Opposing teams of Batz and Jokerz clash at the fringes of Gotham City—utilizing the finest in jury-rigged gadgetry to beat each other to proper pulps. For all the goofy details, check out our preview! READ MORE

Over the past few months, we’ve seen hints of the new-look Ryu Hayabusa in Ninja Gaiden 3—the so-called “Japanese dark hero” that Team Ninja promises to unleash in the wake of the outspoken Tomonobu Itagaki’s 2008 departure. But the developer recently unveiled a new element in this shinobi slasher: competitive multiplayer ninja action. READ MORE

Eat Sleep Play’s Scott Campbell and David Jaffe talk shop on the next generation of deliciously demented car combat in Twisted Metal. READ MORE

2K gave us a preview of a new narrative cooperative game mode for The Darkness II called Vendettas, where four other Darkness wielders are teaming up to bring the fight to the Brotherhood and lend Jackie Estacado a hand he may not even realize he needs. READ MORE

Konami's Shinta Nojiri took a big leap leaving the Metal Gear franchise to create his explosive 3rd person opus, Neverdead. Will it be worth the gamble? EGM takes a look in our hands-on preview. READ MORE

EGM had a chance to get a glimpse of the new Rainbow 6: Patriots from Ubisoft while it is still in its early development phases. READ MORE

Last we checked in with Jackie Estacado, demon-limbed star of the Darkness II, he was displaying his new “quad-wielding” skills. Behind a pair of pistols and two ass-kicking appendages, he reduced Mafioso thugs to pulpy, pavement-staining smears. Eager to show off the sequel’s enemy-eviscerating executions, 2K Games intentionally pitted us against low-level goons we could effortlessly dispatch with gore-soaked style to spare. READ MORE

We recently were able to go hands-on with a more complete build of UFC Undisputed 3 and while the controls still amazed us with the ease we were able to pick them up and play, and many of the fighters seem to be better balanced than before, we were more focused this time around in taking a step back into the MMA past with the game's new Pride mode. READ MORE

Centered around the tale of a father who finds himself stuck on the other side of the country after a natural disaster of unknown origins, I Am Alive isn’t filled with aliens, brain-biters or post-nuclear knuckle-draggers, focusing instead on the simple yet daunting task of navigating the devastation and danger left when the world goes to hell in a handbasket. READ MORE

EA Black Box – the studio behind the biggest racing franchise in the gaming world – has something special up its sleeve. Need for Speed: The Run takes risks in a series already marching to the beat of its own drum; past iterations have swapped their leanings from simulation (Shift) to pure arcade fun (Hot Pursuit), while also playing around with how much you could customize your cars. The Run has broad appeal by sitting comfortably in the middle of these spectrums. Add to that the tasteful introduction of both an outside-the-car protagonist and the new Frostbite 2 engine, and you have the makings of a game well worth the ride. READ MORE

Suda51 loves nothing more than to parody American culture as well as mix in some musical aspects to his games and so a lot of the elements to his upcoming hack ‘n’ slash zombie fest Lollipop Chainsaw should come as no surprise. Described as sex, blood, and rock ‘n’ roll, Lollipop Chainsaw follows one Juliet Starling, a former cheerleader of San Romero High School (named such in tribute to the father of modern zombie culture, George A. Romero) and how she must put down many of her former classmates who have been turned into the walking undead. READ MORE

EGM’s own Brandon Justice had a chance to catch up with NFL Blitz‘s Lead Designer, Yuri Bialoskursky, about what new features we can expect in Blitz's online modes! READ MORE

There are a lot of games out there that take themselves too seriously. Everything is about saving the world from this or protecting people from that. Rarely do you get a game like Saints Row: The Third that just doesn’t give a crap about any of that and whose main purpose is to just give the gamer as many tools as possible to blow stuff up. It was for this reason that I was drooling like Homer Simpson over barbecue for the chance to go hands on with this game and it looks to deliver in ways I couldn’t even begin to imagine. READ MORE

The war between the assassins and the Templars is one that has raged for ages and the adventures we’ve seen with Altair, Ezio, and briefly with Desmond are all but small chapters in this war that started eons ago. Now, we approach the end of Ezio’s involvement, but first we will learn just how vital his life is to the Assassin’s Order and how he serves as the lynchpin for his bloodline between Altair and Desmond. Soon, all will be revealed. Some of it in our hands-on preview, which you can check out here! READ MORE

EGM plays through the first few hours of Battlefield's campaign, then speaks with DICE’s Patrick Bach on the team's long march towards fun. READ MORE

Yesterday, at Sony Computer Entertainment’s Foster City headquarters, I had the chance to get a deeper look at Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. READ MORE

Although the 18th game in the Need for Speed franchise, The Run incorporates a lot of firsts for the series including game play outside the car and being set in the real world. What other new features can you expect and is this something race fans should look forward to? Check out our hands-on preview to find out! READ MORE

Tyler Gaiel and Jon Schubbe are making something different for PSN, but will this illuminating puzzler make it's mark? Check out our hands-on impressions from the Fantastic Arcade and find out! READ MORE

Tired of playing the good guys? Then you'll want to get a look at Overkill Software's Payday: The Heist, an online co-op game of cops and robbers that could change everything. Get a look at our hands-on impressions inside! READ MORE

The Ace Combat franchise has seen a lot of change in recent years and Assault Horizon looks to continue this necessary evolution of the series in order to keep it relevant in a market flooded by various kinds of wartime shooters. But should the new changes to the campaign mode keep this game in your sights when it drops? READ MORE