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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag trailer reminds everyone that the series has...
Ubisoft Oct. 29-30, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets On Sale Now Another year doesn’t mean just another Assassin’s Creed game — it also means a few new maps and characters for the franchise’s aging...
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Assassin’s Creed IV DLC Freedom Cry puts players in the shoes of a former slave
UbisoftAssassin's Creed DLC Freedom Cry. Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Ubisoft’s is just a few weeks from unleashing its next Assassin’s Creed game, and it is revealing details...
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Ubisoft: Wii U not getting Assassin’s Creed IV downloadable content
UbisoftAdewale from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag DLC Freedom Cry. Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Publisher Ubisoft confirmed to GamesBeat that it will not release any of the...
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GamesBeat Giveaway: Check out these exclusive, gorgeous images from The Art...
Titan BooksThe Art of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag from Titan Books. Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Updated Oct. 31 at 8:32 p.m. with winner. On Oct. 29, the world and its seas...
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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag delivers addictive, open-world piracy amid...
Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now It’s fair to say that the various development teams in Ubisoft have made each major release in their flagship franchise better than the one...
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Grand Theft Auto V’s stars are good antiheroes whether we like them or not
Samir TorresGTA V's Trevor in a ... rare moment. Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now The three protagonists of open-world action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto V are criminals....
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Analyst predicts no ‘red’ October: Software sales up 34 percent from 2012
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is one reason why Wedbush expects software sales to be up significantly from October 2012. Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Market-research firm The...
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Assassin’s Creed: Pirates brings high-seas adventures to iOS and Android in...
UbisoftAssassin's Creed Pirates for iOS and Android devices. Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag in October, and now the publisher is...
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How to turn Xbox One text codes into Kinect-redeemable QR codes
Jeff Grubb/GamesBeatUsing a tablet to redeem an item code on Xbox One.The Xbox One wants to make things easy for gamers. For example, its Kinect camera can read QR codes, so when you buy a Xbox Store...
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The top 10 video game Easter eggs of 2013
Samir TorresCheck here for more from GamesBeat’s 12 Days of the Best and Worst of 2013. Every year, game developers hide secret content in their titles for eagle-eyed players to find — like John...
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Best of 2013: 10 of the weirdest, coolest, and most random screenshots of the...
Irrational GamesCheck here for more from GamesBeat’s 12 Days of the Best and Worst of 2013. We love screenshots here at GamesBeat, and not just because they break up our text to give our readers’ poor...
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Ubisoft revenue down as expected thanks to console transition
Above: Ubisoft's popular Assassin's Creed IV.Image Credit: UbisoftUbisoft is excited about the future of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as well as its franchises, but it just isn’t very excited about the...
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M-rated Valentine’s Day cards for your gamer sweetheart
Image Credit: Samir TorresNot everyone is into cute cherubs, heart-shaped candy, and stuffed animals, so how do you make Valentine’s Day special for your hardcore video game-loving darling? Let us...
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Here’s the next batch of game franchises that Disney should rip off
Above: Mickey Mouse upstages the legendary K.K. Slider. Saturday nights will never be the same.Image Credit: Samir Torres/GamesBeatDisney Interactive Studios is running out of ideas. It’s no secret...
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Assassin’s Creed’s monstrous sales might explain why Ubisoft is open-world...
Above: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is the latest in the open-world action series from Ubisoft.Image Credit: Titan BooksThe titular creed in Assassin’s Creed is: “Nothing is true; everything is...
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Ubisoft sells 11 million copies of Assassin’s Creed IV — and looks to release...
Above: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag was a big winner for Ubisoft.Image Credit: UbisoftPublisher Ubisoft had another strong year thanks to perennial hits like Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance, but it...
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Abzu’s secrets are about more than a Journey-esque scuba dive
Above: Giant Squid wants to keep Abzu's story a secret. Image Credit: Giant SquidThe first reaction I had when I saw Abzu’s trailer was, “What the heck is this game about?” Abzu was one of the more...
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Assassin’s Creed: Rogue puts an end to Assassin’s Creed in the 18th century
Above: When killing from the shadows, a gun might be loud, but still effective.Image Credit: UbisoftAssassin’s Creed has officially exhausted the 18th century. From The Age of Piracy in Assassin’s...
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Assassin’s Creed: Rogue’s bad boy isn’t enough to break the series’ creative...
REVIEW:I lived through the Third Crusade. I knocked out the pope in a secret basement underneath the Vatican. I even sailed with Blackbeard in the Caribbean. But until now, I’ve never waged war as a...
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Here’s what’s up with Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s Helix menu
That screen up there is what greets players when they start Unity, developer Ubisoft’s 2014 installment of the popular Assassin’s Creed franchise for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. An early version...
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Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Dragon Age: Inquisition fans
This article may contain spoilers for Dragon Age: Inquisition. You spent years waiting for developers to hurry up and release a big game. You buy it, take it home, and play through it in a couple of...
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Lessons in game marketing from the Ubisoft guy whose team just won 27 awards...
Every year, the French video game publisher Ubisoft convinces gamers to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on games like Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Just Dance 2014. Tony Key, the senior...
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Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’s 1st week sales lower than Unity’s — but 2nd...
Gamers were definitely wary of this year’s Assassin’s Creed. Speaking during an investment call today, Ubisoft president and chief executive officer Yves Guillemot revealed that first week sales of...
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The best games in Steam’s Summer Sale
Prepare the wallets. The Steam Summer Sale has begun. This is one of the craziest times of the year for Valve’s digital PC store. From now until July 4, hundreds of games will be available at huge...
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Ubisoft gifts Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and World in Conflict to PC...
Who needs that fancy new Assassin’s Creed game? Ubisoft is giving away Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and World in Conflict on the PC this month. You just need an Ubisoft account. World in Conflict is...
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GamesBeat’s 2013 ‘Naughty and Nice’ Alternative Holiday Gift Guide for your geek
There’s almost no point in calling the day after Thanksgiving “Black Friday” anymore. As the years have rolled on, the biggest shopping day of the year has engulfed the holiday while greedily absorbing...
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How Ubisoft quietly made Far Cry an annual franchise, and why no one's mad
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Far Cry could be the next Assassin’s Creed. “Annual franchise” has become a bit of dirty word for gamers. For many, it represents a cynical drive from publishers to...
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Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Assassin’s Creed IV fans
This article may contain spoilers for Assassin’s Creed IV. You spent years waiting for developers to hurry up and release a big game. You buy it, take it home, and play through it in a couple of days....
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The GamesBeat staff — and you — pick which games should sit this new console...
Now that the Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One are all finally out, developers have some decisions to make when they think about how to take advantage of the new hardware. Do they create brand-new...
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