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Video: Dead Kings, phallic flamethrowers and Gat Out of Hell

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Ubisoft says "sorry, our bad" for the trouble with Assassin's Creed: Unity with free DLC Dead Kings, available to download now. This make-good DLC whisks Arno to the gloomy burg of Franciade, known as Saint-Denis prior to the church-hatin' Revolution.

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The video above shows how to start Dead Kings by taking a carriage out of the city, plus Arno's new oil lantern for fending off underground critters in Franciade's royal crypts. The DLC also expands Arno's arsenal with a "guillotine gun", which should be a gun that fires guillotine blades at neck height, but is instead a kind of grenade launcher with a bayonet.

Speaking of ludicrously dangerous inventions, consider these seven inventors killed in video games by their best work. Sometimes it's an unlucky break for a well-meaning genius, sometimes it's a lethal dose of comeuppance for a hubristic boffin, and sometimes it's a phallic flamethrower with improper venting. Beware spoilers in the video below, though none for games released later than 2013.

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Last of all in this Saturday's Outside Xbox video sampler, Show of the Week eyes up Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, an 'expandalone' for Saints Row 4 in which series mainstays Johnny Gat and Kinzie Kensington go to the hot place to rescue the boss.

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Xbox One and PS4 owners can get the game bundled with Saints Row 4: Re-Elected, which contains Saints Row 4 jazzed up for the new consoles plus Gat Out of Hell on the side.

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