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George Washington, Ben Franklin and other heroes of the American Revolution take center stage in one of the biggest video game releases of the year.The latest edition of the popular Assassin's Creed franchise is set in the Revolutionary War. While wars are common settings for video games, it is rare for a game to be set in the 18th century.In some ways, Assassin's Creed III is meticulous with historical accuracy. Great attention was paid to research to recreate the cities of New York and Boston on a one-third scale. History professors were brought in as consultants.In other ways, the game takes liberties. It integrates the Revolutionary War into the overarching story of Assassin's Creed, in which the secret society of the Knights Templar fills the role as the game's overarching villain.Game creators were reluctant to reveal too many details before the game's release Tuesday. Review copies were not available in advance.The game's creative director, Alex Hutchinson, said the ability to e...
Two popular video games have been ordered removed from store shelves in Pakistan, after shop owners there complained that the games portray their country as an incub...
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Paul Raines, Gamestop CEO, on the future of gaming and his holiday retail predictions.
Jack Tretton President and CEO Sony Computer Entertainment of America kicked off Sony's press event by thanking the fans and calling E3 "the superbowl of our industr...
Blair Herter and Morgan Webb of G4TV discuss what to expect from E3 2012
Neil Doshi, CitiGroup analyst, on the declining sales of video games in the wake of social and mobile gaming increasing in popularity.
Diane Macedo, Greg Gutfeld, Michael Moynihan on whether Victoria's Secret should have apologized for headdress
It's finally here! A year and a half after the announcement at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Nintendo has finally launched the Wii U game system in the United S...
Jimmy Kimmel said David Letterman had fulfilled a childhood dream by appearing on his rival talk show Wednesday night, and it looks like the late night tete a tete d...
For the second night in a row, superstorm Sandy and its aftermath forced David Letterman to live out that performer's nightmare: Telling jokes to a vacant theater, o...
Robert Griffin III sat on a sofa, working the controls of a new video game, the always-present dog tags and fiance's high school ring dangling from his neck. His spe...
E3, the big video game conference in Los Angeles is just wrapping up for 2012. While we didn't have any big new hardware announcements like a new Playstation, we did...
Civil War-themed video game to get Hollywood treatment; Adele welcomes baby boy
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It's been four years -- almost a generation in video game years -- since Lara Croft embarked on a "Tomb Raider" expedition. The unenviable task of rebooting the well...
FBN's Adam Shapiro breaks down late-morning market news.
FBN’s Robert Gray on the rise in consumer borrowing in October.
A day after the United States honored George Washington, a French software company released a video game that depicts the first president as a tyrant who hangs peopl...
The Nvidia Shield is easily one of the most exciting gadgets of CES 2013, combining Android with a Tegra 4 processor inside a 5-inch portable gaming console. The dev...