Urban Reign follows the exploits of "brawler-for-hire" Brad Hawk, who is hired to find a kidnapped gang member by the swordswoman Shun Ying Lee.

Brad fights his way through the street gangs of Green Harbor, a fortified city in the U.S. As he does so to get some answers, the true machinations of the protagonists reveal themselves and things become more complicated.

Urban Reign features both single player and multiplayer action with both multiple AI opponents and human controlled characters on the same screen fighting at the same time.

The environment, pick up weapons, throw objects, give instructions to AI partners, and pull off moves on multiple opponents.

[9] GameSpot said, "The cheap difficulty and blandness of the story mode make Urban Reign difficult to recommend.