Ubisoft vows to release Assassin's Creed Unity on PC alongside console versions

Ubisoft promises to get the PC version of Assassin's Creed Unity out on the same day as its console counterparts, which (believe it or not) would literally be a first for the series.

Ozzie Mejia

June 23, 2014 3:30 PM

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There's no denying that Ubisoft hasn't been so good about bringing Assassin's Creed to PC in a timely manner. Delays would often push it back behind its console brethren. It happened last year... and the year before that... and the year before that... and, alright, it's happened an awful lot. But this time, Ubisoft swears they'll have Assassin's Creed Unity released alongside its console counterparts. For reals, this time!

Producer Lesley Phord-Toy assured Rock Paper Shotgun that the PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 versions of Unity would all release on the same October 28 release date. While PC delays have previously been attributed to console master SKUs, this time, Phord-Toy offers a somewhat different explanation.

"PC has a variety of different hardware configurations that you can't necessarily predict," Phord-Toy explained. "On a console you know what's in the box. Every customer has the same configuration for the most part, and first-parties push firmware updates so everyone has what you’re expecting to have. PCs are nowhere near as consistent. So it can be extremely challenging to try and support as many of those permutations as possible."

Phord-Toy adds that Ubisoft's PC support team has been bolstered to prevent anymore delays, such as this one. Whether the publisher will be able to see this through remains to be seen, but you know how the old saying goes: seventh time's the charm.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?