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Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Assassin’s Creed merchandise
Assassin’s Creed is one for the history books. Launched in 2007 as one of the first flagship titles for the PS3 and Xbox 360, Ubisoft’s time-hopping stealth-action franchise clocks up its ninth core entry this month as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate eagle-dives onto shelves. Altogether, Assassin’s Creed has sold over 73 …
Read More »Retail: Are you ready for the busiest five weeks of the year?
If you work in games retail, you might want to take a deep breath before looking at the release schedule for the next month. From next week onwards, there are multiple major launches every few days for the next five weeks. And after that, there’s the onslaught of Black Friday, …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Syndicate introduces first transgender character
Ubisoft continues push towards diversity with latest entry in long-running series
Read More »Assassin’s Creed soundtracks coming to CD and vinyl
The musical scores from Ubisoft’s historical stealth-action series Assassin’s Creed are coming to physical formats for the first time later this year. The publisher has teamed up with licensing partnerSumthing Else Music Works to release the soundtracks from all of the core console entries in the franchise so far on …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed writer quits Ubisoft
Corey May picked up by Certain Affinity as narrative director
Read More »For Creed and country – Ubisoft’s effort to restore Assassin’s Creed’s reputation with Syndicate
It’s not a populist thing to say, but I quite liked Assassin’s Creed Unity. The game’s 18th-century French setting was beautiful, and there were some truly epic set pieces that were a joy to play. Unfortunately for Ubisoft, not everyone agreed. The launch of Unity was plagued by technical issues …
Read More »VIDEO: Ubisoft says it will learn from Assassin’s Creed Unity mistakes
Publisher Ubisoft has very publicly put its hands in the air and admitted that the fierce reception that greeted last year’s Assassin’s Creed: Unity really hurt its workers. The game managed 70 per cent on Metacritic, which is the lowest of any main game in the series. More worrying however …
Read More »Ubisoft details Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, set for October release
Ubisoft has provided some more information about the latest entry in its Assassin’s Creed series, Syndicate. In a announcement video, the publisher revealed that the title is being developed by Ubisoft Quebec. This is the first Assassin’s Creed game that the Quebec studio has headed up development on, though it …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Syndicate expected to have playable female lead
Ubisoft responds to last year’s backlash, new Assassin’s Creed title due to be unveiled today
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