For those who just can't put the controller down until they've secured the platinum, Trophies for the PS3 version of Assassin's Creed 2 have now been confirmed. With the majority of the set being bronze (34/51) you'll be raking them in in no time. On closer inspection, some of the 15 silvers and the only gold Trophy don't sound too difficult.

Solving crimes is definitely no game, but that doesn't mean you can't play one. Ubisoft and CBS Consumer Products have jointly announced today via press release their latest game in the mystery-adventure genre based on the number one television franchise, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The new CSI game will be coming out on the Wii, DS, Xbox 360 and PC, and will be called CSI: Deadly Intent.

The first step to improvement is knowing where you fell short. NBA Live 10 (Xbox 360, PS3, PSP) producer Sean O'Brien did just that in his EA Sports blog post, humbly admitting that NBA Live does need improvements to catch up to the superior 2K Sports franchise. In addition, the Electronic Arts exec promises that such improvements will be made and that NBA Live 10 will mark the the franchise's comeback.

Masthead Studios' Earthrise is an ambitious new skill-based MMORPG that seeks to blend together sci-fi elements, PvP action, and a sandbox approach to gameplay and turn them into something different, something compelling. We recently had the chance to get more details about the game straight from Masthead CEO Atanas Atanasov.

Tecmo's Team Ninja is one crew that has weathered a few storms over the years. There was the resignation of Tomonobu Itagaki, the subsequent lawsuit, and the Koei Tecmo merger among others. The team may have lost one of its aces, but it's good to see that they are still walking the path of the ninja. Now under the leadership of Yosuke Hayashi, the team is now going to work on new Ninja Gaiden titles.

Outlining the future of the Spore franchise, Maxis has now revealed that new titles will be heading out. Four new installments are confirmed. If all DNA replication goes well, they may be out by this year. Other than that, there's also the possibility of eventually seeing Spore hit the PS3 and 360 - and the good thing is, if ever they do, they're definitely veering away from the "oh just port it from the PC version" scenario.

If you've been pretty pissed about NBA 2K9 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) crashing left and right, you'll need this patch. This long list of tweaks and fixes go cover general features, gameplay, and all the way to online play. Be sure to read up on this so you won't have to regret playing and losing your progress to crashing.

THQ has finally announced a release date for Sandblast's latest Destroy All Humans! title. Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon is now officially on for a December 1 release for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Still wondering what happened inside Square Enix's closed theater? Wonder no more! We finally bagged more leaked footage of some of the trailers they showed in TGS. It's a chunky 7-minute video stringing the trailers for Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, KH: Birth by Sleep, and The 3rd Birthday together! Quick, before the YouTube buggers take it down!

There's a lot of new stuff on the PlayStation Store today. This week's highlights include the BioShock demo, more new songs for Rock Band, and a pair of PSP games that have just become available for download. Check out the full list below.