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The Upcoming Assassin’s Creed Chronicle Will Visit India

Ubisoft recently released a trailer of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Chronicle, each exploring a different locale. As seen in the trailer, the storyline takes place in China, Russia, as well as India.

The first chronicle takes place in China, where the players will play as the female assassin, Shao Jun, and experience the downfall of the Ming Dynasty. The next is based in India and is the story of Arbaaz Mir, an assassin in the era of the Sikh Empire at War in 1841. Lastly, the story of Nikolai Orelov, set against the backdrop of the Red October in Russia.

Climax Studios is handling development on this trio of titles in conjunction with Ubisoft Montreal. The games will feature a 2.5D perspective, each with their distinct art style. Assasin’s Creed: China edition will be releasing on April 21st for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on April 21st for North and South America, followed by the release in European countries the day after. The remaining two titles, which are based in India and Russia will be released separately later this year. Release for India has not yet been disclosed.

Assassin’s Creed Chronicle: The unique 2.5D graphics

Each Chronicle will be priced at $10 (Rs. 641). Players who have the Assassin’s Creed Unity Season Pass will be able to download the ACC: China with no extra cost.

You can check out the trailer below:

April 3, 2015
Assassin’s Creed Rogue to Get Eye-Control Motion Soon

The next installment of the wildly popular Assassins Creed franchise could get more wilder – as you’ll be able to control the assassin with your own eyes. Put simply, where you look, the assassin looks (in this case Shay Patrick Cormac). Now your view and the in-game character’s view will be the same.

Ubisoft has announced that the upcoming PC version (no consoles) of Assassin’s Creed Rogue will be compatible with eye-tracking tech, making it the first AAA title to do so. The game will support the Steel Series Sentry eye-tracking device – designed specially for gaming.

Ubisoft has collaborated with Tobii for this venture. The eye tracking technology will primarily be used to control the game’s camera. The game will still be played using a keyboard and mouse, though when you look somewhere on the screen, the game’s character will do the same. While if you look away from the screen, it will pause automatically.

[quote text_size=”small” author=”Corneliu Vasiliu ” author_title=”Producer at Ubisoft’s Kiev Studio”]

Eye tracking is such a natural way to interact with a game and creates tons of potential opportunities for gameplay immersion.

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Asassin’s Creed Rogue was launched last year for consoles, though the PC version is slated for a release sometime this year.

Meanwhile, Tobii says its working on a range of other projects from indies to big studios, so we can expect more titles in the future who’ll milk this technology.

[quote text_size=”small” author=”Oscar Werner.” author_title=”President of Tobii”]

This is only the beginning of eye-tracking in gaming.

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You can check out other games that have used the technology at Tobii Arcade. Do check out the video below showing off the eye tracking integration:

February 6, 2015
Next Assassin’s Creed Revealed in a Leak; Ubisoft Confirms Report

The next installment of the wildly popular Assassin’s Creed franchise has been leaked, and this time around the game is set in 19th century London during the Victorian era. According to internal sources, it’s called ‘Assassin’s Creed Victory’ for the time being, and will be coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC in fall 2015. Sources also indicate that Victory will apparently be developed by Ubisoft Quebec, and not Ubisoft Montreal.

This is what Ubisoft has to say after leaks were reported all over the web:

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It is always unfortunate when internal assets, not intended for public consumption, are leaked. And, while we certainly welcome anticipation for all of our upcoming titles, we’re disappointed for our fans, and our development team, that this conceptual asset is now public. The team in our Quebec studio has been hard at work on the particular game in question for the past few years, and we’re excited to officially unveil what the studio has been working on at a later date. In the meantime, our number one priority is enhancing the experience of Assassin’s Creed Unity for players.

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The leaks were apparently spotted by game-focused blog Kokatu, who also reported of seeing a seven minute ‘target gameplay footage’. The clip also notes that the footage was recorded using the new Anvil engine, which means that it was not pre-rendered.

The leaked footage shows an unnamed assassin in smoke-covered London, whose target is a Templar engaged in human trafficking of children. The assasin accepts the contract and is engaged in a battle on top of a moving vehicle. The fight then moves on to a train station where assassin gets on to a higher ground, swings using a grappling hook – a new gameplay mechanic, and takes out the target.

Sources also indicate that this will be the only Assassin’s Creed game next fall; unlike this year that saw two Assassin’s Creed titles launch – Assassin’s Creed Unity and Assassin’s Creed Rogue.

December 3, 2014