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Assassin's Creed Update

10,000 plus.

That's how many character animations are loaded into Assassin's Creed, 700 of them alone contextual. To put things into perspective, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, developed by the same crack team at Ubisoft Montreal, features 500 character animations. And Prince remains to this day one of the finest animated games on the market. Get the picture?

UrbanJabroni6511d ago

This was an article covering the game at X06...so, I don't know, maybe you want to include this in the 360 section as well? Maybe?

Also, this was expeceted but interesting:

"While the PlayStation 3 and 360 versions of Assassin's Creed are virtually identical, Raymond did say that on the 360 the team is putting a special emphasis on achievements. The hardware also allows for improved threading, which will improve even further the crowd AI."

D3acon6511d ago (Edited 6511d ago )

That last statement bothered me, why would they put special emphasis on achievements soley on the 360? I would like someone to explain improved threading and AI, which should be at least equaly possible on the Ps3.

zypher6511d ago

yeah, it should've been marked as 360 news too. but so what? if you scan back through the past couple of pages of news, you'll notice that every Assassins Creed article is labled only for the 360.

in any event even though i'm no technical whiz and thus could say what threading is, its kinda hard for me to buy that superior threading notion from Ubisoft. i know that developing for the PS3's supposed to be a pain...which could explain why they feel the 360 has improved threading (they just haven't figured out how to achieve it properly on the PS3). to D3acon: like i said, i'm not sure what threading is, but AI is artificial intelligence.

sparco6510d ago (Edited 6510d ago )

They've been labelled 360 probably cos they are related to X06; as gameplay was shown there for the first time. So they are probably more related to 360 news than ps3.

UrbanJabroni6510d ago

Threading is, in simple terms, when you break apart chunks of code so that they can be run "simultaneously" on the same processor, improving the theoretical performance and efficiency of certain types of code.

That said, I don't think the last statement necessarily referred to the 360, but to both next-gen colsoles.

I think what they meant was. The 360 version is focusing on achievments, as we have yet to recieve information from Sony on this aspect, but we are focusing on improving the threading for both systems.

No need to panic, they said the games will look identical and I in no way doubt this. At the end of the day, each machine has its own strengths and bottlenecks, but they'll pretty much even out in terms of actual game performance. (Note, please don't pull the stupid argument about Oblivion or whatnot being improved on the PS3...of COURSE it will be improved with the additional development time).

Watapata6510d ago

I hope by "simultaneously" you mean, simultaneously as far as the user is concerned ;)

unleash bass6510d ago

This game is going to be the muts nuts!

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AC Remakes Can Save Ubisoft Like RE Remakes Saved Capcom

Salman from Tech4Gamers writes "If Ubisoft plays its cards right, the Assassin's Creed remakes could achieve what Resident Evil 2 Remake did for Capcom."

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RaidenBlack20d ago

AC1 Reimagining and AC2 Remakes first ... then Black Flag and others.

just_looken19d ago

It was talked about awhile back that the Singapore branch the ones that made skull bones are making a black flag remake. It has at that time 3 months of work put into it.

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

Terry_B20d ago

You believe something good would come from Ubisoft? Did you sleep the last 10-15 years?

just_looken19d ago

Right ubisoft has been on life support for awhile everyone of there ip's has had huge shift's in population/sales and fan base.

Right now its all about xdefient but that game is still fixing netcode issues 3 years in.

-Foxtrot20d ago

The only time they should be remaking the first game is when they are ready to reboot the series after a long break and want to get back to their roots. Start a new re-freshed timeline which they've convoluted.

just_looken19d ago

Though capcom has had sales for there re games lets not all forget the huge elephant in the room which is mod support.

The first resident evil remake was made by fans taken down by capcom then they stamped there logo on it after that mods came in made the replay factor way better than the original.

But when they made them all in house then came the cuts for the modern audience followed by re4 mt's then they went after the modders even in really old titles trying there best to crush mod support. Then you got the horrible drm crap pc port of village and that dumpster fire online re game.

So capcom has made money on remakes but after awhile there shine is not so bright

I hope ubisoft does not copy capcom as they would turn that dial from a 8 to a 11 add in there own mt's to older titles with time savers live service bs or worse black flag with stamina meter's.

MeteorPanda19d ago

don't you dare touch the first ac game. Your woke team would ruin it's charm

AndrewM19d ago

Woke has nothing to do with anything you fucking weirdo.

MeteorPanda18d ago

They wouldn't understand how to remake the first ac games, they'd ruin them with real life politics. Happy?

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CEO Yves Guillemot on Ubisoft’s Upcoming Portfolio, the Future of Assassin’s Creed

Guillemot discusses his vision for Ubisoft’s upcoming slate, the future of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, the good and bad of the games industry, and more.

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RaidenBlack29d ago

Multiple AC Remakes are on their way

fan_of_gaming28d ago

I'd like an Altair Collection, with Altaïr's Chronicles + Assassin's Creed + Bloodlines. I also wish Discovery would have been included in the Ezio Collection or offered as DLC for it.

Psychonaut8528d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Can’t imagine someone whose opinion I care to hear less. Unless it’s a “AAAA” interview, then that changes everything. /s

Demetrius28d ago

Damn I know we gone be waiting a while for those remakes, 😫 the classic ac games deserve, it would be dope if more devs did this, get the remembered gems closer to a technical level they pictured back then

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.