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Any Skate player who has spent hours perfecting tricks will appreciate this Best of Skate Highlight Reel; it’s put together by the devs and features the best and worst player clips.

We’re not quite sold on Wolfenstein, but this Zeppelin Trailer is a Nazi hunter’s dream: you’ll get to take out everything from jetpack Nazis and ghoul Nazis to plain old ugly Nazis.

Waterloo Labs’ FPS with Real Guns rigs up a projection screen with accelerometers to detect bullet impacts: in other words, it lets you literally shoot the screen while playing Half-Life.

While the teaser for Dead Space: Extraction was mostly atmospheric, this developer’s diary does an excellent job fleshing out the game, both in terms of gameplay and storyline.

It’s about as close to the game as you’ll get without downloading the demo: MTV has posted the first 10 minutes of Batman: Arkham Asylum, complete with intro and gameplay footage.

Beefing up the skimpy Command & Conquer 4 debut trailer, this director’s cut video gives us a few plot points to chew on-plus rumors of footage of Kane running headfirst into a wall.

It’s been awhile since we’ve heard about Machinarium, but this nearly two-minute gameplay trailer gives us plenty to chew on–in particular, a funky animated dialog system.

This Day at the Office trailer for Army of Two: The 40th Day is mostly an excuse to get EA’s developers some face time, but we ain’t complaining: we could all use coworkers like this.

The US gets its own Assassin’s Creed II Collector’s Edition, courtesy Gamestop; it’ll include an 8.5″ Ezio statue, artbook, two single-player maps, metal case and DVD with soundtrack.

Get ready for a massive 80s/90s cartoon flashback: your favorite half-shelled, pizza-devouring heroes are hitting XBLA and PSN on 8/5/09 with TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.

Similar to EZR, Daytraders of the Dead ups the ante with more satisfying powerups, enemies worth killing (undead bankers) and all the Federal bailout money you could ever want.

This Desperate Measures trailer for Halo 3: ODST shows why Nathan Fillion should narrate every game trailer: it’s a down-to-earth breakdown of the characters, weapons and story.

The premise of Splitter 2 is simple: drag your mouse through wood objects to allow a perpetually happy smiley face to roll to its destination, or just hack things to bits if you get stuck.

This Der Riese trailer for Call of Duty: World at War’s Nazi Zombies map is filled with cheesy one-liners and set to hideous music, but makes up for it with unadulterated undead mayhem.

Getting abducted by aliens tends to ruin your day, but this B-movie style trailer for Fallout 3’s final DLC, Mothership Zeta, promises the game will go out with an out-of-this-world bang.

EVE Online has been around for awhile, but this Butterfly Effect trailer does a brilliant job explaining its emergent, sandbox-style gameplay; that, and it’s a feast for the eyes.

Shown at SDCC ’09, this official trailer for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 may not show anything new, but does a great job as a highly energetic and visual who’s who of the Marvel universe.

It’s been rumored that Disney is working on a steampunk game, but above is our first peek at the tentatively named Epic Mickey; it’s from websites of concept artists tied to the project.

We’re big supporters of the Corps, but this Marines trailer for Aliens vs. Predator (due out next year on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 36) shows just how hopelessly outmatched they are.

Stephen Hobley wowed us with his Laser Harp, but it gets better: he’s hacked it to work with open-source Guitar Hero clone Frets on Fire, appropriately dubbing it Laser Harp Hero.

DJ Hero Renegade Edition is pricey, but intriguing: you’ll get a black/gold premium controller, a case that turns into a DJ stand, and a 2-CD pack with unreleased Jay-Z/Eminem tracks.

Sure, the gun training premise of this Firearms trailer for Darkest of Days is dorky, but you’d be missing the point: assault rifles vs Romans=best excuse ever for hedonistic anachronism.

Short but sweet, Music Catch is a free consumption-style game (think flOw) with a catch: it’s set to an utterly mesmerizing piano song which is cued to match the pace of the game.