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Review: Assassin’s Creed III

by Joseph Murphy - on Oct 30th 2012 - No Comments
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With Ezio a thing of the past, Connor Kenway takes up the lead as main protagonist in the most ambitious Assassin’s Creed title to date. Of course, a new direction for any established franchise can prove to be a dangerous gamble – but it’s a gamble that Ubisoft Montreal has pulled off with astonishing results. The introduction...

WIN: Assassins Creed III “Freedom Edition” for the Xbox 360 – *updated with winner!*

by Joseph Murphy - on Oct 30th 2012 - 1 Comment
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*Update* We’re delighted to announce the winner of The Freedom Edition as Tendai Muzwidzwa from Co.Meath. TGL was inundated with over 420+ entries that came flooding in via email, facebook and twitter – some of which came in with just 1 minute to spare before the closing time on Saturday the 27th. Although they will be quite...

New Assassin’s Creed trailer shows weapons and combat

by Joseph Murphy - on Oct 11th 2012 - No Comments
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Ubisoft has released a brand new gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed III. The latest trailer shows the weapons in the game as well as the combat you can expect to be neck-deep in. There’s some rather nasty moves in there you KNOW you want to see, so hit play. We recently caught up with Ubisoft to talk everything combat...

TGL Interview: Alex Hutchinson and Jonathan Cooper talk Assassin’s Creed III

by Joseph Murphy - on Oct 9th 2012 - No Comments
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Assassin’s Creed III’s development was quite unique by today’s standards when you think about it. Starting all of three years ago, the development has seen new blood brought on board, as well as a significant shift in creative direction – thanks to the new setting, new faces and a revamped combat system to mention...

Stunning new Assassin’s Creed III screens and artwork released

by Joseph Murphy - on Oct 8th 2012 - No Comments
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Some brand new Assassin’s Creed III screens have hit the net… and they look rather awesome. The screens and artwork come courtesy of AGB, and show the single player campaign, brand new artwork and even a look at multiplayer. Have a goo at these, then hit the link above to see the rest. ...

Assassin’s Creed III getting season pass, confirms five DLC packs to come

by Joseph Murphy - on Oct 5th 2012 - No Comments
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Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed III is to get a season pass deal for its DLC. The pass will set you back 2400 Microsoft points on Xbox Live, and €29.99 on the PSN – but it will grand you access to five content packs. While the later DLC packs are currently still a mystery, we do know players will start with “The...

Hands-on Impressions: Assassin’s Creed III

by Joseph Murphy - on Oct 3rd 2012 - No Comments
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Reinventing an established IP is never an easy feat. How do you balance the new with the old? How do you appease the fans while generating new ones? Assassin’s Creed 3 aims to do this as it takes a bold step towards the American Revolution setting. Essentially our hands-on preview broke into two parts: the well-documented naval...

New Assassin’s Creed III screens and artwork released

by Joseph Murphy - on Oct 1st 2012 - No Comments
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Ubisoft has released a collection of new Assassin’s Creed III screens and artwork. The brand new collection come courtesy of AGB and feature Connor as well as giving us a look at some of the cities. The newly released artwork looks just as impressive as the screens. To see more, hit the link above. ...

Fourth “Inside Assassin’s Creed III” dev diary launched

by Joseph Murphy - on Sep 19th 2012 at 11:21 am (IST). This post has No Comments

The latest in a series of videos, the fourth developer diary talks about Boston – and some of its…

Assassin’s Creed III’s achievements hit the net

by Joseph Murphy - on Sep 17th 2012 at 2:13 pm (IST). This post has No Comments

Courtesy of xbox360achievements, they’re not overly spoilerific, but if you want read them all then click the previous link. The…

Assassin’s Creed III rated by ESRB

by Joseph Murphy - on Sep 14th 2012 at 11:14 am (IST). This post has No Comments

The rating details the story as well as revealing some rather nasty sequences which include throat cutting …

Third “Inside Assassin’s Creed III” dev diary launched

by Joseph Murphy - on Sep 12th 2012 at 9:02 pm (IST). This post has No Comments

The first broke down the Anvil Engine and showed loads of new gameplay, the second broke down history and the violence in war. The third…

Ubisoft release Assassin’s Creed 3 “Join Or Die” unboxing video

by Joseph Murphy - on Sep 7th 2012 at 2:43 pm (IST). This post has No Comments

Here’s an official unboxing video for the edition which shows off the bevy of content gamers can expect to have once…

AC III dev claims “easy mode” ruins games

by Joseph Murphy - on Sep 4th 2012 at 10:51 am (IST). This post has No Comments

Yet, despite the sudden interest in the topic, we know where From Software stand on the subject. But according…

Second “Inside Assassin’s Creed III” dev diary launched

by Joseph Murphy - on Aug 30th 2012 at 3:45 pm (IST). This post has No Comments

This one shows off the weapons, tactics and combat we can expect from the game. The team at Ubisoft break down…