Just as we dangled in front of you a few weeks ago, it appears as though the next Assassin’s Creed will be in a much different setting. Recently, games mega analyst Michael Pachter let it slip during an interview with GameTrailers that Altair will be traversing buildings “sometime in the 1700s.” He then proceeded to say that it could possibly revolve around the French Revolution.

If the game is placed in the French Revolution, there are quite a few exciting years it could explore. Will Altair be embroiled in another religious conflict or will Ubisoft put him smack dab in the middle of the Reign of Terror? My hope is for the Reign of Terror because I’m a large fan of the guillotine.

Either way, a new setting is definitely happening. Hopefully, Altair can learn a few new tricks during his time warp. I would hate to have to dive in a French haystack.

[via GiantBomb]

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Just as we dangled in front of you a few weeks ago, it appears as though the next Assassin’s Creed will be in a much different setting. Recently, games mega analyst Michael Pachter let it slip during an interview with GameTrailers that Altair will be traversing buildings “sometime in the 1700s.” He then proceeded to say that it could possibly revolve around the French Revolution.

If the game is placed in the French Revolution, there are quite a few exciting years it could explore. Will Altair be embroiled in another religious conflict or will Ubisoft put him smack dab in the middle of the Reign of Terror? My hope is for the Reign of Terror because I’m a huge fan of the guillotine.

Either way, a new setting is definitely happening. Hopefully, Altair can learn a few new tricks during his time warp. I would hate to have to dive in a French haystack.

[via GiantBomb]

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In a shocking show of corporate greed and defilement, Rare’s studio manager Mark Betteridge has made it clear to gamesindustry.biz that his studio will seek to “own” the entirety of the Avatar product market and will continue to use the cutesy creations in the future. Betteridge prefaced his Avatar-owning statement by admitting that third celebrations want in on the market space, but Rare will attempt to control it all.

From the interview:

There’s a lot of interest in avatars by third celebrations, as you can imagine. As standalone avatar products, we want to own that space, because we think it’s a massive, massive space going forward – it appeals across genres, across age ranges, demographics, and there’s an enormous opportunity there.

There you’ve it folks, the small developer who created the critically acclaimed FPS Perfect Dark Zero now seeks to control one of the most pivotal markets on Xbox Live. In addition to wanting it all right now, Betteridge made clear that Avatars are just in their infancy and described last week’s release as just a “foot in the door.”

More like a foot in my pocketbook, Rare.

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In a shocking show of corporate greed and defilement, Rare’s studio manager Mark Betteridge has made it clear to gamesindustry.biz that his studio will seek to “own” the entirety of the Avatar product market and will continue to use the cutesy creations in the future. Betteridge prefaced his Avatar-owning statement by admitting that third parties want in on the market space, but Rare will attempt to control it all.

From the interview:

There’s a lot of interest in avatars by third parties, as you can imagine. As standalone avatar products, we want to own that space, because we think it’s a big, big space going forward – it appeals across genres, across age ranges, demographics, and there’s an enormous opportunity there.

There you’ve it folks, the small developer who created the critically acclaimed FPS Perfect Dark Zero now seeks to control one of the most pivotal markets on Xbox Live. In addition to wanting it all right now, Betteridge made clear that Avatars are just in their infancy and described last week’s release as just a “foot in the door.”

More like a foot in my pocketbook, Rare.

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If you don’t already own Arkadian Warriors, then you are an idiot. One-of-a-kind features such as co-operative roleplaying action, enthralling combat and amazing character interaction work together to produce what is one of Xbox Live’s greatest digital triumphs. Don’t worry if you missed out the first time around, however, because this Friday’s post-Thanksgiving sale will see Arkadian Warriors priced at a ludicrous 500 Microsoft points! No excuses this time!

The entire first paragraph was sarcasm.

Right, so it’s Black Friday soon and Microsoft is getting in on the sales fun. The real jewel in the crown is Rez at 500 points, down from 800. Assault Heroes for 250 is also worth a look if you’ve not played it before.

Some downloadable content and Microsoft’s new “premium themes” are also available — including the new Castle Crashers theme. If you felt like buying into Microsoft’s despicable ploy to make people “fix” their themes broken by the NXE, Friday might be a good opportunity. If you’ve a US account, anyway.

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