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Leaked Ubisoft Launch Schedule Mentions New Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell

A presumed leaked launch schedule for French publisher Ubisoft mentions that this year the company will launch a new Splinter Cell video game, a reboot of the Prince of Persia franchise and a new Assassin’s Creed title. Here are the launch dates mentioned in the leaked list: Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 for th...

15 February 2012
04:26 GMT

Rumor Mill: Next Assassin’s Creed Takes Place During American Revolutionary Period

A source has claimed that the next installment in the long-running Assassin’s Creed series from Ubisoft will take place during the American Revolution historical period, although it is not clear whether the main character will actually be a revolutionary. The source, which claims to have inside knowledge of th...

30 January 2012
07:09 GMT

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Gets New Map Variant for 15 Million Kills

French video game publisher Ubisoft has made available a new map variant for its Assassin’s Creed: Revelations open world game, allowing players to explore the Ippokratous map at night, as a reward for the fact that gamers have managed to rack up more than 15 million assassinations on all platforms. The Ippokr...

27 January 2012
08:14 GMT

FIFA 12 Tops United Kingdom Chart Just Before Christmas

FIFA 12, the football simulation from EA Sports, has been the top selling video game in the United Kingdom for the week, which ended on December 24, just before the crucial holiday of Christmas, when a lot of video games are sold in order to be turned into gifts.FIFA 12 languished in fourth place during the previous ...

28 December 2011
10:31 GMT

Gameloft Thanksgiving Week Sale Kicks-Off, 20 iOS Games for only US$0.99

Gameloft has just announced its promotional sale for this year’s Thanksgiving week. The company is now offering some of its most popular games for iOS for only US$0.99. No less than 20 title games are now available for download via App Store, for both iPhone and iPad devices. Among the titles availabl...

25 November 2011
20:01 GMT

Nolan North Wants Ubisoft to Use Uncharted Technology in Assassin's Creed

Nolan North, the voice actor behind Assassin's Creed's Desmond Miles, has advised Ubisoft, the company behind the popular series, to borrow some technology and work methods from Sony's Uncharted, in order to deliver that added bit of realism in cut scenes.Nolan North is probably one of the most active ...

17 November 2011
19:11 GMT

Ancestors DLC For Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gets Screenshots

After unveiling the first downloadable content pack for Assassin's Creed: Revelations yesterday, in the form of the Ancestors pack, Ubisoft has now deployed several screenshots of the multiplayer characters that are included in the DLC.Assassin's Creed: Revelations was just released in North America, and is...

17 November 2011
16:21 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Multiplayer DLC Already Announced

Barely has Assassin's Creed: Revelations been released in North America and already Ubisoft, its publisher, has confirmed that a special downloadable content pack will be released next month, which brings new characters to the multiplayer mode.Assassin's Creed: Revelations is set to conclude the story of Ez...

16 November 2011
15:31 GMT

New Video Presents The Sentinel from Assassin's Creed: Revelations' Multiplayer

Ubisoft has unleashed yet another video for its Assassin's Creed: Revelations title, which is out today in North America, this time focusing on the Sentinel character from the game's multiplayer mode.We know quite a lot about Revelations' single-player campaign, which sees Ezio retrace the steps of his...

15 November 2011
14:21 GMT

Ubisoft Prepares More Original Games

Ubisoft believes that, in order to continue to be competitive in the video game industry, it needs to deliver more new intellectual properties in the coming years, with one leading developer saying that the French publisher is like a evil empire of creativity.Jason Van den Berghe, who is the creative director working...

15 November 2011
08:11 GMT

Check Out the History of the Assassin's Creed Franchise Through a Video Recap

Ubisoft has released a brand new video about its Assassin's Creed franchise, right on the day when the latest iteration in the series, Revelations, is being launched in North America.The Assassin's Creed franchise has delighted players ever since 2007 and, with the most recent titles, has reached new height...

15 November 2011
05:40 GMT

Here's the Launch Trailer for Assassin's Creed: Embers

Video game publisher has put out the launch trailer for Assassin's Creed: Embers, the UbiWorkshop made animated short linked to its well known open world action game.The full movie will be included in the Signature and the Collector's Edition package for Assassin's Creed: Revelations, which is set to b...

