Previews.
First looks at the games on our radar: what's coming, and why we care. No scores until they ship.
Untitled Jet Set Radio Game
Sega is bringing Jet Set Radio back with the original creators and an open-world Tokyo. I have wanted this for twenty years, and I am terrified of it.
First Look: DUST 514
CCP's console FPS for the EVE universe shows a promising, EVE-flavoured beta, but the headline DUST-to-EVE integration is still unseen.
First Look: War Thunder
Gaijin's free-to-play WWII air-combat MMO marries sim depth with MMO progression, gorgeous models, thunderous sound, and it keeps you coming back.
First Look: Guild Wars 2
ArenaNet's no-subscription MMO dazzles with hand-painted art, dodge-based combat and dynamic events, replay value is the one open question.
First Look: Bust-N-Rush
Hands-on with Techtonic's 3D arcade runner, a satisfying smash-everything rush, held back for now by murky scoring and a fuzzy health system.
First Look: Guns of Icarus Online
Hands-on with Muse Games' team-based PvP airship combat, a crew lives or dies together, and there's never a dull moment.
First Look: Marvel Heroes
Diablo creator David Brevik is building a free-to-play action-RPG out of the Marvel Universe. Trailer-only so far, but the pedigree has our attention.
First Look: The Secret World: Character Creation & Societies
Funcom's "everything is true" conspiracy-horror MMO has a fascinating world and three secret societies, but the character creator is a letdown.
First Look: Trans-Am Racing ’68-’72
A sim of the 1968–1972 Trans-Am seasons built on real crash-physics expertise, ambitious on paper, with a lot to prove on the road.
First Look: Driver
Be the 1970s wheelman: Driver swaps the racing line for Hollywood car chases across four living 3D cities, and a replay editor to film them.
Quake III Arena
Two maps, no monsters, no campaign. Still spent hours on it. The Q3 test is id at their most confident.
Oni
Bungie West blends anime, martial arts, and gunplay into a third-person action game that could be something special, if the controls hold up.
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Tiberian Sun looks like exactly what C&C fans want. It also looks like exactly what they already played four years ago.
Populous: The Beginning
Bullfrog's real-time 3D strategy game is not just another Warcraft clone. The Volcano spell alone is worth the price of admission.
Heretic II
Heretic goes third-person with the Quake II engine. The demo is the kind that makes you annoyed when it ends.
Grim Fandango
LucasArts blends Mexican folklore, film noir, and 7,000 lines of dialogue into the adventure game nobody saw coming.
SiN
SiN's demo is a must-download, even at 34 MB on a 28.8. The AI alone is worth the overnight wait.