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Assassin's Creed III (Credit: Ubisoft)The shift to the American Revolution has been a good one for the Assassin's Creed franchise.

The latest game in the series, which features a new setting and a new Native American protagonist, has sold more than 7 million copies in its first month on shelves, Ubisoft announced on Wednesday.

(Credit: BNPS)Normally, the tale of a chess game ends with the capture of a king.

The story of this unique piece of gaming history, however, starts with the execution of one.

Chess enthusiast King Charles I of England, to be precise, who went to see the executioner in January of 1649 after being found guilty of high treason. When he went to meet his maker, he took with him two treasured possessions: his Bible, and this amber chessboard, which this week sold at a London auction for a record £601,250 -- almost $970,000.

Been sitting on the edge of your nest waiting for that big screen adaptation of Angry Birds? You might want to get comfortable.

The good news is that Rovio has finally announced when the feature film based on its flagship franchise will be released. The bad news? It's not going to be ready until 2016.

Video game violence is starting to take on a whole new meaning.

Syrian rebels have reportedly built a tank to aid them in their fight to overthrow the Assad regime, and it uses a PlayStation controller to aim and fire the vehicle's machine gun.

Game of the Year nominee Assassin's Creed IIISpike's annual video game awards sometimes take a beating from core gamers in forums and chatrooms, but that hasn't stopped the event from evolving into one of the biggest gaming events of the year. And, for gamers, it often brings an early Christmas present.

Each year, the show offers major game announcements — as well as recognition of some of the year's best games. This year's broadcast is scheduled to air live Friday night at 9pm ET (and will be rebroadcast several times over the days to come). Here's a look at what to expect.

Black Friday and the launch of the Wii U weren't enough to stop the video game industry's ongoing slide at physical retail stores. For the twelfth month in a row, sales were lower than a year ago.

That said, the numbers were anything but small.

There's already a ton of critical praise for Journey, the soothing — almost meditative — PSN adventure title. But the latest kudo carries a bit more weight.

Austin Wintory has been nominated for a Grammy for his work on the game's soundtrack. This marks the first time a video game has been nominated for a Grammy.

The world's tallest Lego Tower in Prague (Getty Images)Building the biggest Lego tower has been an obsession for fans of the timeless toy for generations, but how high could you build it before the brick at the bottom collapses under the strain?

BBC Radio's statistics show More or Less asked Britain's Open University's Engineering Department. Armed with a hydraulic press, the department's staff set about finding out.

"It's an exciting thing to do because it's an entirely new question and new questions are always interesting," Dr Ian Johnston said to the BBC. We're guessing they're even more interesting when you get to fool aournd with industrial-strength heavy machinery and Lego bricks, but we certainly can't fault his spirit of scientific endeavor.