Today marks the release of Bonfire of the Vanities, Ubisoft’s second piece of DLC for Assassin’s Creed II. Rather than recommend you invest in this add-on blindly, we thought we’d give you a quick plot synopsis and a glimpse of the content itself.
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Assuming those of you reading this review have already hopped, skipped and stabbed your way through Assassin’s Creed II, I ask you this: do you remember when Animus techie Rebecca Crane desynchronised Desmond Miles from Ezio in chapter 11, explaining the Animus data had become corrupt, before throwing you into chapter 14 sporting some fashionable face [...]
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Geoff Keighley, Canadian video game journalist and Executive Producer and host of Spike TV’s GameTrailers TV, has made an interesting statement on proverbial online grapevine Twitter recently; the Assassin’s Creed series is going multiplayer:
‘In Ubi earnings release also mentioned a new Assassins Creed “episode” with an online multiplayer mode is coming this year.’
Whether this multiplayer mode [...]
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Our friends at Ubisoft have been kind enough to relinquish additional information concerning the two Assassin’s Creed II downloadable content packages planned for next year, so we thought we’d spread the word.
‘The Battle of Forli’ is expected towards the end of January, priced at $3.99 (European pricing TBC). Ezio joins forces with Machiavelli and Caterina [...]
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Few posts are as short and sweet as this one…
LittleBigPlanet fans and wannabe assassins alike should pay a visit to the PlayStation Store, as Media Molecule has created what could be their coolest ever Sackboy costume: Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the protagonist from Ubisoft’s sandbox blockbuster Assassin’s Creed II.
It’s available from today priced at $1.99, €1.99 [...]
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The Italian Renaissance was a pivotal historical moment, a time of rebirth, enlightenment and inspiration that emerged from what Renaissance humanists labelled the Dark Ages. More relevantly it is the setting for Assassin’s Creed II, a continuation of the struggle between the liberty-seeking Assassins and the oppressive Templars. The appeal of the original Assassin’s Creed [...]
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Ubisoft and Penguin Books have formed a unique partnership that will spark the publication of Assassin’s Creed Renaissance, a novel based on upcoming PlayStation 3 blockbuster Assassin’s Creed 2.
Penguin is confident that Ubisoft’s fascinating new storyline and well-developed characters will translate impeccably into an appealing literary work suited to fans of historical fiction and gaming [...]
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This just in direct from Ubisoft – that’s right, I talk to Ubisoft…
The latest developer diary feature for Assassin’s Creed 2, a captivating new epic story of power, revenge, and conspiracy set in fifteenth century Italy, is now available online for your viewing pleasure.
The video takes an in-depth look at assassin-in-the-making Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a [...]
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The PS3 releases this month have been as strong as ever, and fortunately the great games are still flooding in for Christmas time. This month’s OPM reviews the greatly anticipated Italian stealth simulator, FIFA’s ugly sister, the epitome of the PlayStation fighting genre, a game where you ferociously make flailing arm movements at your TV to cater for your “virtual pet” (yeah right, you crazy man) and many more. Hit the jump for the latest scores.
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Assassin’s Creed was unquestionably a big hit. Assassin’s Creed II looks to be an even bigger hit. But one has to wonder: after how many technically-impressive, gracefully-executed stealth kills will Ubisoft’s gameplay model start to get old?
When Xbox World 360 spoke to the game’s Creative Director Patrice Fortier about the likelihood of a third instalment, [...]
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A bundle of news for your eyeballs today.
Eurogamer has a lot of evidence about the upcoming 250GB PS3 slim. According to two UK retailers a ‘definite’ October release is slated along with three possible bundles and a provincial price of £299.99. What are these bundles? Well, none other then Assasins Creed 2, Grand Turismo [...]
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With the success of the first title, it goes without saying that the expectations for Assassin’s Creed 2 are great. The next installment is so anticipated that pre-orders for the Black Edition have already sold out, by Ubisoft’s own admission.
The solution? The creation of a new collector’s edition, Assassin’s Creed 2: White Edition. How original. [...]
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Assassin’s Creed 2 producer, Sebastien Puel, has said to Hobby Consolas, a Spanish gaming magazine, that the upcoming and awesome-looking Assassin’s Creed 2 will have online, according to TSA. The mode will be called ‘La Villa’ and is rather similar to Home’s apartments, really. You get to decorate a room with items that you collect [...]
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