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Train2Game News: End of week round up – 08.02.13

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3's does it look dated to you?Train2Game are this week bringing you an end of the week round up of news.

A new Call Of Duty has been confirmed for the fourth quarter of this year. “The Call of Duty franchise continues to set the bar for innovation and we expect a new Call of Duty game in development for 2013 to raise that bar even higher,” said CFO Dennis Durkin during a financials conference call today. Historical trends indicate this year’s title is likely to be a new entry in the ‘Modern Warfare’ line, developed by Infinity Ward. Expect an early November release.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot told investors on Thursday that Ubisoft plans to publish a new Assassin’s Creed game during the 2014 financial year. The game, developed across several of Ubisoft’s global games development studios, will likely be introduced at E3 this year. Although Guillemot didn’t go into too much detail, it was confirmed the game will take place in a new time period and star a new character. In further Assassin’s Creed news, Assassin’s Creed 3 sales have reached 12 million across the globe.

Yet another big game sequel that surfaced this week was that of Little Big Planet 3. The game is being developed by Sumo Digital who were the company behind the cross controller pack for Little Big Planet 2. Sony have yet to comment on this but VG247 was told that the independent, Sheffield-based studio has been working on the project for unknown platforms for “well over a year”.

The first trailer has been released for the up coming Activision Walking Dead game, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. The game features the Dixon brothers, Daryl and Merle. In addition, Activision announced that those who pre-order The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct on Xbox 360 or PS3 at GAME or GameStop Ireland will receive the Walker Herd Survival Pack, which contains Herd Mode where you stave off endless waves of the undead. The add-on will also grant new weapons in the story mode including a survival knife, sawtoothed machete, kukri, reinforced hatchet and advanced machete. If you do get the add-on, be sure to install it before starting the game as you won’t be able to access the new weapons in a game already in progress. You can watch the trailer here.

The developers of the OUYA android console have said that they want to release a new OUYA every year. Ouya company founder Julie Uhrman said “There will be a new Ouya every year. There will be an Ouya 2 and an Ouya 3. We’ll take advantage of faster, better processors, take advantage of prices falling. So if we can get more than 8GB of Flash in our box, we will.” By the end of last year, 1200 Ouya dev kits had been sent out. By the end of January, the software development package had been downloaded 22,000 times.

Train2Game News: A day at Eurogamer Expo: Part 2

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This is the continuation of my day at the Eurogamer Expo held in London at Earl’s Court.

The first game I tried in the afternoon was the new Devil May Cry from Capcom. With the main character, Dante, being younger, he is cockier and cooler than ever. I have not played previous Devil May Cry games. It’s a grand display of action in a beautiful demonic world with a good mix of Angel and Demon powers it looks to be attractive with a good pace of action.

I finally got my first play on a PSVita at the show, playing Little Big Planet. The game was enjoyable, it made good use of the touch screen. However I did find the way that I was holding the device meant I was touching the track pad on the back. It didn’t affect the game I was playing but I fear it might when a game uses the mechanic.

I didn’t get to play a WiiU unfortunately. I did however have a look at it. The person I watched was playing ZombiU. The game definitely blows away any worries that it is going to be all family games again like with the Wii. ZombiU looks like a good horror with impressive graphics. It uses the tablet controller in interesting ways, having to hold up the tablet to the screen so that it can disable a jammer in one of the in game areas. My only worry is whether the tablet will be too big in your hands to use comfortably.

After a little shopping trip, buying a Joker shirt and an Assassins Creed wall scroll, I came back to the Capcom stand to play Resident Evil 6. Now you may know I am a big fan of the series, so much so that I have the Umbrella logo tattooed just above my elbow. I was disappointed with Resi 5, I felt that it had lost all of its horror elements. Resident Evil 6 however seems to have something for most people. Playing as Chris Redfield you get a good action paced story, like what it seemed they wanted Resident Evil 5 to be. Playing as Leon Kennedy however you get a good sense of the survival horror similar to the first games of the series. There is a third character called Jake who I didn’t get to try out, my guess would be he is a mixture of the two styles.

As I was playing Resident Evil 6, I turned around to see a zombie who was eyeing up my arm. The guy had amazing make up which was so good in fact he wouldn’t look out of place in The Walking Dead. He then proceeded to give a friend of mine his phone to get his picture taken with a character from Mortal Kombat, that isn’t something you see every day.

I attended the Train2Game stand once more and saw the results of the Royal Rush competition I mentioned in the first part of this blog. The winner got a limited edition silver Xbox360 Controller and it was handed to the winner by The Joker.

The final game I played at the event was the Tomb Raider reboot. The game was absolutely gorgeous and Lara Croft no longer feel likes an immortal woman. She now feels flawed and real as you run around which adds to the immersion of the game. I was doing a hunting mission and my objective was to kill a deer using the Bow and Arrow I had just obtained. My only complaint was the arrows seem far too weak. I shot the deer straight through the neck, thinking that would kill it no problem. It then took an extra six arrows to take it down. The game is still in pre-beta though so I am sure such problems will be fixed by release in March.

Before I set off to drive home I headed in to the Cybercandy store and I bought my self a Zombie survival energy drink to keep me going through the drive home. I had an incredible day and it is very exciting seeing all the games that are soon to be released.

Train2Game News: Assassin’s Creed III gameplay video features game director commentary

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Get an insight into development of Assassin’s Creed III with a gameplay video from Ubisoft, complete with commentary from game director Alexander Hutchinson.