14 November 2011
07:21 GMT

“Assassin's Creed: Revelations” for Android Now Available for Download

The latest installment of the Assassin's Creed series, “Assassin's Creed: Revelations” has just made the jump on Android devices.Developed by Gameloft, the title is now available for purchase in the Android Market for £1.99 (2.30 EUR or US$3.20) and is fully compatible with devices running...

14 November 2011
07:06 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations for PC Won't Feature Ubisoft's Always-On DRM

Great news for PC gamers that want to get the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations title, as Ubisoft confirmed that the game won't feature its infamous digital rights management (DRM) system that forced players to always stay connected to the internet.Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise is one ...

11 November 2011
13:51 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Launch Trailer Now Available

After unveiling all sorts of videos, trailers and screenshots of its upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ubisoft has now revealed the launch trailer for the game ahead of its release next week.Revelations promises to end the saga of Ezio Auditore, the protagonist of the last two games, in a major way, showca...

11 November 2011
12:51 GMT

Analysts: Batman, Assassin's Creed and Skyrim Battle for 2011 Third Place

Despite the strong line-up of fall releases, which includes such titles as the new Batman, the coming Skyrim and the already releases Super Mario 3D Land, Battlefield 3, Gears of War 3 and Battlefield 3, analysts are not yet ready to say that by the end of 2011 the holiday season would have been better than the simil...

10 November 2011
17:31 GMT

New Assassin's Creed Game Officially Confirmed for 2012

Ubisoft has confirmed that a new Assassin's Creed game is coming next year, despite the fact that the latest installment in the series, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, hasn't even been released as of yet.Ubisoft has quite a lot of best selling franchises, including hardcore ones, like Prince of Persia o...

10 November 2011
15:51 GMT

New Assassin's Creed: Revelations Video Presents Life in Constantinople

Ubisoft is getting ready to deploy Assassin's Creed: Revelations next week, so, until players will be able to guide protagonist Ezio Auditore through new and quite bloody adventures, the French company has presented a special video that focuses on its main setting, the city of Constantinople.In Revelations, Ezio...

10 November 2011
04:24 GMT

Ubisoft Announces Better than Expected Sales, Still Posts Loss

French video game publisher Ubisoft has reported a loss for the second fiscal quarter of the year, with overall sales coming in at 248.5 million Euro (the equivalent of 342.6 million dollars), which is 30 percent more than the company expected to get for the period but still 5% less than the figure posted for the sam...

9 November 2011
04:53 GMT

New Assassin's Creed: Revelations Video Shows Off Tower Defense Gameplay

The upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations title is set to include quite a lot of surprises for fans in terms of gameplay, the latest of which being a sort of Tower Defense mode, called Den Defense.In it, the hero, Ezio Auditore, uses his strategy skills to place and guide the attacks of his assassin brothers ag...

31 October 2011
07:34 GMT

SoulCalibur V's Ezio Will Be Easier to Master than Yoda or Darth Vader

Namco Bandai, the developer and publisher of the upcoming SoulCalibur V fighting game has released some more details about the surprise guest fighter, Ezio Auditore from Ubisoft's extremely successful Assassin’s Creed series, saying that he's going to be an easier player to master than the previous gu...

26 October 2011
16:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: Sony Pictures Will Create Assassin's Creed Movie

A series of website registrations from Sony Pictures suggests that the production company has managed to enter into a deal with video game publisher to create and launch an Assassin's Creed movie.Fans of the franchise have spotted no less than sixteen domain names that are linked to Assassin's Creed and are...

25 October 2011
03:26 GMT

Assassin's Creed's Ezio Auditore Appears in SoulCalibur V, Video Included

Ubisoft and Namco Bandai have made a pretty surprising announcement, as Ezio Auditore, from the Assassin's Creed franchise, will be fully playable in the upcoming SoulCalibur V fighting game that arrives early next year.Ezio Auditore showcased his assassin skills in two games from the Assassin's Creed serie...

21 October 2011
10:31 GMT

New Assassin's Creed: Revelations Trailer Shows Off Ezio's Violent Side

Ezio Auditore is the smooth talking yet quite ruthless protagonist of recent Assassin's Creed games, and in the upcoming Revelations, even if he's not the young killer we knew from the second game or last year's Brotherhood, he's still going to have to eliminate lots of opponents.In order to showc...

