There will be no main Assassin’s Creed game from Ubisoft for 2016. Via the message from the company, Ubisoft is taking the lessons learned from the panning Assassin’s Creed: Unity received, along with feedback from fans, to “re-examine” the franchise. Like fictional Abstergo Entertainment, Ubisoft is using the information they have to change the way they delight their customers.
We’re taking this year to evolve the game mechanics and to make sure we’re delivering on the promise of Assassin’s Creed offering unique and memorable gameplay experiences that make history everyone’s playground.
Instead of a new Assassin’s Creed game, the publisher reminds everyone that they’ll be able to watch Michael Fassbender play assassin Callum Lynch in the movie based on the license. Nothing is true; everything is permitted.
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate will have DLC featuring Jack the Ripper because of course it will. Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’s game proper is set in 1868, a full two decades before investigator Johnny Depp matched wits against Ian Holm’s Ripper, so how will the player as assassin Jacob Frye take on the turn-of-the-century killer? With the magic of DLC! Just like David Warner’s Ripper and Malcom McDowell’s H.G. Wells traveled through time, so can the player in a virtual London. The Jack the Ripper campaign will be one of seven planned DLC offerings (assuming everything goes well with the game’s technical launch) included in the Season Pass. Despite Jack’s appearance, the real killer is the Season Pass bonus.
Season Pass holders get an exclusive, permanent XP boost.
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate will launch on October 23rd on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, while the PC will get it on November 19th.
What do you get when you put Aisha Tyler, Jason Derulo, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and Angela Bassett in a show? You get the Ubisoft 2015 E3 presentation. Once again, the house of Assassin’s Creed went with star power to wow their audience. The South Park creators announced a new RPG using their license, South Park: The Fractured But Whole. Subtle. Jason Derulo danced for Just Dance 2016 which will feature a streaming service to add new tracks. Angela Bassett sternly introduced Rainbow Six Siege’s new “Terrohunt” (yes, it’s an awful name) mode which pits co-op teams against AI opponents.
The games without any celebrity introductions included Anno 2205, Trackmania Turbo, and a DLC for Trials Fusion called Awesome Level Max. The Crew is getting a cross-country expansion that includes a “complete graphical overhaul.” For Honor pits four knights or samurai against another team of four warriors. Think Chivalry: Medieval Warfare but without the Deadliest Warrior license. Tom Clancy’s The Division got a release date in March of 2016. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands has military teams against drug cartels in an open-world setting. There was also an Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate movie, but it was a overshadowed by some guy in the audience that chose to cosplay as the main character in the game.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will be the next chapter in the open-world alien artifact collection game. The leaks last year were correct about the game being set in Victorian England, but the project’s name is no longer ‘Victory’ which is probably a relief to the Ubisoft team working on the future Assassin’s Creed game set in World War II. And what comes with steam engines and upper-crust puffery? We’ve gone from gathering fancy French ribbons to building up a wardrobe of top hats and monocles. Instead of France’s sans-culottes fighting against the nobility, it’s the Industrial Revolution’s wage slaves against the manufacturing rich.
An age of invention and prosperity, built on the backs of working class slaves. As gangster assassin Jacob Frye, you will recruit your gang to fight for justice on behalf of the oppressed working class.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will be available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC on October 23, 2015. If you’re immune to spoilers, Ubisoft has posted a gameplay video as well.
Did you play Assassin’s Creed: Unity and feel like you got shorted on the Abstergo storyline? Miss Desmond Miles? Good news! Ubisoft heard your complaints and assured gamers that they’ll be cramming more modern-day antics into future Assassin’s Creed games. Lead writer Darby McDevitt revealed that the use of Monteriggioni in Assassin’s Creed 2’s past and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood’s future may be a template for how the team would like to handle Abstergo antics. Fans of the way Unity handled the issue by toning down the Abstergo storyline entirely should brace for disappointment.
“I’ve been working the past two years, with all the other writers, on getting a great document together on the First Civilization. We created 500, 600, 700 years worth of history that we hope to start teasing out for the next 10, 20 years or however long we’re around.”
Although the next Assassin’s Creed game hasn’t been officially announced, rumor has it that it will be set in Victorian London.
That’s the cinematic trailer for Dead Kings, the Assassin’s Creed Unity story-based DLC. It’s coming on January 13th according to Ubisoft. Thanks to the issues Unity had at launch, everyone will get Dead Kings for free, making the Season Pass redundant. If you had the Season Pass, you’ll get to keep all the extra bits, plus you should’ve gotten a voucher for a free game from the publisher to make up for the value of the DLC.
This exciting new campaign will let you explore the crypts of France’s fallen leaders and discover the mysteries locked within the shadowy depths. This free add-on content includes all-new missions, the powerful Guillotine gun, and a whole new section of the world to explore.
Dead Kings was originally scheduled to launch on December 16th according to the previous Ubisoft schedule, but was likely delayed while the dev team worked on patching the game.
Ubisoft has cancelled the season pass for Assassin’s Creed Unity. Instead, everyone will get the Dead Kings DLC for free, and Season Pass owners will get a voucher for a free Ubisoft game like Far Cry 4, Assassin’s Creed: Rogue, or Watch Dogs. The publisher announced their tactical withdrawal from sales of the Unity season pass this morning, noting that Patch 3 was being readied for release. Yannis Mallat, CEO of Ubisoft Montreal & Toronto, expressed his regrets over Unity’s launch problems.
Unfortunately, at launch, the overall quality of the game was diminished by bugs and unexpected technical issues. I want to sincerely apologize on behalf of Ubisoft and the entire Assassin’s Creed team. These problems took away from your enjoyment of the game, and kept many of you from experiencing the game at its fullest potential.
The season pass entries in all digital marketplaces have been withdrawn. Ubisoft will not be making it available for purchase going forward. Season pass holders can go here to read up on what’s being offered instead. Sounds like someone’s getting Just Dance 2015!
Jean-Luc Melenchon, president of the Left Party in France, wants people to know that Assassin’s Creed Unity presents an inaccurate picture of the French Revolution. According to the lengthy tirade he gave on France Inter Radio, Melenchon is most concerned that Ubisoft’s open world videogame portrays King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette as victims of Robbespierre’s monstrous schemes, while heroes of the Revolution are painted as maniacs or co-conspirators of shadowy cabals.
“It is propaganda against the people, the people who are made to be barbarians, bloodthirsty savages. In 1789 there were the poor aristocrats, and they are presented as fine upstanding people.”
Melenchon said the game’s mischaracterization of revolutionary figures is a mode of thought shared with his far-right political opponents. He made no mention of how the modern-day threat from Abstergo, the Assassins, or the plot to collect MacGuffin alien artifacts impacts France’s current political landscape.
Ubisoft has created a Live Updates Blog to keep people informed on the progress of patches for Assassin’s Creed Unity. The game, which launched on November 11th, has made headlines for its nightmare fuel in the form of glitches and bugs. Less funny are the videos of low framerates and crashes that people have reported on all platforms. Ubisoft claims that the team is “furiously working” to resolve reported issues.
We understand players are experiencing difficulties and we want you to know that we’re listening to your feedback.
Don’t change a thing, Ubisoft! Gamers are getting some terrific meme material from Unity.
Did assassins in revolutionary Paris have neatly trimmed facial hair? You betcha! At least, that’s what the historical records at Edge Shaving Zone show. Players of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Unity can purchase “limited edition” Edge shaving cans to find codes that will unlock exclusive in-game gear. Groom yourself and snag a hood for your assassin. If there’s one thing the Assassin’s Creed series has taught gamers, it’s that hooded garments were in really short supply throughout the eras.
