All I can say is WOW! This is one of the best game trailers I’ve ever seen. It looks like something out of a movie. The graphics are insane and the details of the kill is even better. I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but check out the women at the 1:00 minute mark 
Here is fairly new teaser trailer for Assassin’s Creed 2. It does not show too much, but number 2 is definitely going to be quite different from number 1.
Apparently some information about Assassin’s Creed 2 was leaked from a focus group in Montreal.
In an interview, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot refused to talk about Assassin’s Creed 2, but confirmed it was in development: Guillemot said, “What we just can say is that we are working hard on the product.”[47] On February 24, 2009, tipsters who were involved in a Ubisoft focus group reported to Joystiq that they were shown early footage of the sequel and it appears that the game takes place in 15th century Italy with an Italian protagonist, similar in appearance to Alta?but more colorful, named Ezio. Gameplay updates include abilities to swim and the use of gunpowder.[48] The game is expected to be released by March 2010. [49]
Everyone’s pretty excited about this game. Having an expected release date of March 2010 is news to me. I’m not quite sure I believe it, but I guess we can all hope!
One of the best things about the Assassin’s Creed community is that the fans love creating fan art for this game and it’s characters. In addition to costumes, fans create sigs, avatars, and in this case desktop wallpapers.
I found this picture on Flickr. The creater took an existing Assassin’s Creed wallpaper and photoshopped his face on to Altair. I think he did a great job with the transitions and shadow effects. It looks so real.
What do you think?
What do you think of the possibility that Assassin’s Creed can become similar to the Prince of Persia series? Prince of Persia has 7 games in their main series and 3 spin-offs or remake games. PoP has been around since 1989 and crosses all major platforms. I remember playing it back on my C64 with a joystick. Those were the days.
Assassin’s Creed is very young still, but with the sequel already in works, and plans of a trilogy… do you think this game can stand the test of time and turn into a masterful series. Not all series have to be continuations of the previous title. Take a look at Final Fantasy… almost every game is completely different from the previous.
I’m not sure if Assassin’s Creed will make it to 10 games, but I think 3-4 is definitely a possibility.
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything here. News on Assassin’s Creed has been slow and there’s nothing new to talk about Assassin’s Creed 2 just yet. I just read on Joystiq that Assassin’s Creed was the most requested game on GameFly in 2008.
GameFly’s Top 3:
1. Assassin’s Creed - PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS
2. Army of Two - PS3, Xbox 360
3. Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3, Xbox 360
This could mean a few things. One, people thought the game would be good but not last long enough to warrant a purchase. Or that fans thought the game might suck and would rather rent then buy.
Even the best games have bugs. I was searching Youtube when I came across this Assassin’s Creed video of a solider who seems to be stuck on a ladder in mid air. He can’t seem to get off and the other soldiers can’t finish the climb. Altair is just standing there watching it all unfold.
For those of you who are having trouble finding the locations of the flags in Assassin’s Creed, or are too lazy to look the for flags, here are 2 useful links:
Flag locations 1 - This is a Google Maps mashup that shows the locations of the flags in Masyaf and Damascus Poor
Flag Locations 2 - here’s a comprehensive list of screenshots with flag locations in all the world
Ubisoft announced the development of Assassin’s Creed 2 about a month or so ago. They’ve also told us that they will delay the launch as long as possible, maybe even a couple of years. They use this tactic to increase demand for the product, similar to what they’ve done with Prince of Persia.
What I wanted to talk about today is the possible setting for Assassin’s Creed 2. Do you think it will remain in the same “Crusades” era in the Middle East? Or is it possible we travel back to medieval Europe Braveheart/Robin Hood style? Or maybe we head to France for the French Revolution? Possibly Altair goes back to America during the Civil War?
The possibilities are endless. But do we think Ubisoft will really mess with a good thing by changing the entire environment of the game?
We all knew this day would come, we just didn’t expect it so soon.
From Computer and Video Games:
Ubisoft has made first official mention of the totally-unexpected sequel to last year’s Assassin’s Creed.
Speaking during its first-half fiscal 2008-09 conference call, a company exec confirmed that it’s “working hard on the product,” but wouldn’t commit to a fiscal 2010 release date (i.e. next year) - although from what we’ve heard it’s incredibly likely.
That’s about it on the official side, but susperstar analyst Michael Pachter seems to have dropped more juicy details on Assassins 2, which he says has changed time frame from 1191 to “several hundred years in the future”, specifically, “sometime in the 1700s.”
Pachter went on to speculate that the French Revolution could be a potential setting for the sequel, which is infinitely more compelling to us than just more Jerusalem.
You may also remember that the Prince of Persia team let slip that Altair will be swimming in the next game.
What’ll be interesting though is how Ubisoft manages Altair in the 1700s (if that is indeed where the sequel’s taking place). Are we going to get a new assassin? A different descendent with the same name and clothes, ala Zelda? It’d be a shot in the foot for the company to waste the character it’s spent so long establishing.
I’m at a loss of words when it comes to keeping this Assassin’s Creed blog going. There is just absolutely no news coming out from Ubisoft. Fans are desperately crying for a sequel to this game. There’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll see one someday, but I just don’t think we’ll see it in the next year or so. They’re going to spread it over out 5+ years.
And what’s worse is that they won’t even give us some DLC to work with!
I know a lot of people still play Assassin’s Creed. They’ll venture off to Fable 2 or Gears of War 2, but then pop AC back in for a few hours of mindless killing and falling to their death.
If you have anything specific you’d like me to cover during all this down time, please leave a comment on this post.
I found this on an Assassin’s Creed Forum. Some people have spent a good amount of time creating new skins for Altair, and by skins I mean new outfits. I’ve already shown you the all black one a few weeks ago.
Today I wanted to post a Templarskin. Check it out:
To use it, you need to download Texmod.
Click on the yellow Folder an search for the Assassins Creed “.exe”. It only works in DX9! Now open my package an run the Game! It works like the other Texture Mods for AC…
And here’s the link for the skin itself. Download Skin.
This Assassin’s Creed parody video is absolutely hilarious. It’s a quick cartoon sketch of life in Assassin’s Creed. I won’t spoil it for you, but it starts out with a beggar asking Altair to spare a coin, and then he just decks the dude in the face.
One of the best things about owning Assassin’s Creed on PC is that you can mod certain aspects of the game. I was browsing some Assassin’s Creed forum and saw this person posted a picture of Altair in some new clothes. He’s decked out in all black gear. Looks pretty awesome doesn’t it.
This is the highest view point in the game. This tower is located in the East part of the Rich District of Damascus. The leap of faith is insane!
