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On January 28, 2010 Ubisoft will be launching one out of two DLC add ons for Assassin’s Creed II that was previously announced. In the “Battle of Forli” gamers will be fighting against the Templars with the help of two allies and Ezio will also be gaining six new memories. You will also be able to pilot Da Vinci’s flying machine. The “Battle of Forli” will be available for 320 Microsoft Points on XBL and $4 on PSN. The second of the add ons, "Bonfire of the Vanities" is expected to be delievered in February at the price of 400 Microsoft Points on XBL and $5 on PSN. via Gamespot Click here to view the article

Ubisoft announced that there will be three different collector editions of their new native american assassin twist on the Assassin's Creed series, Assassin's Creed III. The Freedom Edition, Join or Die Edition, and Special Edition will be joining the regular priced standard edition of the game. Each of the special editions come with their own bells and whistles including in game content, special packaging, and little collectable trinkets. The Special Edition will feature a single player mission "A Dangerous Secret", and an in game weapon, the Flintlock Musket. The Join or Die Edition includes an assassin medallion and in game content of George Washington's notes on th…

The team at Ubisoft has put together a launch trailer to wet your appetite or at the very least make you want the November 15th release of Assassin's Creed: Revelations to come even sooner! http://youtu.be/skWGjgoERtw Click here to view the article

The mystery deepens as EA continues to taunt Assassin's Creed fans by releasing small images on Assassin's Creed official Facebook page that flash symbols, numbers, and show what appears to Altair. The latest reveal which appeared yesterday shows fans an assassin that appears to look like Altair. When the image starts to turn fuzzy glimpes of a double headed eagle carrying a sword and shield appear making some wonder in the comment section of the Facebook page if this game will feature two assassins instead of just one. The first two reveals have also led gamers to question if the game will be set in Istanbul, why Ezio's birthday appears in the second reveal, and if the …

The stage has been set for Ezio and Altair's final chapter in the Assassin's Creed saga. For fans that are anxiously awaiting for E3 to arrive, Ubisoft has put together this little teaser which is sure to build up even more anticipation as E3 approaches in the coming weeks. http://youtu.be/ClloTWxH7Lg via Click here to view the article

Assassin’s Creed 3 has gotten an official release date of October 30, 2012. Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot made the announcement this morning during a call to investors and stated that Assassin’s Creed 3 will be the biggest launch in Ubisoft’s history, that they spent more on this title than any other entry into the Assassin’s Creed series, and that the game has also been in development for three years. via Eurogamer and Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Ubisoft Annecy’s multiplayer game director Damien Kieken confirmed the news that there will be no multiplayer beta for Assassin’s Creed 3 claiming that Ubisoft would rather spend time perfecting the game, then putting out a time consuming beta. “To be honest, it’s something we want to do every year because we get community feedback that helps us tune the game. It is also a good reward for the community that has followed us from the beginning. But doing a beta takes a lot of time; we’d need to polish a version, submit it to the platform holders and support it when it’s out. And all the time put into the beta doesn’t go into the final game. Because we wanted to push so many…

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Ubisoft announced that there will be three different collector editions of their new native american assassin twist on the Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed III. The Freedom Edition, Join or Die Edition, and Special Edition will be joining the regular priced standard edition of the game. Each of the special editions come with their own bells and whistles including in game content, special packaging, and little collectable trinkets. The Special Edition will feature a single player mission “A Dangerous Secret”, and an in game weapon, the Flintlock Musket. The Join or Die Edition includes an assassin medallion and in game content of George Washington’s notes on th…

The team at Ubisoft has put together a launch trailer to wet your appetite or at the very least make you want the November 15th release of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations to come even sooner! Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

According to the Playstation Blog, Asura's Wrath, Capcom's upcoming game that puts hack and slash gameplay in an Asian mythological settings, is planned for a 2012 release on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. You can see the epic reveal trailer here, via IGN's Youtube channel: Asura's Wrath: Official Reveal Trailer I can just hear the otaku in me screaming out "zomg Asian God of War!". This game looks like it will be incredibly badass. via the official Playstation Blog Click here to view the article

An historic agreement was reached today and I for one am very happy for our brethren gamers in Australia! Congrats! O'Connor is saying R18+ could be implemented now, nationally, and NSW could do what it wants. Come watch this live with me! http://au.gamespot.com/news/6324637/aussie-r18-decision-due-today?sid=6324637&skipmc=1&tag=topslot;title;2

Late February Australia struck down another video game from being sold in their country due to the violence in the game. This time it was NetherRealm's and Warner Bros's bloody good fighting game, Mortal Kombat. The reason for the ban involved a series staple, the fatalities. The Australian Classification Board which refused to rate the game said, "......The game includes over 60 fatalities (some of which are noted above) which contain explicit depictions of dismemberment, decapitation, disembowelment and other brutal forms of slaughter. Despite the exaggerated conceptual nature of the fatalities and their context within a fighting game set in a fantasy r…

