Ubisoft confirms a new Assassin's Creed for 2012

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After the release of Assassin's Creed 2 back in 2009, Ubisoft has been releasing a new Assasin's Creed title each year. With Assassin's Creed:Revelations coming out soon, Ubisoft confirms that they will indeed release yet another one for 2012.

This is no surprise. The bigger question is if  their rushing this franchise out the door. Usually when a great game developer creates an amazing game, they aim higher for the sequel, this is not the case for Assassin's Creed after the second game. This franchise seems that they're fine going sideways - progress in the story but have small changes to the game.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed the next Assassin's Creed for 2012 during the company's earning call. "There will be another great, full-fledged Assassin’s Creed title next year," he said. "It will be a major release and we’ll be communicating more about it in the coming months."

Assassin's Creed: Revelations will be out in a few weeks and will be the last chapter for Ezio and Altair. This game for 2012 will revolve around the last story arc left; Desmond Miles.

If Assassin's Creed 3 is actually coming next year, or maybe Assassin's Creed:[insert title here], I doubt it will be the last. They could easily find different story arc's to keep the Assassin's Creed franchise rolling.

I'm not a big fan of games having around a year of development time, so I'm kinda iffy about it. Quality could suffer. Releasing a new title each year hopefully won't come as a regular for future franchises. I'm fine waiting for the sequel just like the rest.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is still on its way and will be out on November 15 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

[Source: Gameinformer]

Soul Calibur V - Meet Ezio Auditore

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Ezio joining Soul Calibur V Namco Bandai always tends to add famous characters outside the Soul Calibur world. Past games have added famous characters like Darth Vader, Yoda, Link, and with this new trailer it looks like their staying true to the tradition by adding a character that just got famous a few years ago. For the latest installment in the Soul Calibur series, we have Ezio Auditore from Assassin's Creed joining the fray. Here's first look at Ezio in Soul Calibur V.

Ezio won't be an exclusive character, the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 version of the game will both have the famous Assassin. Soul Calibur V will be out on February 3, 2012 on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Assassin's Creed Revelations: Destinies Converge In Ezio's Final Chapter

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Okaaaay, so the next Assassin's Creed is still about Ezio. The June 2011 issue of Game Informer covers an old Ezio in the Ottoman occupied Constantinople during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II and Altaïr in Masyaf. First in-game screenshot and more information about the game after the jump.

After having freed Italy from the Templar threat, the Mentor of the Assassin Order, Ezio Auditore finds out that there is a new army of Templars being formed in the city of Constantinople - threatening to destabilize the region. Ezio follows in the footsteps of his spiritual mentor and forefather Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, which will lead him to discovery and revelation.

You'll learn how each of the franchise's major characters -- Altaïr, Ezio, and Desmond -- play a part in the story, and how you'll control each of the three as playable characters. Uncover a brand new part of the world as Ezio travels abroad for the first time to explore the wonders of Constantinople at the height of the Ottoman Empire. Learn about all the new features that set Revelations apart, from a brand new weapon and tool that changes the way you'll fight and traverse the world, to extensive details on the newly customizable multiplayer game. And what exactly is going on with Desmond after the end of Brotherhood?

Assassin's Creed Revelations is scheduled to be released on November 2011.

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New Assassin's Creed Teaser takes us to Istanbul

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Another teaser video has been unlocked in the Assassin's Creed Facebook page.

Known for it's alternate reality, my sort of a passion for history made me like the Assassin's Creed series. We all know that the release date will be revealed this month but I couldn't help it, so I investigated a little with the available clues shown in the short clip below to give us an idea on what would the next Assassin's Creed game be all about.

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Assassin's Creed: Revelations Teaser

Left side: Masyaf Castle in background, Altaïr(?) or at least his hidden blade bracer in foreground

Right side: Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople until 1453)

  • Originally used as a Cathedral for Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
  • It was used as an Imperial Mosque when the Ottoman Turks captured the city in 1453.
  • 1453 - Fall of Constantinople, start of growth of the Ottoman Empire and the end of the Byzantine Empire

"24061459"

  • 24th June 1459, Birth of Ezio Auditore da Firenze
  • 1459 - 6 years after the Fall of Constantinople

Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent (Suleiman I)

  • Born in 1494
  • Longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520 - 1566)

Timeline of events after Assassin's Creed Brotherhood:

In general, the 16th century was the Age of Discovery. A major era in the history of the world. Its also the time of Henry VIII of England (and we all know what a drama that was).

April 1509: The Battle of Agnadello between the French (commanded by Louis XII) and Venetians (jointly commanded by Bartolomeo d'Alviano and Niccolò di Pitigliano) starts.

