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29th
DEC
Assassin’s Creed Fan Film Is Great!
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming
Over the past several years, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has gathered quite the following. TheDuoGroup has stepped up to deliver an amazing fan film titled “Initiation” that follows Altair (from AC 1) as he performs the final step before becoming a true assassin.
Here’s a description:
“Initiation” takes place before Altair has received the coveted title of “Hashshashin.” Like all young men, Altair aspired to leave his mark on the world. After years of grueling training, fear and anticipation course through his veins. Anticipation, because he understands that this is the last right of passage towards brotherhood. Fear, because he knows that though hundreds of apprentices have reached this point, few come back alive.
Keep in mind that it’s not an official Ubisoft video, so the story is not canon, but check out the video for yourself if you’re a fan of the franchise.
Tags: Assassin's Creed, DuoGroup, Ubisoft, Video Games
30th
NOV
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands to continue ‘Sands of Time’ series
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming
Ubisoft has just announced a new Prince of Persia — but it’s not a sequel to 2008’s polarizing adventure (if desired, add unhappy emoticons to sentence). Instead, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will continue the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time trilogy series, complete with “many of the fan-favorite elements” and “new gameplay innovations that gamers have come to expect from the Prince of Persia brand.” Oh, and an accompanying film!
You can catch the game’s premiere trailer on Spike TV’s Video Game Awards on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8 p.m. EST. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is scheduled for release on “consoles and handhelds” in May 2010.
Tags: Prince of Persia, Ubisoft, Video Games
11th
MAY
Beyond Good & Evil 2 footage leaked, looks great!
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming
I may be in the minority when I say I really wasn’t a fan of the first Beyond Good and Evil. My main issue with the game was that it took WAY too long to get going. But this trailer looks like the new game will be intense and awesome! Looks like they’re using the Assassin’s Creed/Prince of Persia engine for this one too. Ubisoft must be really glad they developed that engine because they’ve been able to use for so many games thus far.
Tags: Beyond Good & Evil 2, Ubisoft, Video Games
25th
MAR
Is OnLive the future of gaming?
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming
YES! I stand here before you saying the one console future everyone’s been talking about may be as close as next generation. It may even be here as soon as this winter when OnLive debuts. You should definitely watch the videos below to get the big picture, but in a nutshell OnLive is a streaming video game service that will allow you to play any game on any machine at the highest quality, even console games, given you have a good internet connection. They say 5 megabit is all you need. The service can either be used through a unit you can hook up to your TV (pictured right) or through a browser plugin on your computer. I’m sure when they say console games, that doesn’t include console exclusives because if that was the case, I think we can all say goodbye too the expensive PS3.
I’m a little skeptical since I’m sure there will be the occasional lag here and there from hiccups in internet connection. But still, this is amazing. You can play on your TV with their own little box that looks to be about the size of a portable hard drive, or you can play it on your computer through your internet connection. I seriously can’t wait to get my hands on this thing. They already have 9 publishers and developers on board: Atari, Codemasters, Eidos, EA, Epic, Take Two, THQ, Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Those are top-end publishers too so this thing really has a huge backing. The publishers/developers have also promised to submit the games to OnLive at the same time they go to retail so no apparent delay either before the games arive on the service.
According to the guy in the video, the SDK only requires a “couple more weeks of work” so it’s really not that bad compared to having to port games over to the PS3. Sorry to knock the PS3, but you all know it’s hard to develop for so don’t shoot the messenger.
Imagine this, you’re playing Crysis (a game that requires you to sell your kidney to buy parts to play at the highest setting) with perfect visuals on your shitty 4 year old laptop that has a low-end graphics card. Don’t like the controller that comes with the box? OnLive works with any controller that is compatible with a PC or Mac. How can you NOT want this?? I can’t wait. Watch the two 5 minute videos below for more info.
Check out the site here: [OnLive]
Here’s another video from G4 that does a quick run through of the service.
Tags: Atari, Codemasters, Consoles, EA, Eidos, Epic, Gaming, OnLive, Take Two, THQ, Ubisoft, Warner Bros.
17th
MAR
Assassin’s Creed Game Coming for the iPhone
Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming
Assassin’s Creed 2 may be well underway, but it’s not the only AC game on the horizon, as it was announced over the weekend that mobile port specialists Gameloft (creators of quality games for the iPhone like Hero of Sparta which you all should download if you haven’t already) will be bringing the series to the iPhone.
Apparently the gameplay will still have the same free-running over city rooftops and across multiple cities we all loved in the original, though I’m sure it’ll be a little smaller scaled. Still it’s great to hear Gameloft is taking this one under their wing to create a real game.
There’s no word on a release date or price as of yet.
Fun fact: Assassin’s Creed is owned by Ubisoft. Ubisoft is run by Yves Guillemot. Gameloft is run by Michel Guillemot, Yve’s brother. No wonder Gameloft’s premiere games are quality. I say premiere because they, like Ubisoft, do have those less hard-core games in the mix as well.
Tags: Assassin's Creed, Gameloft, Gaming, iPhone, iPod touch, Ubisoft