21 October 2011
05:24 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Developer Talks About Constantinople Design

Ubisoft has talked about the design process in the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations title and how the team tried to create a unique location with Constantinople, recreating all of its iconic landmarks that existed in the 16th century, while emphasizing the different cultures that clashed in that older vers...

20 October 2011
03:57 GMT

Here's the Full Achievements List for Assassin's Creed: Revelations

The full Achievement list for Assassin's Creed: Revelations has been leaked, with the Trophy list on the PlayStation 3 probably looking pretty similar.Be warned that some of the names and descriptions go deep into spoiler territory.Tax Evasion – Get your money back from a Templar tax collector – 10GA...

18 October 2011
04:25 GMT

Assassin's Creed Developer Says Yearly Launches Are Perfect

Fans of the Assassin's Creed series should get ready to play another adventure based on the universe each year, if statements from one of the main developers working on the franchise at Ubisoft are to be believed.Speaking to magazine EDGE Falco Poiker, who is the mission design director working on Assassin'...

17 October 2011
13:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: October 9

This week we have been football crazy, with a full review of FIFA 12 from EA Sports up on Softpedia, but we also had the time to play and comment on other video game launches.We have also created Quick Looks for RAGE, with some included bugs, for the Hearts of Iron - The Card Game and for the demo version of Might & ...

9 October 2011
05:41 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Doesn't Have Puzzles, Relies on Animus Exploration

The upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations video game will drop the puzzle sequences from previous games before it, like Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood, instead opting to intrigue players by letting them guide Desmond, the modern-day protagonist, through the dark recesses of the Animus.Revelations promi...

7 October 2011
03:55 GMT

Ubisoft Announces Solve the Animus Assassin's Creed Competition

Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced a competition called Unlock the Animus, which is linked to the launch of the new Assassin's Creed: Revelations, with the grand prize being a trip with all expenses paid to Istanbul.Interestingly the official site of the Unlock the Animus competition is separate from tha...

6 October 2011
03:32 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gets Violent Story Trailer

Ubisoft may have made a thought provoking franchise in the form of Assassin's Creed, detailing conspiracies between ancient brotherhoods of assassins and Templar knights, but, in the end, it's still about killing enemies in various violent ways, so the new story trailer for the upcoming Assassin's Cree...

5 October 2011
13:01 GMT

New Assassin's Creed Coming Next Year to Conclude Desmond's Story

Ubisoft is getting ready to release Assassin's Creed: Revelations in November, which is set to conclude the trilogy of titles focusing on protagonist Ezio Auditore, but a new game will also appear next year, which wraps up the story of the current-day protagonist, Desmond Miles. Ubisoft achieved impressive sa...

4 October 2011
07:05 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations for PC Delayed Until December

Ubisoft, to the surprise of almost no one, has announced that its upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations for the PC has been delayed until December, while the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions are still on track for their initial release date of November 15.Ubisoft has made a habit of announcing games that wil...

30 September 2011
12:31 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gets Extended Story Trailer

Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the new action adventure title from Ubisoft, has just received an extended version of the trailer we saw back at E3 2011 in June, this time with the action narrated by the protagonist, Ezio Auditore.Without a doubt Assassin's Creed: Revelations is one of the most anticipated g...

28 September 2011
06:54 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Trailer Out Now

Shortly after ending the multiplayer beta stage for the Assassin's Creed: Revelations title, Ubisoft has now showcased a video for the online mode, depicting some of the impressive executions available to players. Assassin's Creed: Revelations is expected by legions of fans all around the world, as all o...

22 September 2011
03:45 GMT

Day-One PS3 Assassin's Creed: Revelations Copies Include Original Assassin's Creed

Ubisoft and Sony have announced that day-one copies of the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations on the PlayStation 3 will include the original Assassin's Creed game free of charge.Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise has become extremely important in recent years, as after a shaky start, it'...

20 September 2011
15:51 GMT

Jesper Kyd Handles Music for Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that Jesper Kyd, the composer who has already worked on all the titles in the Assassin's Creed series until know, will also be writing and producing the original score for the upcoming Revelations video game.Kyd has also composed the tracks that players will listen to w...

