ConnectedConsoles: Penguin Books and Ubisoft announced today a groundbreaking partnership that will bring together the worlds of gaming and publishing in a unique collaboration.

The new book, Assassin's Creed Renaissance, is based on Ubisoft Entertainment's blockbuster interactive entertainment game Assassin's Creed II®, and will be published in association with Ubisoft.
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Nov 6, 2009

The White Stripes Make Their Rock Band Debut

360 News from N4G | Rock Band

360 - Rock Band - The White Stripes Make Their Rock Band Debut

Early Friday morning, Harmonix and MTV Games announced that a three pack of tracks from The White Stripes and singles from The Damned and Kasabian will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Tracks from No Doubt and Dropkick Murphys will also be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP.
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Nov 6, 2009

Variety: Dedicated servers and Rage - news you probably don't want to hear

360 News from N4G | RAGE

360 - RAGE - Variety: Dedicated servers and Rage - news you probably don't want to hear

Variety writes:

John Carmack, co-founder and technical wizard of the developer, says the company doesn't plan to support dedicated servers for the multiplayer component of "Rage," id's upcoming new action game.

"It's not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don't think we will have dedicated servers," he says.

Infinity Ward made the same decision for "Modern Warfare 2" and has been facing a massive backlash among its fans. The inevitable online petition has gathered over 183,000 signatures and even the developer has acknowledged the backlash.
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Nov 6, 2009

Cliff Bleszinski: "Borderlands is the Diablo of this generation"

360 News from N4G | Borderlands

360 - Borderlands - Cliff Bleszinski: "Borderlands is the Diablo of this generation"

VGarabia.com: Today, the infamous designer has praised Gearbox latest game through his official twitter account.
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Nov 6, 2009

Sonic boomer

360 News | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Xbox Live Arcade

As part of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards, avid gamer James Richards was invited to take part in the Lucozade Alert Plus Super Sonic Challenge, with the aim of setting a new Guinness World Record for the first level of Sonic 2. Actually, not one World Record but two, as James tackled the challenge on both Xbox 360 and PS3 ...

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Nov 6, 2009

Rumor: Dead or Alive 5 In Production For PS3

360 News from N4G | Dead or Alive 5

360 - Dead or Alive 5 - Rumor: Dead or Alive 5 In Production For PS3

GF: "If what we're hearing out of the European retail community is to be believed, it looks like the loss of Itagaki from Team Ninja has opened the doors for the Dead or Alive series to "broaden" it's horizons."
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Nov 6, 2009

343 Industries worries 'constantly' about Halo oversaturation

360 News from N4G | Halo Wars

360 - Halo Wars - 343 Industries worries 'constantly' about Halo oversaturation

Speaking to Joystiq, Microsoft's Frank O'Connor, creative director of 343 Industries, said that he worries "constantly" about the possibility of the market being oversaturated with Halo. When asked about the amount of Halo products out there (namely ODST, upcoming books, more comics, Halo Legends and the recently released encyclopedia), O'Connor said, "I worry about that constantly."

Regarding the various Halo products, O'Connor said, "All of that stuff has existed in the past, and it exists because of one simple reason, which is demand. We wouldn't make it if we weren't continually being asked for it." He added, "We obviously turn down almost infinitely more stuff than we actually produce, but when we produce it there's a good reason and a good plan and a strong demand."
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Nov 5, 2009

Full Achievements/Trophies for Darksiders

360 News from N4G | Darksiders

360 - Darksiders - Full Achievements/Trophies for Darksiders

Destructoid is really looking forward to Darksiders and THQ apparently likes that they're looking forward to it. Both of these elements have collided to allow them to be the first ones to show off the Achievements and Trophies that will be yours for the unlocking in this steroid-friendly action game.
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Nov 5, 2009

Here's how the idea of covering Bayonetta with her own hair was born

360 News from N4G | Bayonetta

360 - Bayonetta - Here's how the idea of covering Bayonetta with her own hair was born

VGarabia.com: In an interview with Famitsu, Kamiya the director of Bayonetta has explained how the sexy witch design has ended with her hair covering all of her body.
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Nov 5, 2009

Ubisoft hint at more Assassins Creed in 2010

360 News from N4G | Assassin's Creed

360 - Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft hint at more Assassins Creed in 2010

ConnectedConsoles: 2007 was the year that Ubisoft released their new IP Assassins Creed, which was highly enjoyable for some, not so much for others. It's almost exactly two years to get Assassins Creed II made (which will be released on November 20). Though Creed fans may not have to wait too long to see something else based on the game.
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