Back to the Future – Episode 3: Citizen Brown is Now Available on iPad Telltale’s Hit Time Traveling Adventure Generates 1.21 Gigawatts and hits the AppStore So far the Back to the Future game series has prompted players to search for a missing Doc Brown and save Marty from the notorious 1930’s mobster Kid Tannen. Now, in Back to the Future Ep 3 HD, Marty returns to the 1980s to find Hill Valley is not the way he left it. Only he can save the town from the dystopia created by the mysterious ‘First Citizen Brown.’ Back to the Future Ep 3 HD can now be purchased on iPad for $6.99. Back to the Future: The Game is also available on the PC, Mac and PlayStation®Net…

Telltale is proud to announce that their acclaimed Back to the Future: The Game is now available at retail for PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Available for the incredible price of only $19.99, Telltale Game’s acclaimed extension of the blockbuster movie trilogy has arrived on store shelves just in time for the holidays. So strap in, power up the flux capacitor and put the continued time traveling journeys of Doc Brown and Marty McFly at the top of your gift list. If the Back to the Future fan on your shopping list has yet to experience the game that made Joystiq.com say “…managed to make me feel eight years old again” or IGN.com happily report that the game is “...a w…

BAFTA’s nominees for the 2012 video game awards have been announced and apparently we live in an alternate universe where games that suck or fail miserably at trying to be different (yeah you LA Noire) deserve to come out on top. Batman: Arkham City and LA Noire faired pretty well receiving most of the nominations including Best Game, Game Innovation, Artistic Achievement, and Action. LA Noire also scored a nomination in the Debut category. Other titles receiving their share of nominations include Modern Warfare 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, FIFA 12, Portal 2, and Assassin’c Creed’ Revelations. For the complete list of where these games and other games fall, please vi…

BAFTA's nominees for the 2012 video game awards have been announced and apparently we live in an alternate universe where games that suck or fail miserably at trying to be different (yeah you LA Noire) deserve to come out on top. Batman: Arkham City and LA Noire faired pretty well receiving most of the nominations including Best Game, Game Innovation, Artistic Achievement, and Action. LA Noire also scored a nomination in the Debut category. Other titles receiving their share of nominations include Modern Warfare 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, FIFA 12, Portal 2, and Assassin'c Creed' Revelations. For the complete list of where these games and other games fall, please vi…

On the Batman Arkham Facebook page, a mysterious message appeared hinting at a big announcement coming on 12/31/2013. Could it be a new next-gen Batman Arkham game or perhaps DLC for Batman Arkham: Origins? Warner Bros. has previously announced that narrative driven DLC was to be expected sometime in 2014 for Batman Arkham: Origins, but they did not give an exact time frame for when gamers could expect it. There is also the chance that the announcement could be a next-gen Batman Arkham game considering that owners of the next-gen consoles with the exception of the Wii U, do not have a Batman: Arkham game to play. What do you think? Game or DLC? via Batman Arkham Facebo…

[caption id=" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Image via The Source][/caption] Batman fans who are eagerly waiting to get their hands on Batman: Arkham City will be able to read about the events that transpired between the video games, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. The six part miniseries picks up one year after Batman: Arkham Asylum ended. Readers will find the Warden turned Mayer, Quincy Sharp shutting down the deranged Asylum and building a city to house the lunatics of Gotham. The issues will be on a comic book stand near you beginning May with issues 1 and 2 being released during in the same month. via The Source Click here to view the article

How would you like to spend hours playing Batman: Arkham City and only needing to solve one more Riddler joke and then just like a cruel joke, your game save deletes itself? Many gamers are crying foul over at the Arkham City forums after their games saves have vanished from their Xbox 360 consoles after applying a recent update. It appears that it is only affecting the Xbox 360 version at this point in time. Warner Bros. has swooped into action and they are asking any gamer that is experiencing this issue to send them an email at support@wbgames.com and answer the following the questions so that they can get to the bottom of the mysterious game save deletions. What vers…

How would you like to spend hours playing Batman: Arkham City and only needing to solve one more Riddler joke and then just like a cruel joke, your game save deletes itself? Many gamers are crying foul over at the Arkham City forums after their games saves have vanished from their Xbox 360 consoles after applying a recent update. It appears that it is only affecting the Xbox 360 version at this point in time. Warner Bros. has swooped into action and they are asking any gamer that is experiencing this issue to send them an email at support@wbgames.com and answer the following the questions so that they can get to the bottom of the mysterious game save deletions. What ver…

Fans eager to get their hands on the next chapter of the Batman: Arkham series can rejoice. Warner Bros. has announced the Europe, Australia, and North America release dates. The caped crusader and Joker hijinks will be available for gamers to enjoy in Europe on October 21, Australia on October 19, and North America on October 18. via Joystiq Click here to view the article

Rocksteady and WBGames have released the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming third and final installment in the Batman Arkham series; Batman: Arkham Knight due out in October on the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC. via Click here to view the article

A tv spot has been released for Batman: Arkham Origins showing a young Bruce Wayne growing up over the years, leading to the birth of a super hero. Batman: Arkham Origins releases October 25th. via Click here to view the article

While Assassins-in-Training maybe mourning the lack of achievements/trophies in the Battle of Forli DLC (out Jan. 28), the trailer highlights some of the story potential that the Memory Segment 12 offers. And while this might not be "Episodes of Renaissance" like GTAIV's DLC, the potential for such expansive DLC is there. Via Kotaku Click here to view the article