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Monday29th Jul 2024
News Assassin's Creed Protagonist Infiltrates Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony
Arno, or not to go?
Video game fans watching the Olympics opening ceremony might have spied a familiar-looking figure flitting across Parisian rooftops, engaging in parkour shenanigans. No, you haven't been drinking from the Seine; the hooded and acrobatic torchbearer appears to be involved with Ubisoft, with the Assassin's Creed developer's...
Wednesday18th Feb 2015
News Assassin's Creed Unity's Newest Patch Means No More Using Apps and Sites to Unlock Content
The people have spoken
In yet another bid to try and improve Assassin's Creed Unity after the game's somewhat shoddy launch, Ubisoft has released a patch today that removes the need to fiddle about with the title's companion app and Initiates website. Throughout the game's virtual Paris, you'll find chests that can only be opened through use of the...
Thursday12th Feb 2015
News Ubisoft Admits Difficulties Developing Assassin's Creed Unity for the PS4
Nothing's a waste if you learn from it
Did you know that Assassin's Creed Unity didn't have a smooth launch? It's no secret that the highly anticipated title was a major disappointment for almost everyone due to its myriad glitches and flaws that mired an otherwise beautiful game with ambitious design changes, as we pointed out in our review...
Monday2nd Feb 2015
News Assassin's Creed Unity's PS4 Price Has Been Cut Down to Size on Amazon
Peasant money
We would have advised against putting down the cash for Assassin's Creed Unity when it launched, given its myriad technical issues, but Ubisoft's sandbox romp is currently going for a much more agreeable price on Amazon.co.uk, especially since a slew of patches have largely fixed a lot of the aforementioned problems.
Wednesday21st Jan 2015
News Who Wants More Assassin's Creed Unity Content on PS4?
Sacré urgh
Assassin's Creed Unity's free expansion pack Dead Kings ain't especially great. We can appreciate the apology from Ubisoft, but the PlayStation 4 title's core is so rotten that we found playing through the epilogue a bit of a chore. The thought of plunging into Paris for a third time, then, has this author breaking out in cold sweats...
Tuesday6th Jan 2015
News Assassin's Creed Unity Resurrects Dead Kings for Free on PS4 Next Week
Rest in pieces
Arno's adventure will continue next week, as Ubisoft is readying the release of Assassin's Creed Unity's first expansion pack, Dead Kings. The post-launch content was originally intended to be a premium offering, but following the title's buggy launch, everyone
Tuesday23rd Dec 2014
News Assassin's Creed Unity Is No Longer a Total Slide Show on PS4
French resolution
Assassin’s Creed Unity probably should have been taken to the gallows rather than store shelves. There’s a reasonable game at the centre of the Parisian escapade, but performance hiccups have thus far prevented it from breaking free. However, following the addition of a gigantic 6.5GB patch, has Ubisoft managed to salvage...
Thursday18th Dec 2014
News Your Assassin's Creed Unity Compensation Can Now Be Claimed
Merci
Ubisoft promised that those of you unfortunate enough to stump up extra for Assassin’s Creed Unity’s Season Pass would be compensated with a free title of your choice, and it looks like the French publisher is rolling out those goodies now. One user on NeoGAF posted an email that he received from the firm outlining how to claim his...
Tuesday16th Dec 2014
News Ubisoft Sticks a Hidden Blade in the Latest Assassin's Creed Unity Patch
Deadly delay
If you've not been paying attention, Assassin's Creed Unity's launch last month was as messy and convoluted as the franchise's storied timeline. Performance issues plagued the title, while
Saturday13th Dec 2014
News Assassin's Creed Unity's PS4 Price Cut Down to Size in EU Christmas Sale
Off with its head
Ubisoft has slashed the top off Assassin’s Creed Unity’s price on the PlayStation 4, dropping the next-gen exclusive down to £39.99 in Europe as part of Sony’s ongoing 12 Deals of Christmas initiative. The game’s due a patch on Monday that will hopefully solve its remaining issues, so this may be worth a punt.
