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In Assassin's Creed Valhalla's upcoming expansion, Dawn of Ragnarok, players take on the role of Odin/Havi and the assortment of godly powers that come with it. Shacknews takes a first look.
Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation was a Vita-exclusive spin-off, and it appears Ubisoft is making an HD port of the game.
Juggling two jobs can be difficult for anyone, but Captain Edward Kenway seems to take the responsibilities of both pirate and Assassin in his stride. Ubisoft today dropped the first "gameplay" trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, showing the kind of salty shenanigans players can expect from its latest open-world murder simulator.
You and I know pirates to be cheery drunkards, perhaps made of plasticine, who plunder cursed booty and battle sea monsters. Yet, Ubisoft Montreal claims, this is all fiction. The developer has said it is "giving pirates the HBO, reality treatment" in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, suggesting that perhaps piracy wasn't all hook hands and perching parrots.
Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation has the pedigree for a good game, but a lack of character, weak story and technical issues turn it into an inert, lackadaisical experience.
With Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation have different locales during the American Revolution, but that won't keep the two main characters from meeting and interacting in the Vita version, according to lead story writer Corey May.
How does Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation fit into the series canon? Apparently, it's the first game in the franchise to be developed by "Abstergo Entertainment," a branch of the villainous corporation at the heart of the franchise.
