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No Redcoat or brown bear is safe from new protagonist Connor and his order’s trademark freerunning and quick stabbing ways. This Assassin has more in common with Rambo than with rogues.

Shades of Hurt Locker abound in the latest trailer for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. A fictional Special Forces soldier proves that they do have souls, it’s just that they’ve been turned to Ghosts.

A visually spectactular 2.5D platformer being developed with a unique steampunk aesthetic. Game artist Eric Provan is currently raising funds for completion of the game on Kickstarter.

Take on up to 32 players in massive online battles, and if you need help, call for equipment, vehicles and fortifications to be dropped into the field. We know what we’re playing tonight.

Max Payne 3 will entice players with multiplayer that is infused with narrative – e.g. performance-based changes in objectives or conditions, encouraging rivalry – and unique power-ups.

Featuring artful animation, and gameplay in which you splatter paint onto white surfaces to reveal your surroundings, this offbeat title looks like one to watch for when it hits the PS3 later this year.

Set in the year 2025, the upcoming Black Ops sequel pits players against high-tech futuristic enemies and weapons. We hope we get to play with some of those toys too.

Ubisoft hypes up Ghost Recon: Future Soldier‘s Gunsmith, a mode where players can customize weapons and test them outside of the main game. There will even be Gunsmith mobile apps.

The Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition will come with all previously released updates and DLC, a new DLC called Harley Quinn’s Revenge and a copy of the Batman: Year One animated movie.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 is now available for pre-order. Notable features include background saving, auto-recovery, a modernized user interface, a new crop tool and more content-aware tools.

Telltale Games’ spinoff adventure game has a story about secrets, struggles and survival. The Walking Dead is now available for Mac, PC and the PlayStation Network (XBLA and iOS soon).

While it seems to share similarities with the Necromancer from Diablo II, the Witch Doctor may prove to be the most interesting class in Diablo III, what with his creepy pets and magic.

Prophet returns to NYC to find it’s been encased under a giant dome by Cell Corporation. While it doesn’t look that different from Crysis 2, we do like the new composite bow and upgraded Nanosuit.

The Iron Fist Tournament’s tag team setup returns, with new moves, stages and fighters, although we’re not sure if Heihachi’s new hairdo counts as a new character. The song is Switch by Will Smith.

Wondering why it’s not called God of War IV? Ascension won’t close (or continue) Kratos’ story, instead it will be about his origins. Don’t get too excited; the game won’t be out until 12/31/2013.

Preview Grimlock in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. The Dinobot is armed with an Energon sword and shield in humanoid form and can stomp, bite and torch enemies in “Space T.Rex” form.

The fact that it sets up the sequel to Star Trek is reason enough to want to play this Mass Effect-y game. A teaser filled with what look like legit graphics and mechanics only sweeten the deal.

Trials Evolution seems like the Xbox 360’s answer to LittleBigPlanet. The game’s level editor lets players make not just stages but entirely new games as well, from platformers to shooters.

The debut trailer for first-person steampunk stealth game Dishonored provides a quick introduction and a flashy – and hopefully representative – cinematic preview of the gameplay and combat.

A first-person dungeon crawler for the PC influenced by classic RPGs like Ultima Underworld, Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder. Filled with challenging and tactical gameplay.

The Monk seems to be a mix of the Barbarian, the Amazon and the Paladin. He’s skilled in melee combat, uses his agility to evade attacks and projects mantras to enhance himself and his allies.

Mix Team Fortress with Monday Night Combat, add lots of blood and you get Loadout, a free-to-play third-person multiplayer shooter with emphasis on weapon and player customization.

(Gore) The defining mechanic of the Max Payne series, Bullet Time gets enhanced by a plethora of stances and dodge moves, as well as dynamic kills based on where you plant bullets on enemies.