News Will Ubisoft Finally Fix Assassin's Creed Unity's PS4 Framerate Next Week?
Patch four impending
While it may not seem like it sometimes, we genuinely don’t enjoy reporting on broken games. It’s part of the reason why we’re so pleased to see DriveClub overcome its troubles and blossom into a really decent racing game – and also why we’ve got our fingers crossed tightly that Assassin’s Creed Unity will finally be...
Friday28th Nov 2014
News Has Assassin's Creed Unity's Poor PS4 Framerate Been Fixed?
Get an Eiffel
We quite liked Assassin’s Creed Unity, but felt that it was let down by poor performance. Ubisoft, to its credit, has been working around the clock to make amends for these issues – even going as far as to offer a free, full game download for anyone that purchased the Parisian escapade’s Season Pass. Has its latest patch, which
Wednesday26th Nov 2014
News Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass Owners to Receive Free Game
Everyone to get apologetic DLC
Ubisoft has more or less admitted that Assassin’s Creed Unity launched in an unacceptable state, and is attempting to make up for that with free downloadable content. Everyone that's purchased the game will be able to grab the title’s Dead Kings add-on at no extra charge, while Season Pass owners will be offered a...
Tuesday25th Nov 2014
News Assassin's Creed Unity Patch Will Improve Framerate on PS4
Band aid
Well done for beta testing the game everyone; Assassin’s Creed Unity may resemble a finished product later this week. Ubisoft has announced that it will be launching a brand new PlayStation 4 patch for its plagued Parisian escapade tomorrow, which will improve the title’s frame rate – and fix a frightening number of bugs that somehow...
Monday17th Nov 2014
News Ubisoft's Latest Patch for Assassin's Creed Unity Is Its Biggest Yet
Goin' Rogue
If you haven't been paying attention, Assassin's Creed Unity was a bit of a technical mess at launch, with bugs ranging from annoying to genuinely horrifying. Ubisoft has been hot on the case, though, setting up a blog detailing exactly what
Saturday15th Nov 2014
News Assassin's Creed Unity PS4 Patch Squashes Several Big Bugs
No improvements to performance, though
It occurred to us earlier this evening that Ubisoft could, in theory, blame Assassin’s Creed Unity’s various bugs and glitches on a fault in the Animus – providing it with the perfect plot device to explain away the title’s terrible launch. Fortunately, the French firm isn’t doing that, and is instead...
Thursday13th Nov 2014
News Ubisoft's Aware That Arno Can Fall Through the Floor in Assassin's Creed Unity on PS4
Animus issues
Assassin’s Creed Unity is busted. You can play the game, for sure – but it’s not a particularly pleasant experience a lot of the time. If our ghastly glitches roundup didn’t already get that point across, then know that during a co-op session with associate editor Robert Ramsey last night, this author’s game slipped into a...
Tuesday11th Nov 2014
News Assassin's Creed Unity Ain't Sounding Especially Slick on PS4
The hunchback of Notre Dame
Assassin’s Creed Unity is now officially out in North America, meaning that many people are already sprinting across the Parisian skyline on the PlayStation 4. Well, they’re trying to at least. Reports surfacing all over the web suggest that the title is a bit of a buggy mess – and don’t worry, this appears to...
Friday7th Nov 2014
News This Assassin's Creed Unity Launch Trailer is Hilariously Melodramatic
Arno-body got time for that
As you are no doubt painfully aware, Assassin's Creed Unity will be free-running its way onto the PlayStation 4 very soon. The title, which has been developed for next-gen consoles exclusively, is the first in the long-running series to feature co-op, and this highly melodramatic launch trailer shows that element off...
Wednesday5th Nov 2014
News Here's Everything You Could Want to Know About Assassin's Creed Unity in 7 Minutes
To be Arno to be
We all knew this was coming eventually, and with Assassin's Creed Unity not far off, publisher Ubisoft must have decided that today was the day to drop a seven minute trailer which encompasses just about all of the title's features. From the city of Paris to co-op play, it's essentially all you need to know about the current-gen...
