Assassin’s producer talks next gen

Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond tells Working Lunch’s Nik Wood how the game was developed.

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Analyst: Buy Now, Console Shortages Could Be A Factor This Holiday

In his latest interactive entertainment industry update, Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian painted a rosy picture overall, as he noted that industry sales trends "remain generally healthy through late October leading up to the key holiday selling season," but he also highlighted "several potential risks to the sector this fall, including hardware supply constraints and lower PS2 and Wii software pricing."

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Gears of War - Unreal Editor Demonstration

Edit, upload, and play your own maps with the Unreal Engine 3 Editor on PC. Jim Brown talks us though some of the features of the Unreal Editor shipping with Gears of War for the PC.

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Call of Duty 4 M.W. Offical Map Pictures

Screenshots of all the Multiplayer loading screens, to give you a better understanding of what to expect come Nov. 6

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MGS4 hits South America

If you don’t subscribe to Konami’s KP Report - Kojima’s very own MGS4-concerned podcast - then you may have missed out on a nugget of knowledge recently revealed on the audio broadcast. Namely, that MGS4 won’t be limited to the Middle Eastern battlefield we’ve seen in all the footage, but instead will take in South America and "other places", too.

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Blame Halo 3

Halo 3 is a good time. So is this video that’s making the internet rounds. The folk at Kotaku.com laughed. Out loud, even. You should too.

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UN-Censor Manhunt 2 [PSP]

Russian hackers found a way to UN-Censor Manhunt 2 developed by rockstar. The process requires the ISO of the game, small deletion of some strings and a replacement of some files.

If you want to enjoy the full version of the game before everybody started about censoring it then head over to one of the following sites for an in-depth explaination.

http://www.playstation-scene.org/ & http://www.maxconsole.net/

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Halo’s Filthiest Trash Talk

Game experience may change during online play. This innocuous disclaimer accompanies every game with Xbox Live connectivity, but what it actually means is that you’re about to be subjected to a barrage of bigotry so profoundly offensive that it will shake your faith in humanity to the very core.

Before clicking play on the video below, know that it is fraught with all manner of tasteless language. It is intended for mature audiences, and is solely for the purpose of illuminating the social phenomena surrounding the most popular game of all time.

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Call of Duty 4 - Exclusive Halloween Surprise Trailer

Happy Halloween from Infinity Ward.

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Running Linux on the PS3 - A detailed view of what’s out there

HEXUS.gaming take a look at the options for running Linux on the PS3 and explore the pros and cons of the major releases out there.

"Not a single distro maintained a consistent, high-quality experience from installation to prolonged use. None of them is usable by your grandmother, or in most cases, by you. For the experienced Linux hacker, it’s probably possible to beat some sense into these distributions (with Xubuntu probably closest to useful, when combined with the Petitboot boot loader used by openSUSE). But it’s not a good choice - simply the least bad. "

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