The Frontier walkthrough shows game design elements such as tree navigation, moving through snowy terrain and new controls in action, in addition to Hutchinson telling us a bit about Assassin’s Creed III protagonist Connor who he describes as “‘most robust character in 3D action games today.”

The game director also discusses Ubisoft’s new AnvilNext engine, which you can see in action throughout the demo. Watch it below, here on The Train2Game Blog.

There’s more Assassin’s Creed news here on The Train2Game Blog, while you can also keep reading for more from Ubisoft.

What are your thoughts on Assassin’s Creed III?

Leave your comments here on The Train2Game Blog, or on the Train2Game forum.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations development team over 200 staff strong

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Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Earlier this month, Train2Game news revealed that Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is in development at Ubisoft, with a big reveal planned for E3 next month.

It’s going to be a huge title, with GameInformer reporting that the development team behind Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is one of the biggest in Ubisoft’s history.

It’ll be produced by not only the near 200 Game Programmers, Game Designers and Game Artist & Animators at Ubisoft Montreal, but the publisher has also enlisted help from its other studios throughout the world.

Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Massive in Sweden, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Quebec City and Ubisoft Bucharest will all play a part in producing Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.

“Assassin’s Creed has always been a Montreal production, and Montreal remains the lead studio,” Creative director Alexandre Amancio told Game Informer.

“But this is a huge game. The amount of time and data that goes into all of these systems to build the game is tremendous. So it’s a cooperative venture. We have different studios cooperating on different elements of the game.”

There are surely Train2Game students reading this who have desires to work for a huge publisher such as Ubisoft.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has the aim on improving on the previous title in the series – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – which although an excellent game, as reported by the Train2Game blog, it was named the biggest gaming surprise of 2010.

The surprise came through the development team producing such an excellent game in a relatively short turnaround time.

Details of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations can be seen on Train2Game news.

So Train2Game, do you think the huge size of the development team shows that Ubisoft has huge ambitions of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations? Do you want to work for a high profile developer in future?

Leave your comments here on the Train2Game blog, or on the Train2Game forum.

[Source: CVG] 

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood gameplay trailer

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Ubisoft has released new two minute gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and it looks very good indeed. The Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood trailer Enzio doing what he does best – which for those who may be unaware about the Assassin’s Creed series, is stabbing people while making it look effortlessly cool.

The Brotherhood trailer also shows off which will be a new feature for Assassin’s Creed games in commanding a small group of other Assassin’s. It looks very impressive and you can watch the entire Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood trailer below.


That’s the good news about Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, but unfortunately there’s also bad Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood news. That unfortunate news – at least if you’re in the United States – is that the Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta has been delayed. The multiplayer beta testing period for American pre-orders of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood will start along side the European test on October 4th. (Source: Joystiq)

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is scheduled for release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 19th this year, while the PC release has been delayed until 2011.

So Train2Game, what do you think of the new Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood gameplay trailer?

You can leave your thoughts about Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood here on the Train2Game blog, or on the Train2Game forum.

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta details revealed

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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Courtesan Ubisoft have revealed more details about the Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta.

Those PlayStation 3 owners who pre-ordered Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – be it standard, Auditore or Codex edition – will be able to access the multiplayer beta from October 4th.

The Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta is exclusive to the PlayStation 3

The beta will give PlayStation 3 owners a taste of what to expect from The Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer mode, allowing them to play as nine different characters. The characters include a doctor, an executioner, a priest and a courtesan which all offer alternative and unique ways for players to kill each other in the Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta.

Up to eight Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood players will be able to simultaneously use new ways to assassinate their targets in two different modes:

Wanted – challenges Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood players to get the higher score by killing their assigned targets and escaping their hunters in clever ways.

Alliance – allows Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood players to compete cooperatively in teams of two, fulfil contracts and confuse enemies in tandem.

Both multiplayer modes take place different maps located in Rome and Castel Gandolfo, both new locations for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.

The bad news for PC gamers is that Ubisoft have confirmed that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood will be delayed and won’t be on that particular system until the first quarter of next year. The PC version was originally scheduled to for release alongside its console brothers.

Whether you have an Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta key or not, you can get yourself in the mood for some Renaissance era action by watching the first Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood developer diary.

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is scheduled for release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 19th this year

So Train2Game, has anyone pre-ordered Assassins Creed: Brotherhood? If so, how much are you looking forward to the multiplayer beta? Perhaps you’re a PC gamer, if so let us know what you think about the delay.

You can leave your thoughts on Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood here on the Train2Game blog, or on the Train2Game forum.

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood First Developer Diary

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Ubisoft have released the first of a series of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood developer diaries. In this first one titled Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood ‘The Birth’; the Ubisoft team explain the history behind the story which may be useful for those not familiar with Assassin’s Creed or Assassin’s Creed 2.

The video also tells us a bit about new features in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood including the recruitment system, a little bit about multiplayer and the fact that the game starts exactly where Assassin’s Creed 2 left off. You can check out the first Assassins’ Creed: Brotherhood Developer Diary below.


Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood game is scheduled for release in Europe on November 19th. Despite this being just one year after the release of Assassin’s Creed 2, Ubisoft are keen to stress that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood isn’t a rushed sequel and is a full part of their planned story.

So Train2Game, What do you think of the Assassin’s Creed Developer Diary? Are you a fan of the franchise and if so, are you looking forward to Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood? And how important do you feel pre-planning a storyline across multiple games is for franchise titles?

You can leave your comments about Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood here or on the Train2Game forum.