Links of the week: New Year Hype Machine

It's been a while since the video game awards of 2009 passed through and, as every January, this has brought major announcements, trailers and news in the gaming related side. It's almost exams week so before things go crazy, here are the announcements, releases and trailers that struck me the most these past days (in no particular order):

Trailers:


-Red Dead Redemption "My Name is John Marston" Trailer
If you've heard anything about this game at all you probably know that
this will be the next big Rockstar hit.   

 

       
-Borderlands "Moxxi’s Underdome Riot" Gameplay Trailer

 

-Battlefield: Bad Company 2 "Panama Canal Gameplay" Trailer

 

-Halo Reach "Spike VGA 2009" Trailer

 

-Just Cause 2: "No Ordinary Mission" Trailer [HD]

-Bayonetta

 

-Crackdown2

 

-Mass Effect 2 "Classes" Trailers

 

-Medal of Honor: (Wodern Warfare 2?)

-Muscle March debut trailer

 

News:

-Yahtzee's 2009 Awards
The biggest reviewer in the industry slashes his way through last year's biggest risings and falls.

Zero Punctuation : Awards for 2009

-More on Halo: Reach
Preattier, grittier, stealthier and you still can go pew pew with your friends on Halo 3's MP.

The Mind Channel: New Halo:Reach Info Blowout!


-Battlefield: Bad Company 2's changes from the beta testing.
And THAT'S how beta testing should work out.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta Changes Detailed - Shacknews

-Steam's christmas deals week (it's over now so don't freak out)
Shack PSA: Festive Digital Distribution Savings - Shacknews

-Tony Hawk will be your friend if you play his game.
   
-Team Fortress 2 to feature bots: 


Games:

-Torchlight - Reviews

-Red Dead Redemption: preview