Assassin's Creed Forsaken available on Dec 4 for $9.99

Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken, written by Oliver Bowden, will be available on December 4 for $9.99. The book will depict another portion of Conner’s life—one in which readers will discover his “roots.”

A spokesperson wrote that the book is:

“Set during the American Revolution, Connor has sworn to secure liberty for his people and his nation and unleashes his powerful skills on the chaotic, blood-soaked battlefields of the hostile American wilderness. Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken is the story behind who Connor really is and how he has become a deadly killer.”

Assassin’s Creed: III, the game that coincides with the Bowden’s book, is set to drop October 31, and pre-orders of the “Join Or Die Edition” is now available.

The Join Or Die Edition includes various bonus contents such a medallion of the Assassins, and a George Washington’s notebook that exposes “all the truths and secrets about the Assassins and the Templars during the American Revolution.”

What George Washington’s notebook doesn’t include is Conner’s full background, so, in truth, the Join Or Die Edition won’t tell fans “all the truths and secrets.” So if fans want to uncover Conner’s roots, they have to purchase the book—for an additional $9.99.

Next up, Assassin’s Creed: Conner’s Vengeance the motion picture on DVD and Blu-ray for $29.99 (parody statement, not meant to be taken seriously).

Apple New iPods

Apple introduced its fourth-generation iPod portable music players Monday with lower prices and longer battery life. The new models have up to 12 hours of rechargeable battery life, compared to about 8 hours with the current crop. The prices are $ 299 for a 20-gigabyte model and $ 399 for a 40-gigabyte model -- each $ 100 less than their earlier counterparts. The new iPod versions are also thinner and have improved software features, including a quicker way to shuffle songs and a variable playback speed of audio books.

Rayman Origins repoussé sur 3DS

Alors qu'il fait un carton mérité sur à peu près toutes les plateformes qui existent, Rayman Origins semble peiner à débarquer sur 3DS.

On l'attendait pourtant pour cette semaine mais le jeu de plateforme d'Ubisoft est repoussé au printemps 2012 d'après l'éditeur et un site marchand bien connu (Amazon pour ne pas le citer) affiche lui la date du 30 juin 2012.

Il fa donc falloir attendre encore trois mois avant de pouvoir goûter à cet excellent jeu sur 3DS.

· Forum Rayman Origins

ATi R420 To Launch On April 26th

Nvidia has set the launch date for its latest AGP8X chip, theNV40, on April 14, aiming to penetrate the high-end market of around US$ 499. ATIis likely to debut its next-generation AGP8X chip, the R420, on or around April26.

ATI R420 : Radeon X800, Low-k 0.13-micron, April 26
ATI RV370 : Radeon X300, 0.11-micron, Q2
ATI RV380 : Radeon X600, Low-k 0.13-micron, Q2

Angry Birds Valentine's Day edition, Angry Birds 2 and Kinect mode coming soon

Angry Birds Valentine's Day edition

With Valentine's Day approaching in two more weeks, Rovio may be launching the Valentine's Day edition of the Angry Birds on 14 February. According to reports, the special edition will come with newer birds and promises lots of fun and enjoyment; even the pigs will have slight changes such as ribbons on their heads. The game looks to appeal to the female gamers and will be available on both iOS and Android platform.

Angry Birds 2

Some Angry Birds 2 screenshotswere shownon a German DW-TV show as the hosts talked about the developers at Rovio working on new versions of the game. It was also reported thatthe new update for Angry Birds will arrive next month in time for Valentine's Day 'Angry Birds Seasons'. However, the above screenshots do not seem to have been taken from Angry Birds Seasons. Could it be from Angry Birds 2?

Playing Angry Birds using Kinect technology

Instead of using your finger to drag the catapult on the touchscreen or with the mouse on the laptop or Mac, how about playing Angry Birds simply by gesturing it, like on a Xbox 360 Kinect? It looks like a company called KinEmote was able tohack Windows 7 software that allows you to play the game with a wireless controller and your Kinect. It isn't full gesture control, but that may be possible in the near future. Check out the video:-

Source: xda.cn, ElectricPig, Ubergizmo

ASUS Outs First Windows 8-Ready Sockets AM3+, FM1 Motherboards

Often, Windows [insert new version] certification labels dont mean squat to PC enthusiasts. With Windows Vista labels, it meant that the integrated graphics could handle DirectX 9-accelerated Aero UI; Windows 7, not so much over that. Windows 8 readiness adds quite a few little hardware requirements, to support new OS features such as Fast Boot (start PC in under 2 seconds, different from S3 resume). While a few motherboard vendors announced Windows 8 readiness for their motherboards, ASUS claims to be the first with motherboards in the AMD platform that will feature the Windows 8 readiness logo. Hardware redesigns meant that ASUS launches revisions of existing products. These revisions are designated by "R 2.0" suffixed to the model names.

ASUS released revisions of most of its M5A99 (AMD 990FX, 990X), M5A97 (AMD 970), F1A75/A55 (AMD A75, A55) series motherboards, TUF Sabertooth 990FX, and its flagship AMD platform motherboard, the ROG Crosshair V Formula. The revision of the latter is named Crosshair V Formula-Z.Features common to all these revisions include support for Fast Boot, ASUS Boot Settings, which lets you fine-tune system startup processes, and DirectKey, a button that loads up the BIOS setup program, similar to the Back2BIOS button found on Intel Desktop Boards Extreme series.

Apart from Windows 8-specific feature updates, ASUS took the opportunity to update the feature sets of several of its motherboards in the above mentioned revisions. Features such as Smart Digi+ Key, which are found on P8Z77-V series, are ported over. The ASUS-exclusive feature-set also includes 802.11 b/g/n netowork interfaces with Remote Wi-Fi Go!, a feature based on Wi-Fi Go!, that provides media streaming and remote desktop capabilities to smartphones and tablets.

ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula-Z gets all the new features of its R 2.0 mates, plusExtreme Engine Digi+ II (a VRM design found on Maximus V series). The audio is also updated, SupremeFX III audio with "Red Line shielding." The portion of the motherboard that holds the HD audio CODEC and its anciliary AMP components is isolated from the ground-layer of the rest of the motherboard, minimizing EMI from other power-hungry components, which typically produce a faint buzzing noise in the output channels of onboard audio. Apart from ground-layer isolation, a bulk of the audio portion, including the CODEC, is covered by a metallic EMI shield. The Crosshair V Formula-Z also features GameFirst II, a network prioritization tool with an intuitive new user interface (EZ Mode).

Lastly, theres the F1A75/A55 R 2.0 series motherboards for first-generation A-series "Llano" APUs. The revised motherboards feature LucidLogix Virtu MVP (load-balancing GPU virtualization between onboard and discrete graphics adapters), DIP 2 with Digi+ VRM, Network iControl (prioritization, diagnostics), and AI Suite II.

Apart from the features mentioned above, the models are largely similar to the motherboards they are revisions of.

Asus Eee Keyboard To Launch In October

Asus's Eee keyboard is finally getting a launch date - October 09 in North America and Europe.

Featuring an integrated 5-inch display and powered by 1.6GHz Atom processor, this lovely keyboard PC will have 1GB ofmemory and comes with either 16GB or 32GB of SSD storage, 802.11b/g/n WiFi,Bluetooth, HDMI and wireless UWB HDMI

Price-wise, it should cost around USD400-500 according to source.