The PlayStation 3 is getting yet another exclusive compilation to let players catch up on some games they might have missed. But unlike collections like the recent Ratchet or Infamous sets, this one is a third-party series. The Assassin's Creed franchise spun off into a mini-trilogy in the middle of its trilogy, and it's being compiled onto one Blu-ray.

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Video games and films are not generally on good terms. Hollywood has tried to crack the nut over and over, but the infamously terrible examples of adaptations continue to mount. Producers still haven't figured out what makes a successful video game to film adaptation, but we have a pretty good idea of what doesn't. And as much as I enjoy the work of Michael Fassbender, his name alone isn't enough to inspire confidence in the Assassin's Creed film project.

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Michael Fassbender, who has starred in recent sci-fi movies Prometheus and X-Men: First Class, will take on the lead role of an as-yet unnamed assassin as Ubisoft moves to bring its Assassin's Creed franchise to the big screen.

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Sony announced the winners of its 2012 "Gamer's Choice" awards (promotion) today. These will be the 10 games that you can claim steep discounts on for the next week, starting tonight when the PlayStation Store updates. Each one will be discounted 30%, or 50% if you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber.

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It's that time of year again: the PlayStation Network "Gamers' Choice Awards" are opening tomorrow, letting your votes determine which games will get deep discounts. The nominees were announced today, across the 4 categories from last year and six new categories.

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Video game lore: love it or loathe it, you have to admit there are people tedious enough to obsess over the minutiae of unspectacular stories. The latest monument to lore is the 256-page Assassin's Creed Encylopedia but fear not, gentle reader, it does also cover actual history too, and has plenty of pretty pictures to look at.

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E3 hasn't stopped the march of the PlayStation Store update, and now that it's back, the marketplace is getting pretty hefty loads of content.

New demos include El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron and Dungeon Siege 3. New game downloads featured this week include New Adventure Island and Soldier Blade for $5.99 each, and the fourth episode of Back to the Future. Read more »

Sony's weekly PlayStation Store update update kicks off this year's Spring Fever sale, adding more discounts to the ones from the Gamers Choice awards.

As previously reported, PlayStation Plus subscribers get an early crack at the Mortal Kombat demo this week. This comes alongside demos for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, and Explodemon. Read more »

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood finally has a PC release date, along with system specifications. Ubisoft sent word in a press release that the PC version will launch in North America on March 22, for all your stabby needs. This is a change from the previously announced March 17 date, which was a Thursday.

Ubisoft announced its first piece of paid downloadable content for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood today, a single- and multiplayer add-on called "The Da Vinci Disappearance." It will be available on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in early March and cost $10 (800 MS Points).

The long-awaited PC edition of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood will finally be released on March 17 in North America, Ubisoft has quietly announced on the open-world murder simulator's official forums.

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 back in November 2010. The PC edition was initially expected to launch alongside the console versions, until Ubisoft revealed otherwise in September. Hopefully it'll be one of the PC games Ubisoft tones its DRM down for. Read more »

With word that Assassin's Creed Brotherhood has shipped a cool 6.5 million units since launching worldwide, it appears that Ubisoft isn't ready to put the franchise on a window sill to cool off. Read more »

Proving that a mixture of Renaissance-period drama and insane sci-fi nonsense pays off, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood has taken the top video game honors this year from the Writers Guild of America.

Some have criticized the guild for leaving out deserving games, leading WGA Videogame Writers Caucus (VWC) chair & steer committee member Micah Wright to defend the organization in an editorial published on GamesIndustry.biz. Read more »

Ubisoft has announced a new multiplayer map will be made available for free when the Assassin's Creed Facebook page hits one million fans.

When the Facebook page hits the one million mark, Ubisoft says it will release a new t-shirt commemorating the event; release a "Thank You" video featuring the dev team; execute a 24-hour, 15% discount on the UbiWorkshop; launch a giveaway on the Facebook page; and release the "Venezia by Night" multiplayer map for the most recent game in the series, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Read more »

Xbox 360 owners eagerly awaiting the second piece of free downloadable content for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood were given a brief scare last night, as a title update for the game broke online multiplayer on the eve of the Animus 2.0 update.

CVG reports that the Xbox 360 patch was sent out to prepare the game for upcoming DLC and "some major updates." But server issues caused a multiplayer glitch, which has since been fixed. Downloading the current patch should leave you error-free. Read more »