20 September 2011
09:44 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Will Answer 7 out of 10 Fan Questions

The developers working on Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the latest entry in the Ubisoft made mix between open world action and mystery, have made it clear that they are planning to shed some light on the questions players have about the franchise, without giving everything away.Of course, a fair number of ...

29 August 2011
05:46 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gets Ultimate Bundle, Animus Edition Trailer

Ubisoft is offering a variety of special editions of its upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations game, seemingly trying to attract customers into paying a bit more money to get extra content for the much-anticipated game. Now, GameStop has revealed yet another special edition of the game, in the form of the As...

29 August 2011
03:55 GMT

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Beta Exclusive to PlayStation 3

Ubisoft has announced that a special multiplayer beta stage will be held for its upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Revelations title next month, exclusively on the PlayStation 3 console, for now at least.Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is set to be one of the biggest games released by Ubisoft this year, promising ...

11 August 2011
17:11 GMT

85 Percent of Assassin's Creed Lore Is Already Mapped Out

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is already slated for launch on November 15, but one of the leading developers working on the series from Ubisoft has said that there's more universe lore to be delivered to players although 85 percent of the game story has already been mapped out. Speaking to the Xbox World M...

3 August 2011
05:46 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Special Editions Confirmed

The first details about the special editions of Assassin's Creed: Revelations have appeared, with large retailers depicting the contents of the adequately named Special Edition, the Collector's Edition and the ultimate Animus Edition. Ubisoft announced Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the next install...

28 July 2011
04:00 GMT

Ubisoft Wants Assassin's Creed and Other Franchises on Tablets

Large French publisher Ubisoft has confessed its desire to see many of the big franchises it owns appear on all sorts of devices, not just consoles or the PC, but also on tablets like the Apple iPad or the many other such platforms that are currently being released. Ubisoft has a quite a large stable of franchises...

22 July 2011
02:40 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Is All About Ezio and Altair

The upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the new game in the series from Ubisoft, won't answer every question about its main protagonist Desmond, as it will mostly focus on Altair and Ezio, two of his ancestors which starred in the first and the last two games, respectively. Ubisoft's Assassin�...

19 July 2011
04:15 GMT

Ubisoft Announces Toys Based on Assassin's Creed, Might & Magic, Ghost Recon

French video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it is creating a collection of merchandise based around its video game universes called UbiCollectibles, which will allow fans to pick up items based upon well-known franchises like Ghost Recon, Assassin's Creed, Might & Magic and more. At the moment, the...

6 July 2011
13:41 GMT

E3 2011: Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gets Release Date, Gameplay Video

After presenting the stunning cinematic trailer for Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ubisoft, the game's publisher, has now showcased a more impressive gameplay video, and even confirmed the release date of the upcoming title. Ubisoft is getting ready to once more release an Assassin's Creed game at t...

9 June 2011
14:01 GMT

E3 2011: Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gets Complete Trailer

Ubisoft, during its E3 2011 conference, presented the full trailer for its upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations title, showcasing the protagonist of the game, Ezio Auditore, and how he interacts with his ancestor and hero of the very first Assassin's Creed game, Altair. Ubisoft presented the new Revela...

7 June 2011
09:00 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gets Teaser Trailer, Fresh Screenshots

Assassin's Creed: Revelations has just received some fresh details from its developer and publisher, Ubisoft, as well as some new screenshots and a teaser trailer that hints at a bigger video appearing at next month's E3 conference. Ubisoft is keen on raising the hype around its next installment in the A...

27 May 2011
17:21 GMT

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gets Location Details

After the massive announcement at the beginning of the month, Ubisoft is now detailing Assassin's Creed: Revelations, more specifically the locations that the main character, Ezio Auditore will visit. Assassin's Creed: Revelations is set to be one of the biggest titles of the end of the year, so Ubisoft, i...

24 May 2011
03:50 GMT

Ubisoft Working on Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon and Assassin's Creed Movies

Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the branch of the French video game publisher that is focused on creating movies out of its intellectual property, has announced that it was already working on full-fledged live action movies, using the popular new three-dimensional shooting process, based on series like Splinter Cell, Ghost ...

17 May 2011
14:51 GMT


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