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• Ubisoft asks fans to help pick future Assassin's Creed locations

  
  Ubisoft asks fans to help pick future Assassin's Creed locations

  Ubisoft has sent a survey to fans on its Assassin's Creed Uplay mailing list, asking them to vote on possible locations and time periods for future games in the series.

  There are eight options to choose from, all of which could throw up intriguing new gameplay possibilities. Medieval China and feudal Japan both feature on the list, as do the American and Russian revolutions. Ancient Rome and Egypt are also suggested, along with Victorian England and the Spanish Conquistadors.

  The recently released Assassin's Creed Revelations brought the stories of previous heroes Altair and Ezio to a close. Next year's Assassin's Creed 3 will reportedly be the last to feature Desmond Miles, the modern day hero who relives the memories of his ancestors in the games.

  But Ubisoft has admitted they want Assassin's Creed to be an annual event, and there's certainly scope in the idea to take the series to interesting new places in 2013. Where would you like to go?

  Assassin's Creed Revelations is out now for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
  

• Assassin's Creed 3 dated

  Ubisoft has stuck a dagger in its calendar and confirmed the release date for the next entry in the Assassin's Creed series. And here it is: Assassin's Creed 3 will arrive on October 30th this year for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. A Wii U version is also in the pipeline, but may arrive later depending on when the console launches in Europe.

  Details are scarce as to what Assassin's Creed 3 will feature, but we do know that it's been in development for three years and will be the last we see of series protagonist Desmond Miles, the hapless modern day hero who has jaunted back into the memories of ancestors such as Altair and Ezio Auditore in the Crusades and Renaissance periods.

  Ubisoft has already confirmed that 2012 marks an important cut-off point in the saga, tying in with the various conspiracy theories and doomsday prophecies that drive its storyline. Both Altair and Ezio saw their stories completed in last year's Assassin's Creed Revelations, so expect Desmond to explore an all-new historical setting for his final adventure. Rumour ninjas have pegged the American Revolution as a possible choice, but Ubisoft has yet to comment.

  "It's a fantastic product that the team has been working on for three years," Ubisoft top man Yves Guillemot told investors today. "What we have seen is just fabulous."

• Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed III release for October 2012

  The next chapter in the blockbuster Assassin's Creed franchise will emerge from the shadows in October 2012, Ubisoft has announced.

  Yves Guillemot, chief executive of the French gamemaker, has confirmed during an investor call that Assassin's Creed III will launch this autumn, having been in development for three years.

  "We will push the title a lot because it's a fantastic product ... What we have seen is just fabulous," he said.

  The Assassin's Creed games puts players in the boots of various trained killers from different eras of history, as filtered through the computer-enhanced memories of one of their modern-day descendants.

  Having debuted in 2007 with the original Assassin's Creed, the series really hit its stride with the widely acclaimed Assassin's Creed II in 2009, which introduced the Renaissance-era protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze.

  Subsequent instalments - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed Revelations - have completed a trilogy of tales starring Ezio, with Assassin's Creed III set to move the overall story in a new direction.

  Published: 16/02/2012

• Michael Fassbender to star in Assassin's Creed movie

  Assassin's Creed will make the daredevil rooftop leap from games to the big screen in fine style, it seems, with the announcement that Michael Fassbender, one of the most popular actors around, will not only star in the movie version of Ubisoft's hit stealth franchise, but will also co-produce the movie with Ubisoft through his own production company.

  Fassbender is box office gold right now, with critical acclaim for arthouse dramas such as Shame and A Dangerous Method rubbing up against commercial hits such as X-Men: First Class and Prometheus. "Michael Fassbender was our first choice," said Ubisoft Motion Pictures boss Jean-Julien Baronnet. "Michael is an extremely smart, talented, versatile and committed actor."

  It's unclear which elements of the Assassin's Creed games will be used for the movie, but Ubisoft is adamant that it will retain creative control. The publisher even scuppered an earlier attempt to finance the movie by refusing to allow Sony's movie division to tamper with the story.

  It'll be a few years before we see the Animus in action on the big screen, but gamers can look forward to the end of an era when Assassin's Creed 3 is released this November 16th. The game, set during the American Revolutionary War, brings the story of time-hopping hero Desmond Miles to a close.
  

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