Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is a tie-in to the 2011 movie Green Lantern , based on the DC comic. The main character is Hal Jordan, a cocky test pilot who becomes the new bearer of an alien ring that provides him with enormous powers. An alien named Abin Sur, member of the Green Lantern Corps intergalactic police force, crashes his spaceship on Earth after being attacked by Parallax, a being he previously imprisoned. The ring chooses Jordan as its new bearer and provides him with incredible abilities. When he uses the ring during an attack by employees laid off from Ferris Aircraft, he is transported to Oa, home planet of the Green Lantern corps where he meets Kilowog and Sinestro. After meeting Abin's father Amon Sur, Oa is attacked by the Manhunters, an android race that originally served as the first intergalactic police force before the Guardians of the Universe dissolved it when they became too hungry for power. The game centers around the struggle between the two forces, as the Manhunters attempt to reclaim their position and want to destroy the Guardians as well.
The game can be played cooperatively with another player joining as Sinestro. Certain attacks can only be performed through cooperative actions. The game has 3D visuals, both on standard TVs with the TriOviz Inficolor 3D technology combined with 3D glasses as well as stereoscopic 3D on proper 3DTVs.