Assassin’s Creed 2 Rumors

November 26, 2008 by Raj  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Genre

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GiantBomb.com has the word that Ubisoft’s sequel to Assassin’s Creed maybe based in the 1700s time-period. Yes, but will it have Jade Raymond? Read more

Prince of Persia Gone Gold

November 21, 2008 by Raj  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Genre, Press Releases

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Ubisoft’s upcoming Prince of Persia title has gone gold. The game has been sent off to manufacturing plants to replicate the DVDs and get ready for retail. Read more

NPD PC Game Sales of July 2008

NPD is back with their crackpot sales charts and they’re horrifying as ever;

Top 1-5

1. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
3. Spore Creature Creator
4. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest
5. The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff Expansion

Top 5-10

6. Diablo Battle Chest
7. World of Warcraft
8. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack
9. The Sims 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack
10. Warcraft III Battle Chest

Top 10-20

10. Warcraft III Battle Chest
11. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
12. Civilization IV
13. The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff Expansion Pack
14. Starcraft: Battle Chest
15. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
16. Assassin’s Creed: Director’s Cut Edition
17. Age of Empires III
18. Crysis
19. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Expansion Pack
20. The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack

Prince of Persia - QnA, Screenshots

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Ubisoft has released the first screenshots for upcoming title; Prince of Persia as well as a related QnA. Check it out below:

Answers from Ben Mattes / Producer

Could you introduce yourself and explain your role in the project?
I’m Ben Mattes, producer of the next Prince of Persia title.

On which platforms will this new PoP be available?
Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
We are also developing a completely different game which is specifically designed for the DS.

When will the games be released?

Holidays season 2008. Read more

Assassin’s Creed QnA

March 4, 2008 by Raj  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Interview, Screenshots

IGN sat down with Charles Beauchemin, technical lead at Ubisoft to chat about the upcoming PC version of Assassin’s Creed. Snippet from the QnA:

IGN: How much of the changes were based on community feedback after the console version’s release?

Charles Beauchemin: When the console version was released, we looked at the feedback from the community and we decided to use the additional time of development to add some variety by including new investigation types. Here is an example: before receiving the green light to assassinate Garnier de Naplouse, you had to complete 2 investigations out of 6. However, you could complete all the investigations available as well. Since we had 5 potential investigation types, you would at least encounter one type twice. Now, with the 4 new investigation types, we have a total of 9 investigation types, so you can complete all 6 investigations before going for Garnier de Naplouse without doing the same investigation twice.

Full QnA and 33 screenshots after the jump.
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Assassin’s Creed Leaks to BitTorrent, gets Nuked

March 2, 2008 by Raj  
Filed under BitTorrent, Piracy

As we reported earlier, Ubisoft’s upcoming PC port of (produced & pimped by Jade Raymond) Assassin’s Creed was leaked to Internet a FULL month earlier from it’s original release date. However, it seems that both releases have been nuked and the “early adopters” are unable to progress beyond level 1. Apparently, the game is missing some critical level files that cannot be fixed by a cracked exe.

serves them right, we say.