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You probably already knew that sticking sharp things in endangered species was going to be a thing in Assassin's Creed 4 (though you can forgive Kenway a little, as back in his day they weren't quite so rare) so now here's a chance to see something a little more deserving of a forceful prod. Sharks, the gits of the sea, can be stabbed up and chopped to bits just so our charming pirate can make a nice new purse.

Jeremy Soule, the celebrated Elder Scrolls composer and now music director for Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming EverQuest Next, believes video games have the potential to overtake the likes of Facebook and become the dominant medium for online social interaction.

The eighth DLC pack for DC Universe Online, titled Sons of Trigon, will be released in autumn this year.

It's impossible to resist introducing you to the official unveiling of a post-World of Warcraft MMO without referencing the Las Vegas environment SOE has chosen for showcasing EverQuest Next. Broken dreams, disappointments, big stakes and heavy losses abound in both of these entertainment industries, after all. Admittedly there are fewer prostitutes, binge-drinking chugalugs and Dolly Parton-themed slot machines in your average fantasy MMO, but it's certainly a metaphor with legs.

Payday 2 releases on Steam on 13th August, Overkill has announced.

When I spoke to Ken Levine in Boston last Monday about BioShock Infinite DLC, I also wanted to get his quick take on the next generation of consoles. Levine, though, was more interested in talking about another piece of forward-looking technology.

If there's one glaring omission from the design of the PlayStation Vita, it's provision for a video output. While the notion of running games designed for a handheld on an HDTV may not appeal to many, the ability to capture footage or live-stream Vita gameplay is a highly attractive option to YouTube fans, bloggers and games journalists alike, so it was with much interest that we noted the arrival of a new product that adds video output to any Vita, with the option to buy a pre-modified, brand new handheld.

A cyber psychologist has called on the developers of massively multiplayer online role-playing games to help prevent addiction by tweaking their design.

You'll be able to earn two sets of achievements for cross-generational games if you own Xbox 360 and Xbox One copies, Microsoft has announced.

Virgin Media is opening a free "Game Space" at London's Silicon Roundabout to showcase titles like Beyond: Two Souls and Super Pole Riders and run various game jams between the end of August and the Eurogamer Expo in late September.

Sega is looking into concern around real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 2 after its Russian distributor pulled it from sale.

Struggling social games behemoth Zynga will shut down OMGPOP.com despite offers from original team members hoping to save the site.

UPDATE #2: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has responded to Mattrick's departure in an e-mail sent to all affected Microsoft employees and later published on the company blog.

Nintendo is rolling out a fresh 3DS firmware update to support StreetPass Relay, a method of StreetPassing the previous visitor at a Wi-Fi hotspot.

The Xbox One captures game footage at 720p and 30 frames per second, Microsoft has confirmed.

Left 4 Dead 3 and Source 2 were spotted by members of the Dota 2 subReddit during a recent tour of Valve's Seattle office.

UPDATE: The Mac version of SimCity launches on 29th August, Maxis has announced.

Last year's oldschool turn-based PS3 RPG Rainbow Moon is getting a sequel with Rainbow Skies, due next year on PS3 and Vita.

UPDATE: The Doom that Came to Atlantic city's new publisher, Cryptozoic, has explained that it never had any contact with the Kickstarter campaign mastermind The Forking Path.

Atlus - US publisher of such niche Japanese titles as Demon's Souls, Persona 4, and Catherine - might be purchased by Sega if the Sonic studio bids high enough.

Ex-staffers from Monolith - the studio behind F.E.A.R. and No One Lives Forever - have formed the six-person indie outfit Blackpowder Games, and revealed its debut title as the black-and-white-white-with-red-all-over first-person horror adventure Betrayer.

Nintendo has already earned more than $4 million (£2.6m) from its four new StreetPass games, company boss Satoru Iwata has revealed.

This is an import review of the North American edition of Shin Megami Tensei 4. The game has no European release date at present, and cannot be played on a European 3DS.

The Wii U version of Splinter Cell: Blacklist will lack an offline co-op mode, developer Ubisoft has revealed.

Naughty Dog has confirmed the European version of The Last of Us is censored.

UPDATE: The special one-off episode of Knightmare is out now.

Alice: Madness Returns creator American McGee has successfully Kickstarted his spin-off animation series Alice: Otherlands.

2D point-and-click origami-based adventure Tengami will release later this year, UK indie developer Nyamyam has announced.

UPDATE: Crytek has told Eurogamer that it is "possible" that user account info may have been accessed during last weekend's security breach.

Sony is exploring the possibility of letting Planetside 2 players transfer their character between the PlayStation 4 and PC versions.