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Saints Row IV gets zany with the first iteration of its Hail to the Chief pre-order series.
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Electronic Arts and Ghost Games present the teaser trailer for Need for Speed Rivals, coming to current generation platforms November 19, 2013, and to the Xbox One and Playstation 4 later.
Overkill, 505 Games, and Starbreeze Studios presents a teaser for the upcoming web series featuring the crime spree of Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, and Chains.
The Legendary Heroes expansion pack goes live for Fallen Enchantress, brought to you by Stardock.
Kalypso Media launches a massive update for Omerta - City of Gangsters and shows off some new gameplay changes.
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Say goodbye to Connor. Say farewell to America. The next Assassin's Creed won't follow the model established by AC2. Instead of having a spin-off game continuing Connor's story, Ubisoft's next Assassin's Creed game will actually take place in an all new time period with a brand new hero.
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Awards season for video games doesn't just touch on our isolated corner of enthusiasts. Those who make their living penning scripts have gotten some recognition from the Writers Guild of America, and "Outstanding Achievement in Video Game Writing" is its own category.
Late into sequence two of Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, one of the mission subtitles is "Do the mentor's dirty work." Replace "dirty" with "busy" and you have the entire Liberation experience. The opening scene sees protagonist and first female assassin Aveline chasing a chicken as a child. Then, she falls asleep and wakes up as an adult and starts killing guards, pick pocketing, and infiltrating cocktail parties. Why? Like the rest of the narrative, it's never made particularly clear.
You may want to watch your copy of Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation carefully. A bug has hit the game that prevents loads from saving properly, keeping the player stuck in the loading screen. Ubisoft is investigating the problem.
You've seen game play trailers and read stories about Aveline's adventures in Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, but a new developer diary for the game actually shows you how the swipe and optional touch controls come together to create the immersive game play.
Aveline, hero of Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, intrigues us. Not only because she's the franchise's first female assassin--but because she can assume many different roles to blend into society.
Born from a French father and an African mother, Aveline is able to take advantage of her mixed race heritage to blend into all facets of historic Louisiana society. That's the basis of the game's "Persona System," which Ubisoft details in this brand new trailer.
While Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation will be set in different locales, that won't keep the two main characters from meeting each other in the Vita version, according to lead story writer Corey May.
The task facing Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation may be more daunting than the high expectations of Assassin's Creed 3. The series has never really found a portable home, forcing the game to face double-duty in both subverting negative reactions and living up to the legacy. In an extended hands-on demo of the game, my own skepticism faded and was replaced by hope that the positive signs it shows so far are true indication of its potential.
You could say that history is against Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. There have been a million handheld spinoffs of major franchises, and almost none of them have stood out in any substantive way. Ubisoft, of course, hopes to change all that.
To do that, Liberation needs is to be able to stand on its own as a substantive effort in the series. It needs to push the limits of the Vita, but also care to work within them. Think God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP, for instance, which was a visually impressive effort that neatly managed the platform's lack of a second analog stick. It's an uphill climb, to be sure, but Liberation seems to be on the right track.
How does Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation fit into the series canon? From what we've seen so far, it doesn't appear Connor nor Desmond will play a role in this Vita-exclusive spin-off. Apparently, it's the first game in the franchise to be developed by "Abstergo Entertainment," a branch of the villainous corporation at the heart of the franchise.
The game isn't actually being developed by a fictional company, of course. The real-world developer is Ubisoft Sofia (Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars). However, fans of the franchise's intricate lore will be mesmerized by the possibilities opened by Liberation's unique premise.
Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, the Vita tie-in game to AC3, looks like a definite step up from the series' last portable outing. That's probably partly because it stars a saucy pirate lass. A new trailer touts the game's E3 accolades, and shows her in action climbing roofs and stabbing fools -- you know, the usual assassin stuff.
Michael Fassbender, who has starred in recent sci-fi movies Prometheus and X-Men: First Class, will take on the lead role of an as-yet unnamed assassin as Ubisoft moves to bring its Assassin's Creed franchise to the big screen.
Garnett is entrenched at E3 and offers insights into the Sony Press Conference, talking about the two new IPs from Sony, The Last of Us and Beyond: Two Souls, the later starring actress Ellen Page. Up next is quick looks at God of War: Ascension and PlayStation All-Stars. Unfortunately, Sony didn't offer too much for the Vita, although a female assassin for Assassin's Creed III: Liberation was entertaining.
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Though Assassin's Creed III is introducing a new series star in the shape of Connor, another new stab-happy sort is coming in a spin-off for Vita. Assassin's Creed III: Liberation has murder fiend Aveline roaming New Orleans in 1765, tackling naughty Spanish forces. It'll also be how Sony introduces the 'Crystal White' to North America, with a Liberation console bundle.
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