Ubisoft just keeps posting those videos and screenshots.  Compared to other developers, Ubisoft has been extremely active in spreading the gospel of its latest marquee title, Assassin’s Creed III. That’s why you’ve been reading a lot about AC3 in gaming websites such as this one, and that may also be why the title will most likely be a huge success once released, regardless of platform.  Earlier in the day, Ubisoft released an interesting new [...]

  Ever wonder why the Boston Tea Party is referred to as such?  Ubisoft can give you the answer to that question in its latest trailer for Assassin’s Creed III.   The Boston Tea Party, in a nutshell, involved Boston residents refusing British goods – tea in particular – and throwing the goods into the Boston Harbor.  At that time, Massachusetts was still a British colony, and it is considered by most as one of [...]

More screenshots were revealed today by Ubisoft – nine, to be exact – as promotion continued for Ubi’s big fall release, Assassin’s Creed III.  These screens run the gamut of life in American Revolution-era New England, or in the case of some of the photos, death.  Here you can see some cool explosions courtesy of Revolution-era weaponry, soldiers preparing these weapons for battle, and even some actual stabbing.  There are also some quieter and/or less [...]

Whenever somebody refers to the “R” word – racism – in an interview, people sit up straight and pay attention.  Even if it’s an off-the-record remark, it suddenly becomes the main focus of the interview, and everything that people talk about when commenting on Internet blogs and forums.  That’s what happened to Assassin’s Creed III creative director Alex Hutchinson after he obliged CVG with a quick interview earlier today on Ubisoft’s next big multi-platform title. [...]

  A leaked document from Ubisoft addressed to gaming retailer GameStop suggests that the French company is putting together a team of developers who would be creating post-release downloadable content (DLCs) for Assassin’s Creed III.   In essence, Ubisoft’s letter to GameStop was congratulatory in nature, thanking the retailer for helping them “assassinate announcement pre-order goals.”  As the letter further stated, “(Ubisoft is) currently in the process of creating a complementary development team that will [...]

I know a lot of you think of the Assassin’s Creed franchise as a series that caters primarily to the console crowd, and honestly, I cannot disagree with you. During the development of these games, they were designed with the console gamer in mind (and unfortunately, not the PC gamer), and while many PC gamers may feel as if they are getting a straight console port when playing these games, you owe it to yourself [...]