Hellboy: Dogs of the Night

Having neither heard of nor read Mike Mignola's Hellboy comic book series, news of a game to be based on them hardly raised a shrug in the office. However, after seeing the game at E3, interest levels rose significantly, not least because the game offers a wry slant on the tired format of Tomb Raider & Co.

More adventurous than Lara Croft, Hellboy will offer more in the way of puzzle solving, although sword fighting and shuffling various items around an inventory will play a significant part and, bizarrely, Hellboy will even be able to sit down and bash one out on his organ. A tune that is. In a church. Six huge levels, encompassing up to 20 locations each, should keep interest high and, if you must know, it should be out in July from Cryo Interactive.