Two full-blown Assassin’s Creed games in a year might have seemed like a risky proposition to some, what with the possibility of the onset of franchise fatigue, but publisher Ubisoft says consumers are desperate to their hands on Ezio again, as well as the first AC multiplayer.

Ubi says next month’s PS3 and Xbox 360 release has become the most pre-ordered title in the company’s history , although it’s not sharing the numbers with us.

“Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is being heralded by the press as a single and multiplayer experience unlike any other,” said Tony Key, Ubisoft’s senior VP of sales and marketing.

“As evidenced by the record number of pre-orders and the success of the multiplayer beta, consumers can’t wait to get their hands on Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and we’re looking forward to delivering them an experience they’ll never forget.”

The Assassin’s Creed franchise has now sold 19 million units since debuting in 2007. Brotherhood will release on November 16 in the US and three days later in the UK.

Source: Computerandvideogames.com

The number of pre-orders beat out both the Tom Clancy and Prince of Persia franchise games. Assassin’s Creed is turning into one of the biggest franchises of this generation! Noting the improvement of the series from game 1 to 2, this 3rd installment (not counting Bloodlines on PSP) could be another GoTY contended especially with the added multiplayer.

Collected by gamersmint.com is a gallery of 14 PSP2 concepts, my favorite is probably the second. There are some pretty cool ones that I haven’t even seen, Enjoy!

Source: Gamersmint.com

Build 4.3.7 (19-10-2010) – rev. number f2e3e0bef2
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* There’s now a build for PS3s with firmwares below 3.41 (basically bigger than or equal to FW 1.92) and a build for PS3s with firmware 3.41.
* You can now switch resolutions inside the Settings screen – go from 480p to 720p or vice versa, hence the need for two builds (480p and 720p) eliminated. (Halsafar)
* Zipped ROM support (ZIP/JMA) (Squarepusher)
* Savestates are now compressed as well (NOTE: I don’t know what this will do to your pre-existing savestates. Try to back them up first – they’re inside the USRDIR folder of /dev_hdd0/game/SNES90000/)
* Menu looks a whole lot better now at both 480p and 720p; crappy font has been put out of commission. It’s now actually readable (Cmonkey69)
* Games that switch between SNES resolutions (Seiken Densetsu 3/Secret of Mana) are now both vertically scaled correctly – you don’t even notice the resolution switch anymore. This is only at 480p mode – in 720p mode you will notice the same effect as you did previously. This will be worked on. (Halsafar)
* A lot of settings got added to the Settings screen. For instance, it’s now possible (on most PAL games) to run them at 60fps by setting ‘Force PAL ROM to NTSC’ to ON. This won’t work for every game, however (most games after 1993 came with region protection), and it might even result in a crash because you’re doing something that is not deemed appropriate by either the SNES hardware or the emulator. A solution for PAL ROMs is worked on.
* You can return to a previous folder inside the ROM menu by pressing the CIRCLE button.

You can download it from our download section here or better yet get it from the PS3 Homebrew Manager!

- Lots more… but don’t want to ruin the surprise.

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So, Total_Noob found a way to enable launching homebrew on the PSP via the XMB! If you guys were around the PSP scene to remember ChickHEN or even the HEN from the 2.XX era, then you’ll be familiar with the term HEN and what this kind of stuff this new exploit will allow. Currently, it works up to the 6.2 firmware and launches from HBL (homebrew loader) from the Patapon 2 or the Hot Shots demo from the PSN.

[15/10/2010]
- ParitionCheck has a new structure, fixed (now you can load unpacked prxes), thanks to Davee!
- One patch of ModuleManager was not right, fixed (now you can run all homebrews), thanks to Davee!
- Added some systemctrl exports

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Looks like Netflix has been updated for the PS3 to include some cool new stuff like video streaming at 1080p, subtitles, and include 5.1 surround sound.
“Over time,” some of these new features will be included into other consoles, but the best feature that has now been added to the PS3 is that Netflix no longer requires a disc!

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Next month, Halo: Reach will be getting its first map pack on XBox Live that will include three new multiplayer maps called Tempest, Breakpoint, and Anchor 9. They will also include new achievements that will add 250 gamerscore points and will cost 800 Microsoft Points. (~$10)

Tempest:

Breakpoint:

Anchor 9:

I don’t know about you, but I’m sure glad that they’ve added some maps that aren’t accessible through the campaign mode, but I am upset that they will come at an extra price.

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Angry Birds has finally been released on the Android Market and GetJar store and guess what! It’s free!
Yeah, Rovio decided to bring it to the Android and good thing they did! It’s already seen over a million downloads in its first day on the system. But, you guys should know that it does have ads in it but they won’t get in the way of your game play. Especially if it’s free game play. :p

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DotA 2 will be Valve’s next game. If you don’t know, they are the guys who made the Orange Box and if you didn’t know, the original Defense of the Ancients was a mod of Warcraft III that grew very popular.
Valve has decided to take on the challenge of releasing this game in hopes of winning the fans of the preceding RTS and bringing them to Steam’s side. Each player is given a hero who is used to control armies that are pitted against each other to conquer land and gold.
The sequel will be based off of Valve’s Source engine and allow voice-chat and Steamworks achievements.

Discussion: Here
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