Ubisoft has confirmed its lineup for PAX East. Highlights include Assassin’s Creed IV, Watch Dogs, and Splinter Cell: Blacklist.

Here’s the full list:

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Watch Dogs
ShootMania Storm
Might & Magic Heroes VI Shades of Darkness
Might & Magic Duel of Champions Online Card Game
Spartacus Legends
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Ubisoft has also shared details on specific plans for its lineup, such as an “exclusive look” at Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flags and “never-before-seen Watch Dogs content”. The full overview – including pre-order incentives – is posted below.

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We’ve seen the closure of two big Nintendo magazines within the past year. Nintendo Power ended its 20+ year run in 2012, and UK publication Nintendo Gamer shuttered last year as well.

Yet another Nintendo magazine announced its end today. Dutch publication [N]Gamer is calling it quits after being in print for close to a decade.

I suppose this just goes to show that magazines truly are in decline…

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The following Rock Band Music Store songs will be made available on March 12:

• Oingo Boingo – “Weird Science” – keyboard support, Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99
• Toto – “Rosanna” – keyboard support

Each song can be purchased for $1.99/£.99/€1.49/160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points.

Source: Harmonix PR

Thanks to Timmy for the tip.

Team Meat could support Nintendo platforms in the future… under one condition. Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, the studio’s primary staffers, want to see Meat Boy in a Smash Bros. game. If the character made it into the upcoming Wii U/3DS releases, Team Meat would be more than happy to make Mew-Genics – the company’s next game – for Nintendo.

McMillen: “I want Meat Boy to be in Smash Bros. That would be the one reason I’d really want to develop for a Nintendo console.”

Refenes: “That would be amazing! If they could guarantee us Meat Boy would be in Smash Bros., we would do something.”

McMillen: “Nintendo are you listening? Smash Bros! We would ask for nothing in return. Just f***ing use the character. Put him in the game. It’s free!”

Refenes: “If they wanted Mew-Genics or something and they could promise us Meat Boy would be in the game we’d develop Mew-Genics for them. Not exclusively, of course. This is how they would buy it from us. And that’s a very cheap price.”

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EA has been snatching up domains for something called “Supreme Heroes” left and right. The company now owns Supreme-Hero.com, Supreme-Hero.org, Supreme-Heroes.org, SupremeHero.org, SupremeHeroes.com, SupremeHeroes.fr, SupremeHeroes.org, SupremeHeroesRock.org, SupremeHeroesRocks.org, SupremeHeroesSuck.org, and SupremeHeroesSucks.org. Each domain was registered on March 5.

What might EA be up to here? Could Supreme Heroes be a new game?

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The Zelda: Symphony of the Goddess tour may be coming to a city near you. More concerts are lined up starting next Saturday and lasting through mid-September.

Below are the full lineup of dates:

Mar 16, 2013 7:30 PM Portland OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
May 23, 2013 6:30 PM London UK Hammersmith Apollo
May 25, 2013 8:00 PM Paris FR Le Palais des Congrès
May 28, 2013 8:00 PM Berlin DE Tempodrom
Jun 06, 2013 8:00 PM Atlanta GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
Jun 10, 2013 8:00 PM San Francisco CA Davies Symphony Hall
Jun 12, 2013 8:30 PM Los Angeles CA The Greek Theatre
Jun 14, 2013 8:00 PM Montréal QC Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
Jun 29, 2013 8:00 PM Austin TX Long Center
Sep 07, 2013 7:30 PM Toronto ON Sony Performing Arts Centre
Sep 12, 2013 8:00 PM Seattle WA Benaroya Hall

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Warner Bros. is planning on releasing a brand new Batman: Arkham game this year. Rumors have suggested that Rocksteady Studios, the developer behind the series’ first two titles, isn’t making the game. Instead, Warner Bros. Montreal may be handling the project.

Might an announcement be on the way? The official Batman: Arkham Asylum page has been deleted, and the Arkham City page has been renamed to “Batman Arkham” – maybe hinting at an upcoming announcement.

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Level-5 brought almost all of Guild01’s games over to the North American and European 3DS eShops. The company likely has similar plans for Guild02. Trademarks for Bugs vs. Tanks! and The Starship Damrey have both been filed in the US.

Guild02 does have a third game: Monsters Come Out on Friday. There doesn’t appear to be a trademark for the title in the US, so this one could be staying in Japan.

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