Hitman Absolution will be showcased at E3 next week and IO Interactive and Square Enix have teased his upcoming appearance with a new “Attack of the Saints” trailer. Featuring a specialized ICA wetworks team known as ‘The Saints,’ the trailer shows us just why Agent 47 is the original assassin.

Unbelievably, it’s been more than a year and a half since the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I in October 2010. Since then, there has certainly been no shortage of Sonic titles, including the better-than-expected Sonic Generations and a re-release of long-forgotten gem, Sonic CD. The question is, with so many other Sonic games to choose from, has Episode II been worth the wait?

VooFoo Studios’ Pure Chess is making its North American debut on the PlayStation Store next week, and we’re giving away vouchers to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions of the game. Want to get your hands on the most “pure chess experience as you can get?” Here’s how…

Zen Studios has officially revealed their latest game project and no, it’s not another pinball title. KickBeat, as the name suggests, blends martial arts fighting with the music rhythm genre to create something entirely different and will be coming exclusively to the PS Vita later this year.

Originally planned for release later this year, SEGA’s Aliens; Colonial Marines has finally been given a more concrete worldwide release date; 12 February 2013. Hopefully the release date sticks this time around, and fans won’t have to wait any longer to choose between Marines or Xenomorphs.

EA has released a batch of new screens for Crysis 3 featuring the nanosuit sporting Prophet in a variety of defiant poses, many of which with his new crossbow. There are also a few pieces of concept art that showcase the deterioration of New York City into a jungle swampland.

It’s been a while since we last heard word about Naughty Dog’s upcoming post-apocalyptic survival game, The Last of Us, but the studio has just released a new cinematic trailer revealing that Joel and Ellie aren’t the only survivors out there.

Tomb Raider has been delayed until the first quarter of 2013, Crystal Dynamics announced on the official forums. The highly anticipated game now joins BioShock Infinite as titles that will miss their original fall 2012 release date. But hey, at least 2013 is shaping up to be a fantastic year, right?

Lightbox Interactive’s Starhawk comes out today in North American and tomorrow in Europe and to celebrate, Dylan Jobe has announced that all future map packs for the game will be available for free to all players. That’s right, you won’t have to pay a single cent to download new battlegrounds. How cool is that?

The critically acclaimed Uncharted 3 is following the likes of its predecessor and receiving a Game of the Year Edition, Sony announced today. They also revealed that the franchise has shipped more than 17 million copies across all four titles. That’s a lot of Nathan Drakes!

EA and Crytek have unveiled the full gameplay trailer for Crysis 3 that was teased last week. Crysis veteran Prophet returns to New York City to find that it has become a vast jungle where the Ceph continue to run rampant. Armed with a new compound bow, it’s up to him to take back the city.

Sony has unveiled God of War: Ascension as the next title in the acclaimed franchise, and it will act as a prequel to the original God of War. The game will go back to a time before Kratos became the brute we’ve always seen him as; before he was known as the legendary Ghost of Sparta or as a servant of the God Ares. Does this mean we’ll see a softer and more humane side of Kratos? Probably not.

Darksiders II has been delayed until August, two months longer than its originally planned June release. The announcement was made in a blog post on the official Darksiders II website.

Crysis 3 was accidentally revealed last week by a premature posting on EA’s own Origin website, hinting at a return to an urban setting and a new crossbow weapon. Today, EA has officially announced the game along with a slew of details including a premium Hunter Edition, pre-order bonuses, and a spring 2013 release date.

The Hitman: Absolution Professional Edition has been announced by Square Enix and will feature a premium art book along with some downloadable weapons for our Original Assassin.

LittleBigPlanet is taking its Play, Create, Share model to the race tracks with LittleBigPlanet Karting, Media Molecule announced today.

The company is teaming up with United Front Games, the folks behind ModNation Racers, to put Sackboy and friends behind the wheel of their very own racing kart. The game will feature the same customization tools familiar to the LPB community and will hopefully please racing audiences as well.

For the past two weeks, football fans have been voting for their favorite athletes on the SportsNation Facebook page, selecting between two athletes per sports team.

The results have been tallied and the following 32 players will all be competing against each other for the Madden 13 cover athlete, as voted for by the fans. Does your favorite player make the cut?

So far we’ve seen a clock work George Washington in the Motorized Patriot and the massively handed Handyman in BioShock Infinite’s video series, Heavy Hitters. The third installment introduces us to the Boys of Silence.

Zen Studios is bringing four all new tables to Marvel Pinball this spring with the Avengers Chronicles DLC pack, just in time for the release of the new Avengers film in theaters.