Weirdness Ubisoft's Bundling Exclusive Assassin's Creed DLC with Shaving Gel
Edge of shaving cream
With the ongoing Movember charity event raising awareness for men’s health, shaving is in the headlines a little more than usual right now. It’s a perfect time for Ubisoft to partner with gel manufacturer Edge, then – but did it really need to attach exclusive in-game Assassin’s Creed Unity content to the partnership?...
Thursday30th Oct 2014
News Oh Dear, Assassin's Creed Unity Is Going to Mess with Time Travel
It was inevitable
Just when you thought that Assassin's Creed's overarching narrative couldn't possibly get any more convoluted, it looks like Assassin's Creed Unity is going to dabble in a bit of time travel. Sigh. We'll admit that the concept does seem quite cool — at least in trailer form — but it just seems like something that the franchise...
News People Are Already Playing Assassin's Creed Unity on PS4
Sacré bleu
Typically, when retailers break street dates, games are put on sale a day or two before their real release. However, in the case of Assassin’s Creed Unity, retail copies for the PlayStation 4 are in the wild right now – a good two weeks ahead of the title’s actual launch date. With the game originally due out at the end of October,...
Friday10th Oct 2014
News Ubisoft: Why Would We Ever Hold Assassin's Creed Unity Back?
Arno idea
Ubisoft has given a more detailed response to accusations that it’s held the PlayStation 4 version of Assassin’s Creed Unity back in order to match the specifications of the Xbox One release. An interview with senior producer Vincent Pontbriand earlier in the week insinuated as much, but in a UbiBlog post, the c
Tuesday7th Oct 2014
News Assassin's Creed Unity Could Still Reach 1080p on the PS4
How high can you climb?
Assassin’s Creed Unity’s current specifications may yet be for the chop, as Ubisoft has stressed that nothing is set in stone yet. Senior producer Vincent Pontbriand caused a merde tempête of epic proportions yesterday when he suggested that the PlayStation 4 version of the firm’s forthcoming French revolution foray...
News Ubisoft Insists That Assassin's Creed Unity Hasn't Been Scaled Back on PS4
Res Misérables
Ubisoft has attempted to still the unrest caused by yesterday’s French Resolution. Some slightly misjudged comments by senior producer Vincent Pontbriand suggested that the publisher had scaled back the PlayStation 4 version of Assassin’s Creed Unity in order to match the specifications of the Xbox One release, but a spokesperson...
Monday6th Oct 2014
News Ubisoft Locks Assassin's Creed Unity's PS4 Resolution to Avoid Debates
Gulp
Either someone at Ubisoft has said something very silly, or there’s some seriously shady stuff going on behind the scenes. Those that have been following the console industry closely over the past year or so will be aware that the PlayStation 4 has showed a significant technical lead over its closest competitor the Xbox One – and that’s...
Thursday28th Aug 2014
News Ubisoft Keeps its Blade Hidden by Delaying Assassin's Creed Unity into November
October's a bit lighter
A few months ago, October was looking like this year's most bloated period for new releases, but a few big delays later, and November is beginning to look like 2014's real heavy hitter. It may only be a relatively small delay of two weeks, but Ubisoft has saw fit to push back Assassin's Creed Unity all the same. The next-gen...
Thursday14th Aug 2014
All Arno-thing
Yesterday we got our first proper look at last-gen only title Assassin's Creed Rogue courtesy of an eight minute gameplay trailer, but after seeing this 11 minute walkthrough for Assassin's Creed Unity, we're starting to really appreciate why publisher Ubisoft is keeping this one a current-gen exclusive. Simply put, the city of
Monday14th Jul 2014
News Spark a Revolution on PS4 with Assassin's Creed Unity's New Gameplay Trailer
A different kind of red, white, and blue
Judging from Assassin's Creed Unity's newest trailer, the French really aren't happy about how their national team bowed out of the World Cup after a disappointing duel with eventual winners Germany. We joke, of course, but the clip that we've embedded is indeed full of rioting Frenchmen, much to the approval...
