• Assassin’s Creed Revelations New Teaser Hints at Istanbul Setting

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    Ubisoft has launched a fresh teaser trailer for the new Assassin’s Creed game ahead of its reveal later this month.

    Posted on the publisher’s Assassin’s Facebook page, the trailer appears to flash the date 24.06.1459 atop an image of Hagia Sophia, a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

    Another Assassin’s Creed teaser trailer was released earlier this week, shortly after Ubisoft accidentally confirmed the game will be subtitled ‘Revelations’.

    For a brief moment the official Assassin’s Creed Facebook page displayed a link to a mysterious teaser site, along with the message, “The day you have been waiting for has arrived!!! Click the link below to help reveal an exclusive look at the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game!”

    Naturally the teaser site disappeared as quickly as it turned up, but not before ravenous fans were able to dissect its every last detail, including a logo for Revelations and confirmation of a May 13 reveal in US mag Game Informer.

    Most interesting though was the translation of an Arabic message on the briefly-online teaser, which mentioned the name of original Assassin’s Creed protagonist, Altair Ibn La Ahd.

    We’ll know for sure when it’s unveiled in US mag Game Informer on May 13.

    [via CVG]

  • Apple Store Is Down… New iMacs?

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    Yesterday we posted that Apple will today introduce an iMac refresh. Apple is now busy updating the App Store and probably to unveil the new iMacs. Its believed the new devices will have Thunderbolt and SandyBridge processors which are extremely likely with other enhancements to the camera and maybe the possibility of an SSD drive. lets wait and see Apple.

  • Sony Santa Monica Studio is NOT Working on God of War 4

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    Sony Santa Monica, the team behind those amazing God of War titles, is believed to be at work on God of War IV, which will likely be outed within the next few months. However, recent job postings have raised plenty of questions: several weeks back, we heard about a job listing for a Senior Online Programmer, and that caused everyone to assume the new GoW would boast online multiplayer.

    Now, the Superannuation Twitter page has turned us onto two new job listings for the studio: a Level Designer with experience in “open world games” and a Senior Combat Designer that has experience in “both first- and third-person shooters” and “working with, developing or designing vehicle combat.” So what? A GTA knockoff? Anybody have any bright ideas?

    We all know the fourth God of War will arrive at some point, and we’re fairly certain Sony Santa Monica will develop it. But they have to be working on something else, don’t you think?

    [via psxextreme]

  • New Sandy Bridge iMacs Coming Tomorrow?

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    Citing sources “familiar with the matter,” a new report suggests Apple will launch its new lineup of iMacs tomorrow, May 3rd, featuring Intel’s newest family of Sandy Bridge processors, and the company’s high-speed Thunderbolt port in place of the current Mini DisplayPort.

    According to cultofmac, Apple has recently been taking steps to ensure a smooth roll-out of the new iMacs, according to the same sources, who apparently continue to provide accurate information when it comes to Apple’s plans, says the AppleInsider report. One confirmed that a “visual night” is scheduled for the early morning hours of May 3rd, “so it is highly likely that whatever new product that is going to be refreshed or introduced will be done on [that day].”

    A “visual night” is when several Apple retail employees are called in to work throughout the evening and into the early hours of the morning to make changes to store layouts, often removing old products to make room for new ones.

    Previous reports have already speculated that Apple was getting ready for the imminent launch of updated iMacs, and stock of the current generation all-in-one is slowly diminishing. The last time the iMac family was updated was some 9 months ago.