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Number None, who brought the world Braid, is looking for a new member for their indie A-Team to handle "very interesting work" that involves "full-body" motion tracking tech.

This is most assuredly Project Natal. The applicant must have "substantial" experience with 3D game development says Number None. They're working on 'The Witness', using motion.

Ubisoft has published the first part of its Assassin's Creed II Lineage series, with the first showing being 14 minutes long.

Developed by Ubisoft's Hybride Technologies, the visual effects studio behind 300 and Sin City, Assassin's Creed: Lineage combines live action and computer generated imagery (CGI) to explore the events that happen just before the Assassin's Creed II game starts. The short films revolve around Ezio's father, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, and give insight on the game's back story and universe.

It's finally here but Microsoft can't breathe a sigh of relief yet, having secured yet another source of subscriber revenue, because the Sky Player is experiencing some outage.

In fact it's crashing quite a bit according to user reports. It doesn't stream channels in HD sadly, and that's because Britain's broadband is "simply not good enough" says Sky.

Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 does feature an optional third-person view, but this isn't something "you can toggle on and off" willingly.

In fact the third-person mode can only be activated for private online matches, and it can't be switched mid-match. If turned on then everyone will be limited to the viewpoint.

Playlogic Entertainment announced today that Fairytale Fights will have free downloadable content for a limited period of time (90 days after release) for those that purchase the game within 90 days of launch.

The free DLC is valued at $15 and can be received by registering on the official website. The content will then be sent to you once it becomes available, via redeemable codes.

The impending early November arrival of Dragon Age: Origins will be simultaneous across Xbox 360,PS3 and PC announces BioWare. The PS3 version won't be held back after all.

That news may be true for North America but the RPG developer is yet to extend the joy to UK shores, saying they'll have something "on that shortly." It's out November 6th in Europe.

Where would mankind be without blabber mouths? Actually, we'll leave that for philosophical debate. A clip of Modern Warfare 2 has been leaked, showing a new mode?

The gameplay clip shows a third-person view, but the image quality from the cam is rather poor. A 'cage match' multiplayer type is alleged by the clip from an accompanying screenshot.

EA Sports have confessed how super proud they are of FIFA 10, and until now it had secured itself 'King' in the UK all-formats chart. Konami's PES 2010 has pulled a coup.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 has entered in at number one, and with the additional arrival of Xbox 360 exclusive Forza Motorsport 3 taking second place, FIFA 10 is relegated to third.

The studio minds behind Wii's Boom Blox are looking for new HD horizons as a job listing for EA reveals, noting their last two releases "were Wii-based, " but now that's changing.

Positions for a Software Engineer, Rendering Engineer and Senior Engineer for PS3 have been attached to the wanted ad. It's likely the "closely-knit" studio wants to explore motion techs.

Valve and EA are left with disappointment as the review panel, looking into the OFLC refusal to classify Left 4 Dead 2, has returned with a unanimous vote to keep it restricted from sale.

Developer Valve foresaw this turn of events and has already provided an edited version, which has been accepted by the OFLC and certified MA15+. Uncut, it couldn't "be accommodated".