Awesome Sci-fi

Take a trip down acid-spit-covered memory lane with this Heritage Developer Diary for Aliens vs. Predator; it discusses how the new game expands on the original 1999 classic.

Get ready to kick some Collector ass through the Omega-4 mass relay 1/26/10: celebrate Mass Effect 2’s arrival next week with this absolutely epic launch trailer. Thanks, IceBone!

It didn’t do well in theaters, but we’re still rootin’ for Astro Boy as a robot-tastic flick; it arrives on Blu-ray/DVD 3/16/2010 with deleted scenes, featurettes, and two new animated scenes.

Avoid it if you haven’t seen Avatar yet, but Creating the World of Pandora is an excellent look behind the scenes; it covers visual effects, sound effects and actor training.

Supreme Commander 2 shows off its gameplay with two Battle trailers (1, 2), but most significant is that it now has (some) personality: they’ve added characters and dialog a-la Starcraft.

Available on DVD 1/25/10: equality gets taken to its illogical extremes in 2081, a 25 minute dystopic short film; it’s based on Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, Harrison Bergeron.

Already a best seller in Japan, Decimation X is now available on XBLA; essentially space invaders on steroids, the 2D shooter offers custom soundtracks and 2-4 player co-op modes.

Punk Drunkers and DSSF team up for this old-school Players Only Space Invaders jacket; the embroidered art, coin slot zipper, and pi score = retro-tastic. Thanks, Devon!

Upcoming FPS Brink gets a Character Customization trailer that shows how you can tweak your avatar, from archetype and build to face overlay and clothing; car tire armor for us, please.

This N7 Dev Diary for Mass Effect 2 shows how you can make Shepard a badass (or just an ass), but at the heart of it are the N7 missions: these optional quests are found by exploring planets.

Aside from a few strange sign choices, Johannes Krohn’s Alien Assault t-shirt is an exercise in 8-bit isometric awesomeness with giant robots, laser beams, and hapless humans.

Laser Cats 5 is James Cameron’s next billion-dollar sci-feline flick; the SNL skit is a cinema geek’s dream, with references to Cameron’s biggest movies and an in-alien-able cameo.

This Sci vs. Fi doc for Mass Effect 2 sounds technical, but it actually waxes philosophical on having a free world with a fixed ending, the virtues of sci-fi, and the interactivity of games.

NSFW or anyone who’s had breakfast: this Killing Moves trailer for Aliens vs. Predator is so brutal and fast-paced we had to take a breather; seriously, not a good day to be a colonial marine.

Mass Effect 2’s Soldier class gets a gun-slingin’ trailer above; it’s the only class that can use assault rifles and all special ammo types, plus the concussive shot and adrenaline powers.

The Transformers: War for Cybertron video we teased last month? It’s back as a two minute trailer and it’s utterly awesome: Optimus and Megatron: “One shall stand…one shall fall!”

Mass Effect 2’s Subject Zero gets in Shepard’s face in the trailer above; the human biotic is also psychotic, unpredictable, and always pissed off–in other words, a perfect squad member.

The Rocketeer: The Deluxe Complete Edition is a tribute to Dave Stevens, who sadly passed in 2008; his comic inspired the 1991 film and is included along with never-before-seen drawings.

No kid on Beeblebrox would play space cowboys and indians without a thermionic shield emitter, but Mark finds out the hard way about his backwards neighbors in this Not Cool tee.

Post-apocalyptic horror shooter Metro 2033 gets a second Underground trailer; we’re introduced to the player’s character and learn about humanity’s mutant party crashers, the Homo Novus.

Moon lands on Blu-ray 1/12/2010; the mind-bending, character-driven sci-fi film is a mix of 2001 and Solaris and stars Sam Rockwell on a solitary three-year lunar mining mission.

Get up close and really personal with the Vanguard class in Mass Effect 2, which features a new biotic charge ability; use it to either quickly flank enemies or flee in a hurry.

Bill Owen’s District 9 case mod is Wikus-worthy: hand-weathered and distressed with rust surfacing and bullet holes, it includes the Prawn-DNA canister, alien lettering, and MNU logo.