Whoa. Mirror’s Edge just climbed up a few spots on the holiday must-have list. Footage of the time trial mode would’ve been enough by itself, but seeing Sebastien Foucan fly around Stockholm adds that extra little flair. Astute viewers will recognize Sebastien from the free-running chase at the beginning of Casino Royale, which I blame for any bone I may break in the future whilst trying to be a ninja.

Ahem…anyway, Mirror’s Edge comes out November 13th for the 360 and PS3.

Here it is, PS3 and 360 owners! The trailer you can lord all over your friends who only have a Wii! Admittedly, this trailer is extremely light on gameplay footage, but it sure is colorful (yeah, take that, Gears of War 2)! Loved that “only for Playstation 3…in Japan” bit at the end. Of course, all 14 Xbox 360 owners in Japan are probably crying into their life-size Kasumi pillows right about now, hoping that Infinite Undiscovery will fill that gaping RPG whole in their lives.

This is the first trailer footage that we’ve seen of the next installment in the insanely successful Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: World at War. While the fourth game in the series, developed by Infinity Ward, did incredibly well, this next game is going back to Call of Duty’s roots with developer Treyarch, creator of the extreme let-down Call of Duty 3. The trailer, however, looks pretty enough and features enough explosions, gun-downs and flamethrowers to make any FPS fan’s pants tighter. Let’s just hope that Treyarch stays true to the fundamental gameplay elements that made Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare so great.

On another note, I said “Call of Duty” five times in four sentences. I didn’t think it could be done. Mom always said I was special.

Valve has just released a new trailer for another character, The Sniper, in their Team Fortress 2 “Meet the..” series. That these two-minute-long trailers provide more personality than most games with full-fledged storylines is certainly a testament to TF2’s character design. I wish I had an Australian accent.

Check out previous trailers after the jump.
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Here’s a game that just really needs to come out. Dennis Dyack seems like a great guy, but after so many years of hearing him talk about Too Human, I just want to play the damn thing for myself. Luckily, this trailer that focuses on the co-op element of Silicon Knights’ oft-delayed action-RPG is enough to tide me over until the game’s release in August.

A quick note: The first third or so of the clip is the only part focused on Too Human with the rest of the time being devoted to a History Channelesque look at “The Goblin Man”, so heads up. You can also get this on the Xbox Live Marketplace, so pick your poison.

A new trailer for Guitar Hero: On Tour is out, and I have to say that it just plain sucks.

It’s not very well done and it just keeps on going, so it ends up being embarrassing for everyone involved.

I know this isn’t meant to be a serious trailer, but I don’t think it was supposed to be this bad either. They are trying to sell a game, after all. They could have went with the easiest option and just put some almost naked chicks in there somewhere, or they could have followed the Guitar Hero: World Tour approach and just showed people rocking out with a list of features, both of which would have ended up a lot better than some guy picking his DS and some dumbass singing about all the features. Especially when you have the kind of features that Guitar Hero: On Tour has.

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Just in time to coincide with the fourth theatrical installment, Telltale Games’ LEGO Indiana Jones is about to see its release on June 3. Enjoy this new trailer with tons of awesome new action, adventure, and five o’clock shadow.

Just like Telltale’s previous LEGO Star Wars games, the game will feature characters completely made out of LEGOs. It will also cover the entirely trilogy of games, so expect to outrun some boulders, race on some mine carts, and find some ancient artifacts. One thing I’m a bit let down about though is that there will be no mention of Nazis at all. I understand the need to keep the game family-friendly, but I feel as though the villains will just be generic now. Additionally, is there really a need for over 60 playable characters? It works with the vast lore of the Star Wars universe, but this just seems like overkill. I’ll give ten gold stars to anyone who can name more than 20 Indy franchise characters off the top of their head.

I never played the first 50 Cent game, because it looked like a pile of utter crap; a game that tried to be “gangsta” and just came off as a caricature of what it really wanted to be. The new game, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, focusing on the popular artist and his cronies, G-Unit, looks like it could be a good, stupid dose of fun. It takes place in the Middle East as Fiddy hunts down a diamond-encrusted skull, and (at least to me) the plot resembles some sort of quasi-Indiana Jones storyline. From what we know so far, the game will feature voice work from all of the artists in the game, as well as exclusive tracks, and will be played from a third-person perspective. It will also have co-op.

