Ubisoft is set to release their new Assassin’s Creed this October and to bring us what seems to be the most anticipated game of the year. It is not an easy task  to produce a third title to such a brilliant and successful franchise. The first game was great and almost created a new genre in itself. Developing the second was already a risk. Many tried to release follow up and many have failed. The secret is supposedly straight forward though, take the good, make it better and rub a few flaws away. Easier said than done, but surfing the wave is the way. However, that cannot work for a third iteration. You need to replicate the success to reinvent yourself; you need a fresh gameplay while keeping the atmosphere and the emotion of the license. To find that balance takes a touch of genius and some very, very hard work. And that seems to be what Ubisoft and its army of more than 700 individuals through five studios around the world have spent the last three years working towards.

NAMCO BANDAI Games America used PAX Prime 2012 to announce that World Tekken Federation, the premium online service for TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2, will be available free of charge when the game is released worldwide the week of September 10, 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. 

Major League Gaming (MLG) is bringing the new Halo 4 game to eSports. Days before its official release on November 6, Halo 4 will be featured as part of the competition at the MLG Fall Championship in Dallas, Texas, November 2-4. The Halo community will have the exclusive opportunity to compete in Dallas playing the highly anticipated game before it goes on sale to the public. 

Deep Black is a downloadble game available on the PS3. Deep Black is your basic cover based run & gun shooter that attempts to put an interesting twist on the genre by changing the setting. Lately we have seen these shooters set in apocalyptic locations like Gears of War or a desert constantly plagued with sand storms such as Spec Ops: The Line, and Deep Black attempts to place players into a new environment, under the sea. Now that catchy little tune from the “Little Mermaid” is in your mind, lets get to the review.

THQ is getting Xbox gamers ready for the launch of WWE 13 early this year. The game maker has released several “Attitude Era”-themed items in support of the forthcoming release from the revolutionary WWE flagship videogame franchise.  Featuring a variety of apparel choices from popular WWE Superstars, including Undertaker, Mankind and The Rock, the items are available now via Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 for suggested retail pricing between 160 and 320 Microsoft Points. Stone Cold Steve Austin, cover athlete of WWE 13 Collector's Edition, talks attitude in the exclusive video below.

CHICAGO – Grammy Award winning singer Ne-Yo suited up for the EA Sports Madden NFL 13 Pigskin Pro Am alongside Brett Favre and other former NFL greats and Hall of Famers. Like many of the celebrities who played in the flag football game, which aired on NBC, Ne-Yo is a big gamer. He talks about his love of Madden and fighting games like Tekken in this exclusive video interview below.

With the virtual NFL season scheduled to kick off on August 28 with the launch of EA Sports Madden NFL 13, former Boise State standout and current Chicago Bears rookie defensive end Shea McClellin was able to review the game before anyone else (outside of journalists). He has a new blog on the NFL Players Association-ensdorsed site www.sotl.com/players/blog/4484/shea-mcclellin. McClellin talks NCAA Football 13, Madden 13 and video games in this exclusive video interview below from the 2012 NFL Draft.