Happy New Year and Welcome to 2010’s first installment of Cool S#!T You Want. Our commitment to bringing you the coolest, newest, and most limited gear from around the interweb has brought us into 2010, and we will make it our best year.

Last week we got a tease at a new boss battle in God of War 3 and today we have some amazing new screens for the game. Sadly the screens aren’t high-res images of the Poseidon battle but I think seeing Kratos scale Gaia while fighting what’s being described as an “elemental spider creature” is sufficient enough material on the God of War 3 badass media hype meter.

With BioShock 2 set to submerge players in a sea of immersiveness in three weeks it looks like we’re going to get some pretty big DLC to expand players stay in Rapture.  2K Marin Senior Systems Designer Kent Hudson told site AustralianGamer that 2K Marin has “aggressive plans” for BioShock 2’s DLC.

We stopped by the Microsoft booth at CES and got our hands on the latest playable demo of Splinter Cell Conviction. And as if that wasn't awesome enough, we also got a chance to chat with Brookelyn and Spectra from the Frag Dolls for our very own walk through!

Splinter Cell Conviction is set to release April 2010.

When it comes to arcade games that are pure unadulterated fun Sega’s After Burner Climax is easily the definition of arcade goodness.  Featuring slick visuals, extremely fast gameplay and enough explosions that would make Michael Bay proud, After Burner Climax is simply a tour de force of what makes arcade games so much fun.  So with that being said it’s a pleasant surprise that the game is headed to Xbox Live Arcade.

Based on the site’s most recent poll I feel it’s safe to assume that everyone out there is ready and waiting on Heavy Rain for PS3. So, with that in mind today I bring you an awesome opportunity to get yourself some sweet, sweet Heavy Rain swag! 

That’s right, there’s a contest that will be running on the video game’s website starting January 26th that will allow you the opportunity to participate in the solving of a murder. It’s called the “Four Day Challenge” and will take place over the course of three weeks. 

For some time now we’ve known there was going to be DLC day and date with the launch, but there have been some concerns regarding the price point of the extra content. Thankfully today it was confirmed via BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 Twitter feed that the DLC available on the date of launch is going to be completely free. 

[quote BioWare via MassEffect2 Twitter] Addressing rumors: BioWare will not be charging extra for any new Mass Effect 2 content on launch day. More DLC details next week.[/quote]

Last August we got a glimpse at Fortress, a spin-off of Final Fantasy XII being developed by Grin.  The game, which was partially responsible for why Grin closed as SE pulled them from the project, showed some promise in the concept art that was leaked looked as it was a nice departure from what we usually see in Final Fantasy.  While Square Enix is still developing the game via an internal studio we now have an

It’s a bit surprising how we haven’t heard that many rumors on the Predators reboot/relaunch, titled Predators, that’s set for release this summer.

We had a crazy trip, but it was damn fun. We took so many photos that we couldn't possibly show them all to you in the stories we've wrote covering CES. So, I put this together for you to recap the entire CES main floor and the shenanigans of our Vegas Trip.

Uber Entertainment announced today that they will be releasing unique take on the third-person shooter genre for Xbox Live Arcade in the form of Monday Night Combat. The basic premise of the game revolves around the future of entertainment where in people compete in blood sport in prime time (see Running Man). 

While we were getting a tour of the Sony booth, we made sure to stop and say hi to Malcolm stationed at the EyePet demo. We were lucky enough to get a quick overview of how EyePet will work and get a hands on demo!

The level of interactivity is pretty impressive. While we couldn't confirm or deny any DLC info, we think it's pretty safe to say that new pets, costumes and activities will be made availability down the road. Maybe even at launch.

On Wednesday gamers were somewhat shocked at Ubisoft’s announcement of another installment of Assassin’s Creed. Everyone is expecting another AC game after the absurd cliff-hanger ending of AC2 and the massive sales it generated but no one expected Ubisoft to announce a follow-up that soon.  Well Ubisoft announced the new installment of Assassin’s Creed so early because it’s not a full fledged sequel and is merely a small follow-up to AC2.

Just Cause 2 looks to pack a mighty wallop of action goodness and we’ve witnessed some of that already in the previously released trailers.  But the latest trailer for the game is perhaps the coolest since it does the best job at showing the multiple ways you can tackle missions and blow stuff up.

Next month sees the release of Aliens vs. Predator for the PS3, 360 and PC.  While the footage we’ve seen looks good there’s still a small sense of paranoia amongst fans of both characters and fps players alike that the game may not be up to snuff.  Not only does the game have to compete against fan expectations and the industry standard for the genre it has the legacy of the original Aliens vs. Predator game to compete against as well.