May 1509: The French are victorious in the Battle of Agnadello. Bartolomeo d'Alviano is captured as a Prisoner of War. Niccolò di Pitigliano retrieves The Shroud.

1510: Francesco Vecellio, an Assassin, assassinates Niccolò di Pitigliano and retrieves The Shroud.

May 1510: Caterina Sforza, an ally of the Assassins, dies.

1512: The Medici regain their power.

Mid-1512 : Rise of Martin Luther, founder of Protestantism movement.

1512: Copernicus completes Commentariolus, placing the sun at the center of the solar system.

1512: Florentine Republic dismantled; Medici regain power.

1512: Selim I forces his father Bayezid II to abdicate the throne of Ottoman Empire. Bayezid dies shortly afterwards.

1513: Niccolo Machiavelli completes his book, The Prince. (in AC:B, Machiavelli says he will write the book in honor of Ezio - I speculate this is when Ezio dies or sometime around this).

1513: Bartolomeo d'Alviano is freed from French prison.

Sep 1515: Selim I captures Tabriz without any resistance. Subjugates the Persian Shah.

Oct 1515: Bartolomeo d'Alviano, an Assassin and condottiero, is killed.

Feb 1516: Mary I of England is born.

Jun 1516: John III, King of Navarre and brother in law to Cesare Borgia, dies.

1516: Selim I invades the Holy Land (Syria & Egypt).

1516: Leonardo da Vinci accepts to work at the court of Francis I, King of France.

1517: the Holy Land falls to the Ottoman Empire under Selim I, declares himself Caliph.

1517: Martin Luther publishes is 95 Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

1519: Leonardo da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa in France.

1519: Hernan Cortez lands in Central America, meets the Aztecs.

1519: Ferdinand Magellan leaves Europe to circle the globe.

1519: First civil riots occur in Anatolia (Ottoman Empire)

May 1519: Leonardo da Vinci dies.

June 1519: Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, dies.

1520: The fleet of Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico.

1520: Giovanni Borgia gets the Crystal Skull.

1520:Bombastus analyzes the Crystal Skull.

1520: Selim I dies (possibly poisoned). Succeeded by his son Suleiman I (the Magnificent), ushering new era of growth in Ottoman Empire. Aleksandra Lisowska (Roxelana) is given to him as a gift. Initially a concubine, she later became his Queen, becomes the most influential figure in Ottoman politics.

1520: Aztec Empire destroyed.

1521: Martin Luther excommunicated.

1521: Ferdinand Magellan dies.

1521: Ottoman Empire advances into eastern Europe, capturing Belgrade.

1521: First son born to Suleiman I.

1522: Bianca Riario, daughter of Caterina Sforza dies.

1522: Suleiman I conquers island of Rhodes (Knights Hospitallers, who flee to island of Malta).

Dec 1524: Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer and a Templar, dies.

1525: France and Ottoman Empire ally against the Holy Roman Empire.

1526: Suleiman I defeats King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia in battle, who dies while retreating.

1527: Medici lose Florence again to supporters of Giralomo Savanorola, unti 1530.

1527: Spanish & German troops sack Rome.

Jun 1527: Niccolo Machiavelli an Assassin, dies, entombed in Sante Croce, Florence.

1529: Treaty of Zaragosa divides world's waters between Spain and Portugal; East for Spain, west for Portugal.

1529: Suleiman I launches military campaign into Hungary. Lays siege to Vienna, Austria. But he is finally defeated, halting the spread of Islam into Europe.

1529: Archduke Ferdinand of Austria dies (how convenient)

1532: The Prince is published.

1532: Suleiman I launches unsuccessful campaign into Hungary.

1533: Ottaviano Riario, son of Caterina Sforza, dies.

1533: Peace treaty divides Hungary between Austria and Ottoman Empire.

1533: Suleiman I makes Roxelana Queen of the Ottoman Empire.

Jun 1541: Francisco Pizarro y González, 1st Marquess of los Atabillos, is assassinated by Assassins.

Sep 1541: Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, a Swiss Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and a member of the Assassin Order, dies.

1542: Giovanni Borgia, an Assassin, experiences a vision of an unknown Chinese man through the Crystal Skull and decides to alert the other Assassins.

May 1543: Niccolò Copernico, a Polish Renaissance astronomer, mathematician and priest, dies.

1548: Giovanni Borgia, an Assassin and son of Lucrezia Borgia and Perotto Calderon, dies.

1553: Queen Mary I obtains an Apple of Eden and begins her rule over England.

Mar 1554: Ivan Ivanovich, heir to the Russian throne, is born.

1560: Francesco Vecellio, an Assassin, dies.

Nov 1581: Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich is assassinated by Assassins.

other events at this time: - start of African slave trade - Islamic conquest of Christian Ethiopia