Beautiful, expansive worlds with a plethora of enemies, tools, and diverse characters with whom the player character can interact aren’t just for open world games.

Take-Two is laughing all the way to the bank with Red Dead Redemption, which has led the company to it’s first profitable year without a major GTA release. The company saw net revenue for its fiscal third quarter reach $354.1 million, up significantly from the $94.9 million reported last year during the same time period. Leading the profits is Red Dead Redemption, which has shipped 6.9 million copies worldwide since the May release.

Crackdown was released in early 2007 to generally positive reviews. Players had a blast bounding over rooftops, throwing cars off of bridges, blowing up everything they saw in glorious mega-explosions. Now, over three years later, developer Ruffian Games has re-released the popular platformer fo- Wait, this is a sequel? Seriously? Oh. My bad, everyone.

Shortly before he left Ubisoft, Patrice Désilets, the Creative Director behind Assassins Creed: Brotherhood freely divulged information regarding the end of the upcoming title, stating …

With Assasins Creed 2 still leaving a fresh taste in our mouths, it is interesting to know that Ubisoft already has plans for Desmon and sequels in the series. Make the leap for more.

Both Assassin’s Creed and its sequel have been two of my favorite games in the past few years, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that the third installment, Brotherhood, was on the top of my list of games to see at E310 …

In the event that you missed director John Hillcoat’s short film about Red Dead Redemption, you can check out the completely in-game created work below. Let us know what you think of it in the comments section.

The US isn’t the only place being inundated with rumors, screens, and press releases as E3 2010 approaches. A recent Japanese press event has produced a crap load of new Crackdown 2 screens (dubbed Riot Act 2 in Japan) …

Crackdown 2 developer, Ruffian Games, gave us an update on the status of their open world sequel by issuing the following commendatory tweet a few short hours ago …

I don’t consider myself much of an “achievement whore”, so it takes a certain type of achievement to even remotely garner my attention. And the types that do entertain me are so far fetched, random, and down right destructive, that the sheer enjoyment gained …

If you’re anything like me, you played and enjoyed the original Crackdown game. However, you’re probably also wondering where the hell the mutant alien invasion terrorizing the Pacific City streets in the sequel came from …

Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption is all the rage right now, and if you haven’t played it there is likely something wrong with you. Maybe you’ve got bad breath or a severe case of foot fungus. Worst yet, maybe you’re …

Hey remember that Red Dead Redemption Animated Short we mentioned the other day? You know, the one made from in-game assets and scheduled to air on FOX this Saturday at midnight EST? …

Batman, Joker, Harley, and the rest of the Arkham bunch will be coming back for seconds. Rocksteady opened up the Video Game Awards on Spike TV by announcing Batman: Arkham Asylum 2. Watch the trailer below …

A new teaser trailer (shown below) was released today for the upcoming Crackdown 2 announcing that the game would be part of the laundry list of Video Game Awards world exclusives debuting live on Spike TV December 12th.