Assassin's Creed

Like so many fancy Italian citizens in the Renaissance, Assassin's Creed 2's Ezio Auditore di Firenze has a sweet villa in the country to run off to whenever he's feeling overburdened by his ... ahem ... work. In this latest (and final) developer...

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Tied into next week's Assassin's Creed II, Ubisoft is looking to expand Ezio Auditore da Firenze's 15th-Century Italian playground through a new book titled Assassin's Creed: Renaissance. Written by Oliver Bowden and set to be published by...

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Yesterday we reported on the early release of a novel based on Ubisoft's upcoming spy game Splinter Cell Conviction. Now comes word that another Ubisoft game is being turned into a prose piece. Assassin's Creed: Renaissance is the title of the...

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We can just see Ezio now, dashing from one social circle to the next like a débutante on her coming out party. And how could we picture anything else after watching the latest developer diary for Assassin's Creed 2, where the game's main...

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Judging by one analyst's estimation, Assassin's Creed 2 is set to escape from store shelves faster than its protagonist can outrun his pursuers. According to Mike Hickey of Janco Partners, pre-orders for the game are running 10 to 20 percent...

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Much like that other highly anticipated Q4 blockbuster, it seems Assassin's Creed 2 won't receive a pre-launch playable preview. According to Connected Consoles, a Ubisoft representative recently confirmed at the Eurogamer Expo that the company...

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Ubisoft is a company based in France, a country that has a solid respect for comic books. French comics include creations that are even known in the US including Tintin, Asterix and XIII (which Ubisoft adapted into a cel-shaded shooter a few...

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We weren't surprised that the first of three episodes in the Assassin's Creed: Lineage miniseries is good because its creator, Hybride Studios, exceeded our expectations. These folks did the effects for 300 and Sin City -- so of course we knew...

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Once again, we've bitten the bullet of plotline spoilification for you lot, and measured the believability of two recently released lists of Achievements and Trophies for Assassin's Creed 2. Our initial impression is that they seem legit -- but...

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Fittingly, there is only one big-name, multiplatform game comfortable in the shadow of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's release next month: Assassin's Creed 2. While it's not the only game willing to test its selling power against the potential...

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