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A Fresh Look At Assassin’s Creed: Lineage
Ubisoft gives us a sneak peek at Assassin’s Creed: Lineage, the short film series prequel to Assassin’s Creed II, launching next week on YouTube. Announced at the San Diego Comic Con earlier this year, Assassin’s Creed: Lineage follows the story of Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, the father of Assassin’s Creed II protagonist Ezio. The first…
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Need For Speed: Nitro – So Fast It’s Coming Two Weeks Early
In a fall season filled with game delays, it’s nice to see a release date jump forward a couple weeks, as is the case with Need for Speed: Nitro for the Nintendo Wii and DS. Originally scheduled for a November 17th release in North America, the stylized arcade racing of EA’s Need for Speed: Nitro…
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The Nintendo Download: Domo Arigato, LostWinds, Shootanto, Domo Domo, Domo Domo
Nintendo loses more winds this week, and they’re passing the savings on to you before the furry Japanese television mascot Domo completely devours the DSi. It’s a Domo invasion on DSiWare today as five titles starring the adorable whatever the hell it is show up for 200 DSi points apiece. We’ve got your Crash-Course Domo,…
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Press Start 2: Your Princess Is In Another Movie
The unapologetically cheesy video game homage film Press Start gets the inevitable sequel next year, as Dark Maze Studios announces the brilliantly named Press Start 2 Continue. I was a big fan of the original Press Start, a direct-to-DVD affair that had a shoestring budget, ridiculous characters, and a great deal of heart. It was…
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Smash Bros. For Charity — A Kotaku Alumnus Story
Former Kotaku intern Andrew Freedman is making us proud at his university’s daily newspaper. Check out his latest piece on “The Peach Bowl,” a college charity Smash Bros. tournament. Courtney Whitmire, a freshman at the University of Maryland, suffered tragedy this year when flooding wiped out her house and most of her small town in…
By AJ Glasser
