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GAA hurling PlayStation game released

Sony Computer Entertainment Ireland yesterday released the first non-manager hurling PlayStation 2  game, Gaelic Games: Hurling, and the second GAA-licensed football title.  

The games were created by Australia games development studio IR Gurus, the developers of the much-criticised Gaelic Games: Football. As with that game, the new games are endorsed by the GAA. 

In Ireland only children play video games

Above is how Toyota created an SUV television advertisement using the World of Warcraft game. That was in the US. In Ireland, only children play computer games.

PREVIEW: Assassin's Creed

Developer / Publisher:  Ubisoft | Format: Xbox 360, PS3, PC

Previewer: Cian Ginty There used to be a bit of magic or mystic that surrounded the worlds of old 2D games, your imagination governed what laid in the world outside of your mission path. The advent of 3D games – and 3D games which tried to be too much – somewhat killed this. Assassin's Creed is one of those games that brings you back, while keeping the gameplay at the edge of today

SCREENSHOTS: Assassin's Creed

Click on images for larger versions, you can view more screenshots below, or read our preview of Assassin's Creed.

TGS07 Round-up

Last week, most of the major players of the video game industry congregated in a giant conference centre just outside Tokyo to outline their plans for the future. Yesterday marked the final day of the event, and here is a recap of what you may have missed.