Perfect World Entertainment just announced that the Rusty Hearts closed beta will launch on July 27. If you want a beta key for this hack 'n' slash anime-inspired action MMO, then you've come to the right place! We're giving them away for free to ZAM members, so click here to grab your Rusty Hearts closed beta key!

Rusty Hearts was one of three games that Perfect World Entertainment unveiled at E3 this month. Be sure to check out our impressions of Rusty Hearts, RaiderZ and Blacklight Retribution. Want to see Rusty Hearts in action? watch the new gameplay trailer below!

E3 has come and gone, and we learned a lot during our time at the Los Angeles Convention Center. While we invite you to browse through all of our E3 coverage, we wanted to point out some of the highlights from the convention. You'll find all of our original features and a list of other noteworthy announcements after the jump!

We'd also like to take this opportunity to present En Masse Entertainment and TERA with our Best of Show Award! As we explored TERA's political system, the demo shined as the most polished one we saw at the convention. Expanding the role of politics in-game will create a whole new dynamic for players, and we believe TERA holds a lot of potential for its North American audience. We'll definitely be keeping our eye on this game as we wait for details on the testing and launch schedule.

Keep reading below for our E3 roundup!

We stopped by Perfect World Entertainment’s E3 booth last week to get the scoop on three new titles premiering this year at the convention. Those new games are RaiderZ, Rusty Hearts and Blacklight Retribution. Keep reading after the jump for our impressions of each title, as well as gameplay trailers.

If you like what you hear about Rusty Hearts, be sure to grab one of our Rusty Hearts closed beta keys! The beta will kick off in July, so pick up your key now and be prepared to dive into this anime-inspired MMO.

Perfect World Entertainment is unveiling Rusty Hearts at E3 this week, and we're helping them celebrate by giving away thousands of free Rusty Hearts closed beta keys! If you'd like to try out this anime-inspired free-to-play action MMO when the closed beta launches in July, all you need to do is sign in with a free ZAM account and claim your key before they run out. That's it! Once you register your key, you will be updated when the closed beta goes live.

Click here to visit the giveaway page and claim your Rusty Hearts closed beta key!

If you'd like to see the game in action, check out the Rusty Hearts E3 trailer. Also, be sure to keep an eye on all of our E3 news throughout the week!

Perfect World Entertainment has released a new E3 trailer for Rusty Hearts, which makes sense since the company plans to unveil the hack 'n' slash anime-inspired MMO at the convention next week.

When we say the game is inspired by anime, we're not kidding. The bulk of the trailer is an animated tale featuring the characters Tude and Angela, which flows into some gameplay footage. Check it out below!

We've known for awhile now that Perfect World Entertainment will be unveiling Rusty Hearts at E3 next month, but the company has decided to give players a sneak peek at the hack 'n' slash MMO. Today they released some new screenshots and a Q&A with Executive Producer Jonathan Belliss, which you can read after the jump.

According to Belliss, Rusty Hearts is inspired by all sorts of games and anime/manga: Castle Crashers, Scott Pilgrim, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Street Fighter IV, Devil May Cry, Naruto, Dragon Ball, Bleach and Full Metal Alchemist. As you can probably tell from this list, Rusty Hearts focuses on "beat-em-up style combat."

The closed beta for this free-to-play MMO is scheduled to launch in July. You can sign up for the beta on the Rusty Hearts site.

Do you want a three-day floor pass to E3? Perfect World Entertainment is giving away 25 passes, and all you need to do is "like" the Rusty Hearts Facebook page. That's it! Just keep in mind that the prize does not include travel or lodging expenses and all entrants must be at least 17 years of age.

Perfect World recently signed a licensing agreement to operate Rusty Hearts in North America, and the team will be showing the action MMO at E3 from June 7-9.