Assassin's Creed Revelations, Saints Row: The Third reviewed

Add newsletters@cnet.online.com to your address book to ensure CNET newsletters reach your inbox.   Games & Gear       View online  |  Share on Facebook  |  Share on Twitter November 17, 2011     Jeff Bakalar Associate editor Profile Email Modern Warfare 3 vs. Battlefield 3 Two of the year's biggest games are going head-to-head this holiday season, both seeking the crown as best military first-person shooter. Unless you've cut yourself off from all forms of media consumption, you know I'm talking about Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3. Read more | Share on Facebook  The latest gaming news from Crave | Share on Facebook        Saints Row: The Third taste of anarchy It may have been fair to call Volition's first Saints Row game a Grand Theft Auto clone back in 2006, but since then the series has evolved into something that goes way beyond just attempting to emulate Rockstar Games' flagship franchise. Saints Row has solidified its place in the gaming landscape by redefining what it means to be considered over-the-top. With Saints Row: The Third, Volition has presented its best chaos simulator to date.  More | Share on Facebook          Assassin's Creed Revelations: Cut from a familiar cloth Perhaps one of the overlooked accomplishments in gaming is what Ubisoft Montreal has been able to do with the Assassin's Creed franchise. For the third time in five years, the team has put out another title in the series that doesn't necessarily change the combat and gameplay formulas, but pushes Assassin's Creed's historical fiction lore into a more comprehensible and ultimately tighter narrative, all while humanizing the main characters more than in previous entries.  More | Share on Facebook          PETA goes after Mario and his Tanooki suit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals recently began calling the new Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS insensitive to the hunting and killing of real-life tanuki racoon dogs for fur. I guess PETA never had an issue with everyone's favorite plumber stomping on turtles and using their shells as weapons all these years.  More | Share on Facebook          Remastered video games: Good or bad? This holiday season, we're seeing a trend of classic games presented in close-to-original form, but with their original graphics rerendered at the higher resolutions today's consoles and displays use. Is this a great way to make older games more accessible, or is it, as colorizing black-and-white movies is widely considered, a bastardization of the original art?  More | Share on Facebook        Top consoles   Sony PlayStation 3 Slim (160GB)     Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim (250GB)     Nintendo Wii Hardware Bundle (Black, Remote Plus)     Nintendo 3DS (Cosmo Black)     Sony PSP 3000 (Black)     Top games (PS3)   Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PlayStation 3)     Batman: Arkham City (PlayStation 3)     The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PlayStation 3)     Resistance 3 (PlayStation 3)     LittleBigPlanet 2 (PlayStation 3)     OTHER CNET RESOURCES     CNET.com     CNET TV     CNET How To     Latest CNET Reviews     Top 10 must-have gadgets     CNET Exclusives     CNET Mobile reviews     CNET Editors' Choice winners     Shopper.com

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