The third person beat ’em up lets you play as each one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, namely Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo and Michaelangelo. Each Turtle controls differently, with Raphael relying on wrestling moves and grapples, Mikey bashing enemies with a Free Flow style combat system similar to Batman: Arkham City and Donatello taking a more strategic approach to besting foes.

And considering that Michael Bay’s adaptation of the Turtles will be the worst thing since Transformers, we can afford to cut this game some slack. TMNT: Out of the Shadows releases on September 24th in North America for PlayStation Network and worldwide on September 25th.

Based on the current TMNT show on Nickelodeon, TMNT: Out of the Shadows brings the turtles into the new generation but still keeps the gameplay in a beat em’ up style that gaming fans – especially those who’ve enjoyed Turtles in Time – will like. Each turtle thus far seems to have a different fighting style, as Michelangelo’s seems ripped from Batman: Arkham City’s Free Flow system.

As such the level of violence is still fairly cartoony but that doesn’t make it less brutal. TMNT: Out of the Shadows releases on Xbox 360, PC and PS3 this Summer, and is only the first of three games in the series.