Everyone needs an excuse to play in the dirt.

Dragon Age isn’t just one of the more hotly anticipated games of the holiday season—it’s the single most ambitious RPG project you’ve ever seen.

Same game, new platforms.

More Katamari Weirdness. That's a good thing.

Submit, or UFC 2009 Undisputed will knock some sense into you. We get a hands on look from the THQ media event.

When the name is Wolfenstein...you know there's Nazis just waiting to be plugged.

Ultimate Alliance 2 is a sequel to get excited about and we get a hands on look at some of the new fusion powers.

Is this the rare movie tie in game that is actually...worth playing?

Chalk one up for the revolution.

The patriarch fighting series returns with classic characters and a fresh new look.

Back above the radar, Dark Void flies again.

Following in bloody footsteps, the fifth game of the series has some tricks of its own up its sleeve.

A gangster with an education -- this time with multiplayer support. We go hands on with The Godfather II.

We go hands on with the multiplayer component!

The Prince returns and we get a hands on look.

We go hands-on multiplayer in Codemasters' upcoming shooter.

It's handguns and hilarity in this funny new third-person shooter from D3.

Swing ladders, taunt opponents and hasten the fall of civilization

Going undercover just doesn't fly once you've raced the open streets of Los Angeles. We get one final look at the latest spin on the series before it ships later this month.

We get one last look at THQ's gangster action fest -- this time focusing on multiplayer.

Whether you do or you don't, Codemasters' forthcoming shooting will still have you shouting what in tarnation.