Nintendo's Wii U also launched that month and Assassin's Creed 3 had just gone on sale.

BBC: Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

The next game up is Assassin's Creed 3, which looks similarly impressive on the Shield's 5-inch screen.

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This conceit lead Desmond through a variety of eras in previous games, ending with the American Revolution in Assassin's Creed 3.

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Other video games making a strong showing include Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 3 - which shifted 886, 198 copies - and Microsoft's Halo 4, with 753, 489.

BBC: Call of Duty launch

OnLive's getting Driver: San Francisco, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, FEAR 3, Duke Nukem Forever and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, to name a few, and it's actually planning a Netflix-like flat rate pricing plan for back-catalog and indie games as well.

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