Assassin’s Creed: the movie? It’s not such a mad thought. Ubisoft has launched Ubisoft Motion Pictures to adapt its franchises for film and television. The Paris-based film division is headed up by Jean-Julien Baronnet, former-CEO of film director Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp. Read on for more analysis of Ubisoft’s movie making plans…
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An Assassin’s Creed Facebook page has gone live promising to unlock a secret about the next game if enough people poke at the Facebook Like button, fire off an email or send a tweet entreating their followers to head to the page. Read on for the Assassin’s Creed 4 clues currently on display…
This is brilliant: Ubisoft is recruiting writers for its upcoming Assassin’s Creed encyclopedia. If you’re an Assassin’s Creed fan, you could nab a gig writing entries for the book and get your foot in the door at Ubisoft . Read on for what Ubisoft is asking for in Assassin’s Creed encyclopedia writer applications:
The much-anticipated Assassin’s Creed 4 will be outed in May. Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has clocked up 6.5m units shipped and there’s more to come!
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that the sequel is just months away from being detailed: “We will have an Assassin’s Creed this year. We are going to give you more details in May.” So the question just remains: where in the world and what point in time will Assassin’s Creed be set in? Electricpig readers have been debating that here.
Due May | £TBC | Assassin’s Creed (via Destructoid)
The British Library has outed its first smartphone and tablet app. The British Library Treasures for iPhone and British Library Treasures for iPad apps allow you to view and explore some of the library’s rarest exhibits via your phone. Historial artifacts include the world’s oldest Bible, the Codex Sinaiticus, Nelson’s Trafalgar battle plan, Galilelo’s letters and for Assassin’s Creed fans, the Leonardo Da Vinchi notebooks. Literary inclusions include Dickens’s first draft of Nicolas Nickleby, Jane Austen’s teenage writing and handwritten lyrics by The Beatles. The British Library Treasures apps are in the store now at the introductory price of £1.19 for the iPhone and £2.39 for the iPad until January 24. The apps will then cost £2.39 and £3.49 respectively.
Out now | From £1.19 (introductory price) | British Library
Assassin’s Creed 4 is coming next year. We had heard there would be a break after Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (out on Friday) and Assassin’s Creed 2 which only came out last year but it seems Ubisoft has changed its mind. CEO Yves Guillemot told investors yesterday: “There will be something around Assassin’s [next year].” So not details but we’re told that we’ll hear about Assassin’s Creed 4 in January. Hit the headlines and head for the comments to tell us where you want Assassin’s Creed 4 to go. We’d love to see a more modern take on the assassins.
Out 2011 | £TBC | Assassin’s Creed (via Destructoid)
Xbox Live integration is the biggest weapon in the Windows Phone 7 armoury and Microsoft has pulled the covers off the first batch of games. The opening salvo features some seriously big names, including Halo, a pair of Star Wars titles, Assassin’s Creed and Guitar Hero plus some familiar iPhone games making the jump…
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