You can watch the live demonstration of Assassin's Creed from yesterday's X06 conference right here, and I encourage you to do so. The video they put up on the Live Marketplace shows similar scenes, but with camera angles all over the place and goofy effects laid over top.

• Microsoft has set the price of the Zune at $249.99.
• The demo for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 is now available on Live.
• Blizzard is sending out invites to select players to participate in a closed beta of the WoW expansion Burning Crusade.
• Sega has acquired the rights to make games based on the upcoming films based on the His Dark Materials trilogy of novels. If they do well, maybe someone will make a novel based on the games based on the films based on the novels.
• Bethesda confirms that Oblivion will be a PS3 launch title and is also coming to the PSP.
• Peter Jackson admits one of the reasons he's moving into game design is because he's a little bored of movies.
• Lady Miss Kier from Deee-Lite has lost her lawsuit against Sega claiming that they stole her look for Ulala from Space Channel 5.
• A writer attempts an in-depth art critique of Katamari Damacy, looking at it from Marxist, Structuralist and Jungian perspectives.
• Peter Moore says dual platform ownership of a Wii and a 360 "could be as high as 40%", depending on the territory.
• Gothic 3's release date has been set for November 20.
• First image of the 360 Guitar Hero II controller in the wild, as well as Major Nelson looking goony. Also, there are a few screenshots of the 360 version.
• Speaking of which, Kansas' Carry On My Wayward Son is the latest song confirmed as being in Guitar Hero II.
• Epic confirms that Gears of War will have full co-op play for the entire game. To celebrate, here's some new screenshots and video.
• Remember that you can import Phoenix Wright II, which comes out in Japan in October, instead of waiting for a localized version. The Japanese game includes full English support.
• A French news agency drops the bombshell that video games make you fat and promiscuous.
• Undoubtedly, a school full of fat and promiscuous people are responsible for these video game themed homecoming floats.
• A clip from an old episode of Mr. Rogers has him taking a look at Donkey Kong in the arcade.
• Nintendo explains the Wii's Play History feature, which tracks how long you've been playing each game.