Sharpen your claws and prepare for another look at Larian Studios’ dragon-centric fantasy adventure game.

Your goal in Divinity II is nothing less than to become a dragon. Well, technically, that would be a dragon knight, a warrior who has the ability to shape-shift into dragon form in the upcoming Divinity II: Ego Draconis for the PC and Xbox 360. Along with those lofty goals, you have the consequences of your actions to consider as you make your way through an action role-playing game where every choice you make looks to have reverberations throughout the rest of the story. The game is due for release in January, and representatives from publisher CDV and developer Larian Studios recently dropped by GameSpot HQ to catch us up on what’s new.
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Assassins Creed 2 E3 2009 Trailer [HQ]

This simple real-time strategy game isn’t original, but it’s a lot of fun.

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We leapt across Venetian rooftops, killed plenty of guards, and even found time for a spot of shopping in the Tokyo Game Show build of Assassin’s Creed II.
The last time we saw Ezio, the lead character of Assassin’s Creed II, he was just starting his adventure in Florence. However, in our recent Tokyo Game Show demo, we got to take control of him back in Venice. The session started with Ezio dropping into a Venetian street incognito and in need of some new threads and weapons. Thankfully, we were able to find a shop that provided a solution to these problems, allowing Ezio to get some new, slightly heavier armour and a mace to go with his hidden blades and sword. There were other options, though, including a scimitar and a warhammer. The Venetian section in question was about halfway through the game’s purported 27-hour main storyline, so while you won’t get to play with all the new toys from the beginning, it’s likely that you’ll have a wide variety of weapons to choose from for much of the game.
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