CVG has released a report that the next AC game will in fact star Assassin’s Creed 2 hero Ezio. Ubisoft has also revealed that it will be designed by the same team that brought you AC2 and it is also a follow up story of the last game. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemo states: “We have a new Assassin’s Creed that we expect will be a very high quality product that as well as an offline component will have a multiplayer component”. Their goal is to release the sequel by March of 2011, and it will also be sold at “full price point.” The real question is what will the title be released on?
How often does a sequel surpass it’s predecessor? In movies and books… rarely ever. In video games, it is perhaps a little more common. To say that Assassin’s Creed II has merely surpassed it’s predecessor would be an enormous understatement. AC2, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is Ubisoft’s highly anticipated sequel to 2007’s Assassin’s Creed. The first Assassin’s Creed met mixed reviews and left many people feeling disappointed. The most recent addition, however, launched last Tuesday and proves to be a more than welcome addition to the series. Read on for our full review of Assassin’s Creed II with a detailed look at what Ubisoft has done right and what they have done wrong.
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So word around the Internets was that Ubisoft was working on a series with the Assassin’s Creed story. Today, they announced the first of the three part series will debut on Youtube beginning on October 27, 2009. YouTube will host the first episode of the short series in eight different countries for a period of 24 hours. Click the link to read more details on the series.
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This week for my Randolist topic- I have scourged to the deepest depths of the internet to find 20 of the absolute coolest consoles that have been modified out, tricked out, and just flat-out changed to look more like an art piece.
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GTA III Introduced Players to the Idea of an Open World Sandbox
With the dawn of the new century came the dawn of a new console, the Playstation 2. A significant upgrade over its earlier iteration, the system provided developers with the power they needed to develop more involving and expansive games.
Released in 2001, Grand Theft Auto III was the first game to truly harness the power the system had to offer, and create something unique for the time. Leaving behind the 2D boundaries of its earlier brethren, GTA III took the series into 3D, and gave gamers their first true taste of an Open World Sandbox. With the arrival of the new console generation, the idea has been pushed further and further, and more and more classic franchises are taking up the mantle of “Open World Games.” The question is, are Open World Games really the future, or will they forever be hindered by their reduced ability to tell a potent story?
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