

Breno Pineschi’s Suco de Laranja is a stop-motion video that uses oranges, melba toast and a juice squeezer to create a synthesizer that any DJ would love to take for a spin.

The NRA has nothing on this guns trailer for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood; it’s a lead-filled montage of six shooters, bolt action rifles and even a cannon; in other words, “Dy-no-mite.”

Mix Conan the Barbarian with a viral outbreak set in modern times and you have Nier, Square Enix’s latest action adventure game; the trailer above is a mix of gameplay and cinematics.

If Nintendo Made Halo 3 is a goofy what-if machinima; while not all the games parodied are made by Nintendo, we love the references to Pokemon, Star Fox, Pac Man and more.

Seen at Google I/O, the Google Holodeck shows Street View at high speed; it gives viewers the illusion of motion, which is fun as long as the safety protocols don’t go offline.

It looks like Futurama’s Raiders of the Lost Arcade segment, but the video above is an actual game; it includes Fry’s Rush soundtrack, episode clips and a Planet Express Ship cameo.

Split/Second takes a cue from Burnout (and then some) by turning entire race tracks into demolition derbies; massive buildings collapse around you as you head to the finish line.