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iPhone App: Oregon Trail

iPhone App: Oregon Trail

The highlight of computer lab in the 80s/90s was playing Oregon Trail on Apple ][s; iPhone owners will get a nostalgic remake come February 28; just remember to caulk the wagon!

TeleNav GPS: G1 Phone

TeleNav GPS: G1 Phone

TeleNav’s GPS Navigator is coming 2/24 to the T-Mobile G1, allowing the Android phone to give turn-by-turn driving directions with 3D maps, traffic alerts and speech recognition.

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Free: 8-Bit Watchmen

Free: 8-Bit Watchmen

Hype for the Watchmen continues, but we ain’t complaining: this time we get a Watchmen game with Double Dragon-era graphics; go here and then click on the arcade machine.

Vistas Trailer: Fuel

Vistas Trailer: Fuel

Most racing games focus on showing off their vehicles, but Fuel’s Vistas trailer is all about the course: full day-night cycles, weather effects and an astounding 8.7k sq. miles of terrain.

DoW2: Real Life Rhino

DoW2: Real Life Rhino

Whoever is marketing Dawn of War II deserves a raise: THQ takes a 1960s-era British APC, turns it into a Space Marines Rhino, and crushes a few hapless hatchbacks just for kicks.

Gameplay: InFamous

Gameplay: InFamous

Sparks are flying in this gameplay video for InFamous; the superhero MMO shows off a multitude of enemies including one hulking metal leviathan that seems almost Magneto-inspired.

Trailer: Asteroid Cowboys

Trailer: Asteroid Cowboys

So-named because of the high-energy lasso you use to fling objects around, Asteroid Cowboys is a crazy mix of Bionic Commando and Asteroids; it’s due out this year on PSN and XBLA.

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App: BellyButton

App: BellyButton

You may think it’s an iPhone App of dubious utility, but the tickle-inviting BellyButton is definitely an icebreaker; it includes 7 skins, 5 giggles and a roulette mode that can generate farts.

Free: Rapid Wars

Free: Rapid Wars

Rapid Wars is as much about gameplay as it is about ambience, with oppressive electronic beats, 8-bit sound effects and multicolored sprites that can easily send you into a trance.

3 on 3 NHL Arcade

3 on 3 NHL Arcade

There’s nothin’ like a bobble-headed beatdown to get the blood pumping: 3 on 3 NHL Arcade looks like the perfect panacea for hockey aficionados looking for a quick fix on XBLA or PSN.

Intro Cinematic: SF IV

Intro Cinematic: SF IV
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With February 17th just around the corner, Capcom has dropped Street Fighter IV’s opening cinematic; we’re happy that it features the slick, hand-drawn style seen in earlier trailers.

Free: Totem Destroyer 2

Free: Totem Destroyer 2

Like a backwards version of Tetris, Totem Destroyer 2 tasks you with exploding blocks to move a breakable totem to the ground; it’s not for the trigger happy, however, as patience is key.

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Trailer: Splatterhouse

Trailer: Splatterhouse

Make no illusions: Splatterhouse is a gory, gory remake with grotesque monsters, nightmarish levels, and a hockey-masked protagonist who has a propensity for losing limbs.

Trailer: FEAR to FEAR 2

Trailer: FEAR to FEAR 2

If you’ve been wondering how FEAR 2 ties into the original game’s storyline, the trailer above fills in the blanks; with Alma unleashed, things go from badly wrong to horribly wrong.

Preview: H.A.W.X.

Preview: H.A.W.X.

8-player deathmatches, in-game cash for upgrades and air battles over Chicago: this preview for H.A.W.X. outlines the basic plot as well as goes into detail explaining game mechanics.

Teaser: Transformers RotF

Teaser: Transformers RotF

Yeah, it’s a pretty short video, and yeah, it’s about the game (not the movie), but this Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen teaser scores major points for being narrated by the voice of Prime.

Rule 2 Trailer: Ghostbusters

Rule 2 Trailer: Ghostbusters

Mixing clips from the movie, this Ghostbusters Rule 2 trailer is less about the actual rule (“Don’t look directly into the trap!”) and more about showing off those amazing energy streams.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Okay, so the plot is an X-Men rehash, but this “Taking Sides” trailer for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 has us salivating over new power combos and a heavily upgraded game engine.

Trailer: Battlefield 1943

Trailer: Battlefield 1943

Summer can’t come soon enough with this explosive trailer for Battlefield 1943; for the uninitiated, it’s a multiplayer-only game set in the Pacific Theater of WWII with up to 24 players.

Preview: White Knight

Preview: White Knight

While the cinematic and gameplay trailers were nothing short of awesome, this narrated GTTV preview for White Knight helps to fill in the blanks for the upcomingPS3 exclusive RPG.

CellFactor: Psychokinetic

CellFactor: Psychokinetic

It’s been called Unreal Tournament Lite, but CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars is worth a look with a seemingly endless array of psionic abilities; it’s coming to XBLA and PSN this month.

Terminator 4: T-600

Terminator 4: T-600

We have a feeling Arnold would look positively puny next to his gigantic, chaingun-wielding T-600 predecessor, teased above from the upcoming Terminator: Salvation video game.

The Halo Vibe

The Halo Vibe

This Halo Vibe video for Halo Wars scores buko bucks with sweet cinematics in the intro, and then relentlessly expounds on the awesomeness of Spartans; we ain’t complaining.

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