Next Assassin’s Creed will offer Revelations

Do you love the Assassin’s Creed series? If so, then Ubisoft wants you to visit the game’s Facebook page and help spread the word about the fourth game in the series. Sharing the news on Twitter, Facebook and through email will increase a counter on the page. After the counter reaches 100%, Ubisoft plans to post an “exclusive sneak peek” about the currently unnamed game (it’s at 19% as of 2 PM, Saturday).

If you’d prefer not to wait, the Internet sleuths at NeoGAF (via Wired Game|Life) have dug through the Flash file and discovered the game’s title: Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. They’ve also uncovered the name “Altair” in Arabic script, so we may be returning to The Crusades after two adventures in Italy.

No other details about the game have been announced, but Ubisoft confirmed that a new Assassin’s Creed game would be released sometime in 2011.

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Redbox to offer game rentals nationwide in June

Redbox, those ubiquitous red kiosks that offer DVD rentals for $1 per day, will begin renting games nationwide on June 17.

Redbox began a test of video game rentals in selected cities back in August and the company is now ready to expand video game availibility to 21,000 machines nationwide. The rental selection will include “top releases [and] popular family and kids titles” for the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360, so don’t expect them to stock the latest games from Atlus or XSEED. At $2 per day, game rentals will be slightly more expensive than DVD rentals.

“Redbox will make discovering the latest games as easy as a trip to the local grocery, convenience or drug store,” said Joel Resnik, Vice President of Games at Redbox.

You can check the game availability of your local Redbox machine at Redbox.com/games.

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New Releases: MotorStorm Apocalypse, Thor, More

May 3rd, 2011… a day that will be remembered as the day the world should have ended. The day Duke Nukem Forever would have been released. OK, it’s not quite that bleak, the Duke is still on track for a June return. But still…

Anyway, this week still has plenty of world-ending events as Sony will release MotorStorm Apocalypse for the PS3. Sadly, due to the ApocalyPS3, online play through the PSN might not be in the cards on launch day.

Sticking with the end of the world theme is Asgard’s herald of the heavens, The Mighty Thor! He’ll headline his first film this Friday, but you can also check out the tie-in game, Thor: God of Thunder, on the DS, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 this week.

Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break.

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Portal 2 DLC #1 will be free on PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Valve didn’t waste any time in dropping the official announcement of downloadable content for Portal 2 as they revealed the “DLC #1” pack today.

First of all, the “#1” in the name is great news because it means that Valve is planning even more Portal 2 DLC for the future. But the best news of all is that Portal 2 DLC #1 will be available for free when it’s released on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this Summer.

And what will we get for our (lack) of money? According to Valve, Portal 2 DLC #1 will offer “new test chambers for players, leaderboards, challenge mode for single and multiplayer modes, and more.” Pretty awesome. And did I mention it’ll be free?

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3DS collection of Bit.Trip series announced

Aksys Games is bringing the Bit.Trip series (and its chiptune soundtracks) to the 3DS in an eye-popping new compilation.

Bit.Trip Saga will include all six games in the Bit.Trip series: Bit.Trip Beat a Pong-like game; Bit.Trip Core, an overhead shooter; Bit.Trip Void, with its growing Snake-like blob; Bit.Trip Runner, a platformer; Bit.Trip Fate, a scrolling shoot ’em up; and Bit.Trip Flux, which brings all the elements of the previous five games together in a Frankenstein-like concoction.

Bit.Trip Saga doesn’t have a release date yet, so we’ll have to wait to find out when CommanderVideo will make the jump from WiiWare to the 3DS.

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Daily Scoop: April 29, 2011 – TMI edition

For all of those not in the know, TMI means Too Much Information, and that’s what you’re about to get. I got my endoscopy today! An endoscopy is a test where they stick a tube down your throat to check out your stomach to make sure everything is a-ok. I’m happy to say the test results were all clear! And I even got some cool pictures of my innards, which I’d be glad to post for the curious.

ANYWAY! Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is EA’s Shift 2 – Unleashed. It’s $39.95 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and $29.95 on PC. Our own Adam Woolcott really enjoyed it, so I’d say pick it up if you have a need for speed!

Nothing good on the daily shirt circuit, but this Penny Arcade shirt, affectionately titled It Only Does, is most likely selling like hotcakes:

Do you remember where you were, when the Playstation Network went down? I was riding a tortoise through an automatic car wash.

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Warp Zoned Podcast: Episode 9

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Warp Zoned podcast! Mike Gutierrez, Nicole Kline, and Ryan Littlefield wax poetical on all the games they’ve been playing. Afterwards, they were joined by West Coast Editor Adam Woolcott for a round table discussion about sequels. If you love Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, you’ll love Episode 9 of the Warp Zoned Podcast!

Download Episode 9 Now.

And be sure to check back in two weeks for Episode 10!

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Warpback: What We Played in April 2011

They say that April showers bring May flowers, and nothing could be further from the truth in 2011. Gamers were certainly showered with gaming riches on April 19th when Portal 2, Mortal Kombat and SOCOM 4 were all released, but the rest of the month was a bit light on big games. That didn’t stop us from making our predictions of what we wanted to play during the month, and it’s not stopping us now from looking back at the month that was.

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