Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag – pirate theme confirmed The latest entry in the Assassin’s Creed series will have you stepping into the sword-slinging, booze-drinking pillaging world of pirates. Arr. Ubisoft has released the game pack shots for the next iteration of Assassin’s Creed, and we have an official title and theme. Say hello to Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. Using our legendary powers of deduction, we reckon Assassin’s Creed 4 will have something to do with pirates....

Assassin’s Creed III coming to Wii U The next Assassin’s Creed game will be the first major release on a Nintendo system, Ubisoft confirms Jumpy-stabby stealth game Assassin’s Creed III will be making its way to Nintendo’s Wii U, developer Ubisoft has confirmed. It’ll be the first major Assassin’s Creed game on a Nintendo home console, though handheld-only releases like Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles have been released on the Nintendo DS....

Aston Martin 2013 DB9 replaces Virage The latest car to be unveiled by Aston Martin packs a 48 valve V12 engine – and no mercy for the Virage If you’ve got a spare tux lying around, along with about £132,000 in cash, you can pretend your James Bond in the new 2013 Aston Martin DB9. Just remember you don’t have a licence to kill. Licence to thrill did you say? You certainly will driving anyone around in this 48 valve V12 animal of a car....

Aston Martin Vanquish let loose in new video Watch the stunning carbon fibre grand tourer take on some long and winding roads Aston Martin’s new Vanquish is a tiny bit special, as we noted in ourIcon articleabout it. The successor to the DBS, it’s a carbon fibre-bodied beast rocking a 6-litre V12. Unlike its predecessor, it looks like it won’t be appearing in the new James Bond film, Skyfall – so Aston Martin’s taken it upon itself to show off its skills in this new video clip....

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Android 4.0 update delayed It looks like original Asus Transformer owners will have to wait just that little bit longer for their taste of Ice Cream Sandwich Owners of the original Asus Eee Pad Transformer – and Stuff’s 2011Gadget of the Year– had reason to celebrate last month when it was announced the transforming tablet would be following in the footsteps of itsTransformer Primesibling andHD-toting successorby getting theIce Cream Sandwich treatmentin mid-February....

Asus Qube Google TV box is unveiled You can up the IQ of your telly in an instant with this little chunk of cubified tech Asus has revealed its Qube Google TV box here at CES and bastardised spelling aside, we must admit we’re rather taken with its unusually striking form factor. The Qube is running the latest version of Google TV, which means you’ll have Chrome and YouTube for browsing and cat video shenanigans, while 50GB of cloud storage should make up for its 4GB of on-board memory....

Asus to make motion-controlled computers a reality this year Time to start thinking about flinging that old mouse into the tech graveyard… Leap Motion’s3D motion control technology– which uses cameras and sensors to let you interact with your PC Minority Report-style – got us all excited last year. We can’t wait to waggle our fingers at our computers – and Asus is obliging us, with plans to release laptops and PCs with the Leap Motion tech built-in....