We don’t know much about the next Assassin’s Creed game, but already we know that it’s intimately connected to last year’s excellent Assassin’s Creed Origins. Like Origins, it’s set in the ancient world. Like Origins, the game’s subtitle starts with an “O.” And, like Origins, it’s existence was confirmed by a leaked piece of retail merchandise. French video game site jeuxvideo-live.com...
I’ll let you decide what you think of 2017 in general. It’s been quite the year no matter where you stand. But from a gaming perspective, it’s been absolutely bonkers. The number of critically-acclaimed games that hit the scene is utterly unprecedented. It would be impossible to play them all and hold down the job that lets you afford them. And some of them, games like Persona 5,...
Among those of my friends that play games, many are exhausted with Assassin's Creed. It's hard not to blame them. We had a new entry in the series – sometimes two! – almost every year for the past decade. The original Assassin's Creed hit exactly 10 years ago, almost down to the day, and we have at somewhere between eight and 11 mainline entries in the series, depending on how hard you...
Ubisoft had Assassin’s Creeed Origins Game Director Ashraf Ismail participate in a video Q&A for fans. The entire thing, coming in at just shy of five minutes, is focused on breaking down the game’s combat. Here’s the video in its entirety. The very first question Ismail answers is, in my opinion, the best in the clip. The question is “What would you say is the biggest change to...
I’ve been dreaming of an Assassin’s Creed game hitting ancient Egypt for years. I was stoked the moment Ubisoft finally made it official, and my short play session at E3 only left me more excited than ever. Now some new Xbox One X footage via IGN looks to add fuel to that fire, showing off some of what makes Assassin’s Creed: Origins different from previous games in the series. The...
There were a ton of games at E3 this year. We’re still writing up a few of our experiences, and just figuring out which games we wanted to highlight as our favorites took a while. But after a lot of back and forth, we’ve narrowed it down to a few of our favorites. Ron, Joey, and I have each picked out some of the best of this year’s batch of games. Some of them were playable, while...
Assassin’s Creed Origins is bringing together two of my favorite things: Assassin’s Creed games and ancient Egypt. I’m so excited about the prospect of this that I’ll be the first to admit it’s clouding my judgment a bit. I’ve had affection for ancient Egypt for as long as I can remember, and a chance to run around in a reasonably well-researched re-creation of that time period is...
Assassins are apparently terrible at keeping secrets. We know a lot about Ubisoft’s upcoming E3 show early next week, but the details still remain to be filled in. We’re going to hear a lot about sequels, and there’s as much to worry about there as there is with a brand new game. With a brand new game, you wonder if it’ll be interesting in the first place, where sequels just might not...