I really wanted to point out how fucking awesome this trailer is. 50 Cent singlehandedly wins the war on terrorism. I enjoyed it so much that I’ll ignore how everyone besides 50 is bleach-white, despite the game taking place in the Middle East. The game looks to be the equivalent of a good summer popcorn movie.

The release of Grand Theft Auto IV makes it difficult for gamers pay attention to other games on the horizon, but the developers of Prototype seem to think they can get your attention with hectic and gory gameplay footage.

Watch the video and click the jump to read on.

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D2C Games announced SPOGS Racers a few days back, and the press release went totally ignored. The release of this video, however, did get my attention. Not because I’m excited for SPOGS Racers, but because it looks incredibly horrible. The graphics look awful, the “personalization” looks like ass, and the generic rock music makes everything look 10 times worse. This is what WiiWare games should NOT be like.

SEGA announced today that a demo of their newest Marvel-based game, Iron Man, will be releasing tomorrow on the Xbox Live Marketplace. SEGA has also said that a demo for the PS3 will be coming “soon” to the PlayStation Store. Alongside the announcement, SEGA also released a new trailer for the game (extremely bad music included).

I’m pretty excited to see the release of Iron Man, being a big fan of the comic books and the superhero himself. Of course, the video game will be based on the highly anticipated movie starring Robert Downey Jr., who is also providing the voice of Iron Man in the game.

The game will be releasing on every console that’s currently accepted in today’s society, including the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, PC, and mobile, on May 2nd.

When I saw the teaser trailer for the Oneechanbara movie, I immediately knew it had potential, since putting boobs, violence, and zombies together in one epic movie seemed like the best idea since putting boobs, violence, and machines together. While the premise is almost flawless, my excitement was only based on a brief, unrevealing teaser and speculation. Now a longer trailer (embedded above) has been released, and it’s definitely looking awesome. It has all the scantily clad cowgirls and over the top, campy, bloody, violence I was hoping for and the combination of boobs, violence, and zombies should make for some good old fashioned mindless entertainment.

Rockstar has just released the final trailer for the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV, titled “Everyone’s a Rat.” It shows a lot more varied locales and vehicles than previous trailers, and I’d wager that all of the graphics are in-engine. This is going to be one good looking game. The game hits stores on April 29 for the 360 and PS3.

[UPDATE: 1UP has already posted their frame-by-frame analysis. Hit the jump for the video]
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A while back it was announced that the Japanese hack-and-slash game OneeChanbara was being made into a movie, and now we have a brief trailer (embedded above). It may not show much, just some dark shots of the decidedly hot protagonist tilting her hat, doing expressive dance in a field, and staring at the camera, but it’s only a teaser after all.

While video game movies are notorious for just sucking in general, this one has potential. First, there’s no Uwe Boll in sight; and second, the game’s plot seems simple enough that it can’t be ruined by scriptwriters who think they know better than the people who created the game. Which brings us to where the real potential lies: the game is about a Japanese cowgirl who runs around in a bikini gorily killing zombies and other creatures with her katana.
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Eidos Interactive recently announced that they would be publishing a video game based on the Hanna-Barbera Wacky Races series. It will be available for the Wii and DS, and will feature all of the characters you might sort-of kinda possibly remember from the old cartoon series, including Peter Perfect, Penelope Pitstop, and the best villain of all-time, Dick Dastardly. Players will be able to use “Wacky Powers” against there opponents, and I can only assume that Dick Dastardly’s power will have something to do with his freakin’ awesome pencil-thin mustache.

As much as I liked watching Wacky Races in all of its corny glory when it was in syndication on Cartoon Network (I’m not that old), it seems like this is just grasping at straws. Anyone old enough to remember the how probably won’t want a game based on it, and the younguns today don’t know who the hell Muttley is. I won’t pass judgment before the game is released, but I can’t find any reason to think that this won’t end up in the bargain bin and relegated to obscurity. Oops, I just judged it.

[Via Gamasutra]