Discover an intriguing and fascinating new epic story of power, revenge, and conspiracy set in a pivotal moment of History: the Italian Renaissance.
Oct
29
Another top score for Assassin’s Creed II, this time from Official PlayStation Magazine. In their words, the game is “Brilliant” and the “world is rich and complicated”. Their final recommendation? “Cancel your plans for Christmas Holiday, we’re spending ours in Italy.” High praise indeed.
Oct
27
The Gadget Show go behind the scenes at Montreal’s motion capture studio to find out more about creating the animations in Assasin’s Creed II.
Head over to The Gadget Show website to find out more!
Oct
27
When the Duke of Milan is brutally murdered, the Assassin Giovanni Auditore is dispatched to investigate. The answers he uncovers implicate Italy’s most powerful families reaching all the way back to the Vatican itself. As Giovanni draws closer to the truth, he becomes hunted himself. He must expose the conspirators before he joins their ever growing list of victims.
Lineage is the prequel to the Assassin’s Creed II story, revealing the machinations of 15th century Italy through the actions of Ezio’s father, Giovanni.
Watch the first part below and keep an eye out for Part 2 coming soon!
Oct
23
That is, basically, what GamesRadar could have called this article. It’s a fantastic, in-depth look at Assassin’s Creed 2 from the perspective of both existing fans and cynical critics of the first one.
Games Radar is convinced that both camps will enjoy the game a lot, see what you think.
Oct
22
The OXM review was just the beginning. Expect plenty more scores in the near future, in the mean time numerous sites have posted their impressions of the first few hours of the game. Take a look, they are positively glowing.
Gamespot “The game is looking very impressive, with the new locations and the historically accurate setting, and the hours flew by as we played.”
IGN “Assassin’s Creed II is a lot more than anyone expected.”
Nowgamer “A month to go and the build is more polished than we could’ve possibly hoped. This is going to be very, very good.”
CVG “It’s pure fan service, as are most of the promising changes we’ve seen in the game so far.”
TVG “Few single-player games offer 27 hours of gameplay as a ballpark figure and with its setting, story and free-running looking first class, the stage is set for AC II to be a great game.”
Oct
22
Oct
21
Assassin’s Creed is now an Xbox 360 Classic! You can now download the game directly to your console through the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Oct
19
This is it, the moment that lots of you have been waiting for. The first trailer of our upcoming Assassin’s Creed 2 short movies: “Assassin’s Creed Lineage”.
We’re really excited to show you this because we have been talking a lot about the convergence between video games and cinema, and now it has become a reality for Ubisoft. We hope that you will like the movies, and because it’s a long tradition in cinema’s history, I’ll conclude on a trailer.
Atmon
Oct
16
We’re a month away from launch and still have tons of stuff to share with you. Our Dev Diaries always generate lots of discussion and we think this one will be no different. This latest video deals with combat and how brutal it can be in Assassins’ Creed 2. Take a look!
Oct
14
No you’re not on the wrong page! It’s just a little news to tell you that some of our team members are in Italy for a series of interviews, and we got a message from Seb and Patrice that I wanted to share with you guys.
Patrice waving at the team, live from Florence
Their message says
“On Ponte Vecchio frame rate is solid and we really feel like living in the game”
It sounds like articles are on their way guys!
Atmon
