Two blokes hurling chunks of sharpened steel at each other’s faces? There’s nothing romantic about that. It’s something that you get a taste of in Ghost of Tsushima, whose first gameplay demo at E3 this year was a dirty dance of blood and heads being sent flying.

Everyone was expecting a tight samurai game in Sucker Punch's gameplay reveal of Ghost of Tsushima, but the developer delivered even more with a demo that smacked of influences from legendary director Akira Kurosawa and looked simply sublime in action.

With great power comes a great responsibility to kick some ass, in a manner that some would call spectacular. In Insomniac’s Spider-Man game, you’re going to see, feel and use those powers more than ever to land combos which are unique to the webhead.

If you were worried that the major shift in combat would make God of War feel too unfamiliar, this duo of gameplay trailers are here to steer you right.

You’re walking down the streets of a Japanese red light district. Minding your own business, possibly thinking of grabbing a drink when all of a sudden a random group of ruffians demands that your face becomes best friends with their knuckles. In any other sandbox game, such an encounter would be a sloppy fight of note. Basic, sluggish fisticuffs, right? Not in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.

Gaining power in a video game is easy. But maintaining it? Now that’s the real challenge. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor may have ended with Talion having the power to enslave an army of Orcs and then detonate their heads like a squishy fourth of July. Shadow of War pulls the ol’ switcheroo on Talion’s ability to raise hell, sending him back to square one as he rebuilds not only his army but also his personal taste for Orcish devastation.

BioWare is loosening the shackles and showing off Mass Effect: Andromeda in abundance now. Starting off with a deep look at the sequel's intricate combat systems.

Absolver is ditiching guins for fists in this online martial arts focused RPG from ex-Ubisoft developers