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Highly portable game engine Unity has added yet another platform to its line-up of supported devices – smart TVs. Gamasutra reports consumer electronics manufacturer LG has struck a deal with Unity to deliver games built on its engine to a new range of TVs. Unity has over 750,000 licensees including Square Enix. LG has also recently partnered with OnLive and is apparently on a campaign to completely rid your living room of boxes.

UK regulator Ofcom has ruled that ITV misled viewers by airing footage of Bohemia military sim ArmA 2 as real-life footage of the IRA shooting down a British Army helicopter.

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Sony has updated Video Unlimited for the US, with new releases such as Paranormal Activity: The Chronology, Moneyball, and Scorpion King 3. Yes, they made a third one.

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LG Electronics and Gaikai announced a partnership during CES which will implement Smart TV cloud gaming services across LG Cinema 3D TVs starting with 2012 products.

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Sony has updated the US PS Video Store with the thriller Contagion, the “why this didn’t just go directly to video” film I Don’t Know How She Does It, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, and the equally forgettable, Shark Night.

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Sky’s launched 3D Games Review, a show in 3D written by Eurogamer’s Johnny Minkley and Paolo Sedazzar.

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Whispers suggest Microsoft is planning a range of Xbox Live-exclusive TV shows as part of its drive to make the service an entertainment powerhouse.

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The 2011 Spike VGAs were meant to celebrate the year’s best games and hype future releases. Instead, Johnny Cullen argues, they played to stereotypes in the worst possible way.

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Sony has updated its US movie and TV offerings with plenty of goodies to watch, starting with The Hangover Part II an the sci-fi western, Cowboys & Aliens.

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It was Boom City tonight, with Skyrim winning Game of the Year, Slegehammer getting teabagged and Naughty Dog’s next project unveiled to the world at the Spike VGAs. Get all of the happenings below the break.

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Sony has updated the US PS Movie Store new releases The Smurfs and Friends with Benefits, which might only be worth the watch just to see Mila Kunis prance around in her skivvies.

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Microsoft has announced that the UFC App on Xbox 360 has been delayed. The pay-per-view on-demand video content was originally slated for release tonight, but will instead be made available on December 20, which will features a match-up between Lesnar and Overeem. The next match on the docket is December 10, and is between Jones and Machida. No word on why the App was canceled last minute was provided at press time. Thanks, Shack.

Verizon has announced its US high-speed internet cable TV service FiOS will contain 26 channels when it launches through Xbox 360. As previously reported, in order to access Verizon’s service or any other TV offerings coming to the console, an Xbox Live Gold membership will be required. The service will be compatible with Kinect, and new customers can sign up for $89.99 per month which comes with a 12-month XBL Gold package and a copy of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. The various TV services coming to 360 are rumored for a December release. Thanks, PR Newswire.

Sony has announced that its PlayStation 3DTV will be released on November 13 in the US, and over in the UK, its head-mounted 3D device will hit the market starting December 8.

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It’s not unusual for famous Hollywood types to appear in commercials overseas, especially in Japan, and below the break you can see one with Harrison Ford hocking Uncharted 3.

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Media Regulator Ofcom is to investigate UK broadcaster ITV after it mistakenly aired footage of Bohemia Interactive’s ArmA 2 as real-life footage of the IRA shooting down a helicopter with weapons provided by now-deposed Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi. The footage was aired as part of the first episode of real-affairs show Exposure: Gadaffi and the IRA last month. ITV had said at the time it blamed “human error” for the gaffe, but apologised nonetheless. Ofcom’s now kicked off its investigation to see if ITV was in breach of the body’s broadcasting code.

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Ubisoft’s announced this morning a deal with Nickelodeon to bring an animated TV series based on Rabbids. 26 half-hour long episodes will begin airing from 2013 on the channel across the world except France, with Ubisoft’s Motion Pictures studio working with the publisher’s French studios on the show. The Rabbid characters were introduced in 2006 as part of Rayman spin-off, Rayman: Raving Rabbids.

An ITV documentary which aired in the UK on September 26 – and looked into claims that the deposed autocratic ruler of Libya, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, supported the IRA – was found to contain footage of a helicopter being shot down from a video game instead of actual, raw footage of the event in question.

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Verizon’s director of media relations, Bobbi Henson, has commented on yesterday’s rumor that Microsoft, Comcast and Verizon were ironing out a deal which would see Xbox 360 being turned into a cable box of sorts. While Henson wouldn’t say whether or not the rumor was true, she did say to “stay tuned for the future.”

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As if the lovely sand art video for Uncharted 3 wasn’t enough for you today, Sony has released the TV spot for the game, which you can view below the beak. The advertising campaign kick offs tonight, so those in the US should start seeing this commercial on the soon. The debut of it will occur during the 2011 NFL Kickoff game tonight between the Packers and Saints. Uncharted 3 is out November 1.

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