LOS ANGELES--You might associate the Might and Magic brand with colorful strategy games or long-lasting role-playing games. But you've never seen a Might and Magic like this. Developed by the team behind the excellent-but-underappreciated first-person RPG Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah is a brutal game of hack-and-slash first-person combat. Featuring impressive context-sensitive moves and animations, viscerally satisfying hand-to-hand combat, and an open-ended approach to murdering orcs and goblins, Dark Messiah looks to fill a long-absent void of brutal melee battle in a fantasy setting. We had a chance to get our hands on this game for the first time at E3 2006 and had a fantastic time clashing swords with all kinds of ugly opponents.