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#cars Gran Turismo is video game's premiere iconic racing game series. Like Lara Croft, it has improved graphically. Take a look, at how good-looking it's become, game by game, for over a decade. More »

I don't think there's going to be an Assassin's Creed in 2011. I think we're going to let it breathe a bit and really focus on bringing something new and exciting for the next time around." -- Ubisoft associate producer Jean-Francois Boivin, July 2010, before being overridden.
We didn't buy it and, deep down, we don't think Mr. Boivin did either, who also warned that "business can come back and override everything I say because at the end of the day it's about selling games."

It's about selling over 1 million copies, as Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has done within its first week in Europe. Geoffroy Sardin, Ubisoft's marketing and sales chief for Europe, Middle East and Asia, shared the news with MCV and clarified that another -- and, more importantly -- "big" Assassin's Creed game would launch in 2011. "Yes, Yves [Guillemot, Ubisoft CEO] mentioned it last week in our financials - and more details will be forthcoming," Sardin said. "But what I can say is that next year we will have another big Assassin's Creed game."

Launching just a year after Assassin's Creed 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has won critics over with its representation of Rome and its innovative, unusually paced multiplayer mode. According to Sardin, 60 percent of Brotherhood owners have wielded a hidden blade in the online crowd, and Ubisoft intends to support that player base with regular doses of DLC. The first new map and additional mode will be available in December for free.

As Boivin has stated before, the successful multiplayer component will likely remain an integral part of Assassin's Creed for the foreseeable future, but how it will fit into the next big game is a matter of speculation. We'll likely learn more within the next six months, unless Ubisoft makes the effort to defy predictions. With another game so soon, the onus is on the developer's massive workforce to preserve the element of surprise.

and here London, England – November 26th, 2010 – Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH and Autumn Games are proud to announce the highly anticipated arrival of Def Jam Rapstar, now available in the UK for the Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Nintendo WiiTM. Developed [...]

Single Game Deals

EVE Online: Tyrannis $5.00

Defense Grid: The Awakening $2.50

Cities XL 2011 $29.99

DeathSpank $10.04

Indie Story Pack $4.99

AudioSurf $2.50

Batman: Arkham Asylum $10.20

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days $5.00

Gift Deals

10-Pack of Defense Grid: The Awakening $14.99

12-Pack of AudioSurf $19.99

6-Pack of Left 4 Dead 2 $24.99

10-Pack of Puzzle Quest 2 $34.99

 

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#hdtv If there's one thing that actually sorta makes sense to buy on Black Friday, it's an HDTV—many are crazy discounted. But picking out an HDTV can be a big ball of suck. That's where this guide comes in. More »

Taking to the US PlayStation blog, Sony director of hardware marketing John Koller revealed the PSP Go "3-Game Digital Pack" -- a $150 PSP Go bundle that includes three full (downloadable) games being sold at "retailers nationwide." In addition to a $50 savings from the recently lowered PSP Go asking price, it packs in LittleBigPlanet, SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3, and Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters. Interested parties should head to their nearest brick-and-mortar ASAP, as the bundle is only available in "limited quantities," and "at most retailers" the deals are "one day events and are while supplies last."

If digital games aren't your style, the PS blog also revealed Sam's Club's 160GB PS3 Slim bundle -- the console itself, a copy of ModNation Racers, an extra black Dualshock 3, a Blu-ray remote control, and a copy of (the adorable) How to Train Your Dragon for $399.

What in the hell is Wii Clothing anyway?! What I wouldn’t give to see what’s inside that store. Thanks to Entity for the heads up!

26th November 2010 – Wellingborough, UK O-Games today announced that PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour is now on sale across the UK for WiiTM, PlayStation 3TM and Xbox 360TM. PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour builds on the successes of its predecessors, featuring international superstars like Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, [...]

PARIS, FRANCE – November 26, 2010 - Neko Entertainment a leading independent video game developer and publisher today announced, in co-production with Alien After All the launch of DodoGo! Challenge developed exclusively for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service is now available from the Nintendo DSi Shop. DodoGo! Challenge is a sequel to the 2010 [...]

The preorders were open at one time, but now they’ve been closed up. Looks like this really is going to be limited in the states! Hopefully you guys already grabbed your preorder. Thanks to ReZon for the heads up!

Amersfoort, the Netherlands, November 26th, 2010 - As part of Two Tribes’ recently launched indie-publishing initiative, Two Tribes and the Iconfactory are proud to announce the release of highly addictive puzzle game Frenzic for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service. For just 200 Nintendo DSi Points™, Frenzic is now available in Europe, with an American [...]

Earlier this week, a mysterious Spike VGA 2010 site asked its visitors to consider the secret meanings of two mysterious and secret words: "MURDER" and "LOOK CLOSER." Today, a new teaser site offers a few more clues. The page, titled "Murder Your Maker," features the image seen above: A bald man, staring at a wall covered in maps, newspaper clippings and delicious strands of black licorice. Or, wait. String. Yeah, that's definitely string.

The "Murder Your Maker" tagline has led some theorists to believe we're looking at a teaser for a sequel to last year's super violent, open-world title, Prototype. Alex Mercer certainly has some daddy issues, but our money is on that new God of War game, where Kratos is literally tasked with killing God.

Oh, Activision runs the website? Well, in that case ... does "Bloodhunt" sound about right?

#clips What If The Black Eyed Peas made a music video in Minecraft or with 3D Dot Game Heroes? More »

And Ubisoft hints at the next location.

And Ubisoft hints at the next location.

And Ubisoft hints at the next location.

November 15's 'Something Around Assassin's Coming In 2011' appears to = today's "next year we will have another big Assassin's Creed game" from British gaming news outlet MCV. Both quotes come from top people at Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft. More »

The hottest of hot dealz on the Xbox Live Marketplace (so hot we used a "z") are available now. Navigate to Microsoft's Black Friday deals page to see the full list for yourself, but we'll list the amazing highlights that kicked in today for you right now:

• 'Splosion Man for 160 Microsoft Points ($2)
• Trials HD for 400 Microsoft Points ($5)
• Seriously, 'Splosion Man for two dollars ($2)

Other surprise deals include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled for 160 MSP ($2) and a Starkiller Lightsaber Avatar accessory for only two dollars more than it's worth.

#pc You may never have heard of Trainz, but if you're into train simulators it is the best, perhaps the only, game for you and now the million-copies-sold game is getting multiplayer. More »

#pulpprimer In the second of historian Jess Nevins' series on science fiction pulps, he takes us through the Golden Age of science fiction, from the late 1930s through the "last efflorescence of the pulps" in the mid-1950s. More »

Less reading, more buying!

Amazon's lightning deals for today include Halo: Reach ($30), Fable 3 ($30), God of War 3 ($35), God of War Collection ($10), Red Dead Redemption ($29) and Fallout: New Vegas ($35). More deals open up at 12:15 PM PST (likely to add Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit for $35) and 6:15PM PST, which might bring in NBA Jam for $27.

Let us know what you decide to pick up ... and how you intend on finding enough time to play some of these excellent games.

#clips Criterion is delighted with the response to arcade racer Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, as they should be. So they're giving away three new cars, but there's a catch. More »

#psp Have a PSP? Sony's latest firmware update adds music sharing support called Music Unlimited, which is powered by a cloud-based digital music service called "Qriocity". Sharing is good! More »

#dreamclub Dream Club, the bar hostess simulator, allows players to virtually get drunk. Whoever sculpted this android girl Airi statue must have been totally blotto. More »