I Am Alive - Announced

Ubisoft played smarts with Assassin’s Creed, hype a title with a pretty face next to it and you’re sure to get attention even if the game itself was mediocre. Putting that aside, Ubisoft (or Jade Raymond) has announced their latest project; I Am Alive. Even though the title is NOT being developed by Ubisoft, it’s a project of Jade Raymond. Her involvement in the title is unknown at this point, though we’d reckon it’s limited to giving to 1,000 interviews and doing PR work. More details in E3 2008.

Set after an earthquake hits Chicago, I Am Alive is being labelled a “survival game”, with a few major differences from the typical “survival-horror” titles we’ve been seeing waves of recently. You won’t be trapped in the dark, beating up masses of scary things with great big weapons - instead, it’s more like a first-person adventure title, with a low emphasis on weapons.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction delayed till 2009/2010? [Updated]

According to the Xbox World 360 magazine, Ubisoft Montreal’s upcoming stealth-action title has supposedly gone “back to the drawing board”.

The reason behind it is Ubisoft’s own Assassin’s Creed title; since the company feels the design & gameplay of Assassin’s Creed outdate Splinter Cell: Conviction’s design. Read more

Assassin’s Creed Patch Details

Ubisoft has released details on the upcoming Assassin’s Creed patch. Check them out below:

In addition to addressing reported glitches, the patch will remove support for DX10.1 in order to rework its implementation.

We don’t have an exact date for the release of this patch but we’re hard at work and hope to have further updates soon.

Patch’s release date is TBA.

Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut for PC Now Available

Jade Raymond’s Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut has been officially released to retail stores. This, after getting leaked to the internet a month before.

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut for PC is now available at retailers nationwide at the MSRP of $49.99. It is rated “M? for Mature by the ESRB. Read more

Steam Client Update Released

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed corrupt backup creation for certain games
• Updated game overlay to support Assassin’s Creed

Ubisoft Launches More Than 40 titles on Steam

Ubisoft has teamed with Valve’s Steam to distribute more than 40 of their titles. The library includes Tom Clancy games as well as FarCry and the upcoming PC port of Assassin’s Creed.

Ubisoft is delivering a slate of more than 40 action-packed games to Steam, including Assassin’s Creed and the Tom Clancy series. Two fan favorites are now available to customers in Canada and the United States: the acclaimed action shooter, Far Cry, and the debut game in the groundbreaking stealth action series, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. Save 10% on either game when you buy before Tuesday, April 8th.

Starting today, the PC version of Assassin’s Creed is available for pre-purchase. Be one of the first to play the highly-awaited PC adaptation of the console hit—complete with four bonus missions unique to the PC release—when it releases on April 9th.

Over the coming weeks, Ubisoft will bring many of its award-winning brands to Steam, including games from the Tom Clancy series, the Heroes of Might & Magic series, the IL-2 Sturmovik collection, and many more. The Ubisoft line-up on Steam will be the largest library of titles available from any single publisher or developer.

Yves Guillemot QnA

GameDaily scored 10 questions with Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot. The QnA focuses on everything from upcoming DS/Wii games to future projects as well as Ubisoft’s hot producer Jade Raymond. Here’s a bit that should interest you:

I view Jade as a very skilled and creative producer, the success of Assassin’s Creed leaves no doubt about that and the attention she received from the media is due to the anticipation, buzz and quality of the game. She’s currently working on a new project but it’s a little too early to share more about it.

Check out the full interview here

Spring 2008 Upcoming Games Preview

FiringSquad has a preview of all the upcoming spring games that are just few weeks away from release. The list includes both PC and console (arrgh!) titles. Some of the titles they selected, include Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, PC version of Assassin’s Creed and many more. Interestingly, the PC version of Mass Effect is missing from the list. Read the feature here

Weekly Wallpaper Dose # 2

We’re back with another dose of high resolution gaming wallpapers! Each week, we’ll be bring our readers 20 high resolution game wallpapers from 10 games in 4 different resolutions (1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200) in widescreen (16:10 aspect ratio) format. Every week, we’ll pick 10 PC games (from new releases, upcoming titles to classic titles) and post two wallpapers related to said game. Hopefully, if you crave high resolution pc game wallpapers, you’ll enjoy this feature. Note: WWD will be published every saturday. Read more

Assassin’s Creed - Delayed

Ubisoft Montreal’s upcoming PC port of Assassin’s Creed has been pushed back to April 8th from the original March 28th. From the official site:

New release date information has been released for Assassin’s Creed on PC! The game will be on store shelves beginning April 8, 2008. PC gamers, mark your calendars!

No info regarding the delay has been released by Ubisoft.

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