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Microsoft has just launched Halo Living Monument - a user-generated site that ask users to upload pictures of their favourite Halo memories from the last 10 years to create an "interactive 3D mosaic".

I hope you've been saving.

Ezio Auditore is old, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations doesn't try to hide this. In the third game of the Assassin's Creed 2 trilogy, Ezio is rendered with a pasty face and drooping eyelids. He has a stringy beard that makes his lips appear to pucker out like an overfed goldfish. It's the decay you'd expect for a beloved superstar on his last hurrah. This is Ezio's final appearance as a hero in the series, and appropriately, this game has the feeling of a farewell tour. Like a rock band past its prime, Assassin's Creed: Revelations is everything Assassin's Creed has ever been, and less.

Sci-fi MMO Star Trek Online launches as a free-to-play game on 17th January 2012, developer Cryptic Studios has announced.

In 2004, Disney Studio Head Michael Eisner made a business call that had devastating creative implications. He announced that the labour-intensive 2D animated cartoon style that had defined the studio's output throughout the 20th Century was no longer financially prudent or culturally relevant. Rather, the company's creative future lay in 3D CGI, the Pixar aesthetic that was both cheaper to create and animate as well as being more current for young audiences.

Bloodbath Arena, the first downloadable content for zombie kill 'em up Dead Island, launches on 22nd November.

Revisiting past masters is a prickly business that video games are only just beginning to dabble in, with varying degrees of success. Do you go for preservation or reinvention? Either way, you've got to tread carefully, for you're stepping on the precious memories of those who hold the originals dear.

The cloud is coming to Xbox, a Microsoft executive has revealed.

UPDATE: The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment has been in touch to say the "just under two million units sales" and £83.1 million revenue figures for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are "unverified" and should be disregarded.

Nintendo has announced a new Wii bundle, which includes a Black Wii, Black Wii Wheel and Mario Kart.

The PlayStation 3 version of Need for Speed: The Run includes seven exclusive supercars, Sony has announced.

Kill or injure innocents in upcoming open world fantasy game Dragon's Dogma and you suffer a penalty to your charisma, according to the game's ESRB rating summary.

EA has banned hundreds of Battlefield 3 cheaters across all platforms.

Xbox Live gains a new member every two seconds, Microsoft has claimed.

Internet sleuths reckon they've tracked down Grand Theft Auto 5's lead actor: a TV star who's appeared in Law & Order.

Mega Man is in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - but not in the way fans had hoped.

Some might say that the war was over before it truly began. The extraordinary sparring between Electronic Arts and Activision, encompassing developers and executives alike, may well have made for good copy for us journalist types, but where it matters - with the gamers - the results look rather one-sided. Preliminary sales data points to just one winner in the great Battlefield 3/Modern Warfare 3 kerfuffle: Activision has clearly emerged triumphant with what it is describing as the biggest launch in the history of the entire entertainment business.

Battlefield 3 was the top-selling game in the US for the month of October, selling just shy of two million copies, according to the latest NPD sales data.

And so it was foretold. A great evil that once terrorised the land shall threaten to rise again. The gods that vanquished the evil in ancient times sealed the power needed to thwart it in a great sword and a mysterious symbol. A hero chosen by those gods shall undergo many trials to claim that power for himself and save the future of the land, and the future of a girl with whom his fate is intertwined. This is the story that has been handed down for generations.

Eurogamer's Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim review awarded 10/10 this afternoon. To coincide with this, we've collated the cheapest UK Skyrim shop deals.

The PC version of Batman: Arkham City has been delayed, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has set the record for the biggest entertainment launch ever, Activision has announced.

Graphics card maker Nvidia has pointed to games such as Battlefield 3 as evidence that the PC platform is way ahead of current generation consoles.

Developer Polyphony Digital is "of course" working on Gran Turismo 6 already, studio boss Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed.

Microsoft has revamped Xbox.com, adding the ability to cancel auto-renewal of Xbox Live subscriptions.

DICE has revealed the aspects of Battlefield 3 it is investigating as it prepares an update.

Bethesda has advised Skyrim Xbox 360 players that clearing the game cache may increase save game load times.

You know that feeling when you really want something to be better than it is, to the point that you're actively willing it to improve even as the sinking feeling in your gut tells you it's too late? That happens a lot in Fusion: Genesis.

EA has offered a workaround for FIFA 12 owners suffering game crashes after installing the 10th November patch on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Penis-shaped Saint's Row: The Third weapon The Penetrator has fallen foul of Japanese censors.