Assassin's Creed Revelations: 1st Screen & Details

NowGamer covers the first released HD screenshot of Ezio in Assassin's Creed Revelations, as well as the new setting, and plot details.

[theafroman]

The Assassins Creed franchise & I have a real love/hate thing going on.But they always win me back color me excited.

[fastrez]

YAS!

[TimmyShire]

Wooooooooooooooooooo!

Looking forward to it.

[iamnsuperman]

I am too but I was looking more forward to AC3 not AC2.75. Lets hope there is more innovation, unlike there was in AC2 to ACB (in my eyes AC2.5), like there was between AC1 and AC2. The only reason I am getting this is the story but I do hope they upgrade the graphics and gameplay because the graphics look dated and the gameplay is not perfect yet. These are the things that are letting the game down. The story is thrilling and interesting but lets hope they do produce a better game overall because the story can only carry so far

[ExitToExisT]

WOW.. Ezio again!? He was like 50 in brotherhood.
Also since the year 1453 the city is called Istanbul not Konstantinople. And Ezio lived in the 16th-17th century as far as i remember.

[omi25p]

he was in his 30's at most....

[solidboss]

actually by the end of brotherhood ezio is 48 years old

[LarVanian]

EDIT- yeah roughly what solidboss said

[NukaCola]

I am cool with Ezio having another tale, but I would like an AC3, and rather get more of Desmond's story revealed than this. I loved AC2, and skipped ACB just do to not having enough money, so I think I will have to catch up.

[solidboss]

close enough lol. i like that he is older in this one but i hope the gameplay is changed between altair and ezio. i mean he cant just jump around the same way he used to he is going on his 50's

[Rettom]

Unless you're Sam Fisher.

[BushLitter]

Assassin 2's events led up to the turn of the 16th century, and continues well into it during Brotherhood.

No problem there. Besides I doubt very much Ubisoft would make a mistake like that :)

[UltraNova]

No the real name of that great city is Constantinople, not Istanbul, the name the Turkish invaders branded it with to cover its real Byzantine origins.

Get your facts straight.

[goku32359]

Bubbles to u man. Finally someone who knows a little history

[durran3]

Based on your stupid theory the great cities of New York and Toronto shouldn't be called New York and Toronto since this land was branded by European invaders to cover the real Native Indian lands.

See what I did there? ... Get over it, geographies and cultures change all the time, so better call it what it is called today then delve over what it was called in the past. It's like denying that Israel doesn't exist when its there and it does..

[WAR_MACHINE77]

@durran3 well old New York was once New Amsterdam... why they changed it I can't say... I guess people liked it better that way. lol

[Karlnag3]

Does the animus not translate everything into modern day English? Except the swear words, of course. They're still in italian. Point is, if it's gonna translate spoken word it'll probably translate the names of places into what they are known as in present day.

[Johandevries]

@War Machine:
The English were superior during a war, but we managed to confiscate land on South America, which is now Surinam, and peace was signed by a trade-off that made the Dutch leave New Amsterdam and of course the English could not make this name live on.

[WAR_MACHINE77]

@Johandevries Yeah... I know the history. It was meant to be a joke as what I wrote is from a popular song by They Might Be Giants or before them The Four Lads.

[Ascalon94]

Even though that is the officical name, everyone i know still refers to it as Constantinople because that is what it should still be called.

[RockmanII7]

lol spoilers

[Uncharted3Goty]

beautiful Image i love assassins creed it is one of my favourite games it is my Second Favourite franchise next to uncharted they all have been great i bought them all and enjoyed every one of them

and from the new one they have released it might be atairs son i hope it is and its in turkey which is a beautiful place to put a setting in i am happy more delevopers are doing these Uncharted 3 assassins creed

[Feckles]

Beautiful screenshot. Really looking forward to this now.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I dunno yall I understand franchise fatigue but Assassins Creed continues to innovate even if it is a yearly annual release dated game, I'm really really looking forward to this. (And I wouldn't count brotherHood as a seperate title just an expansion game with multiplayer and tweaked gameplay way too large for a download) So this is the Third installment.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

What I meant I wouldnt count BrotherHood as a third installment.

[undercovrr]

Love the new setting. Italy got old after AC2

[Ascalon94]

yeah, even though I love the country, its time for some variety

[Killzone3___]

another great game in november !! .

[Takoulya]

Not necessarily. I absolutely adore Assassin's Creed, but it seems like it's starting to get milked. I would much prefer another Assassin's story rather than Ezio's again. Unlike so many people, I'd love a feudal Japan based Assassin's Creed.

[LarVanian]

It would have been nice to have a new character but oh well. It's cool the game will be partly set in the Ottoman Empire since my father is from Turkey.

[jimmins]

Funny you should say that. My dad is Altair. Small world.

[LarVanian]

It must be awesome having a dad who is a master assassin lol

[Ascalon94]

haha I felt special playing these games since Im part Syrian (Altair I assume was) and Italian (Ezio)

[Uncharted3Goty]

Jimmins Reply about that his dad us altar is a Win and your Comment about half Altair and half EZio is a win to Keep the comments coming guy there where funny to read

[lh_swe]

I really love the Assasins Creed games, I do. I do feel however that they are going a bit to quick for my taste, it feels like I am being bombarded with Assasins Creed games. It may sound strange, I know. I honestly think they could spend a bit more time in development getting polished, I mean they're beginning to feel like more of the same, luckily what is there is brilliant...but still, more of the same.

[YogiBear]

I think you are going to be proven wrong. No insult intended. Remember, the seeds for this game were planted in Brotherhood. Desmond sees a vision of Ezio as an old man in the sanctuary at the beginning of the game. I expect a definitive ending for Ezio though leading up to AC3, which will probably take place mostly in present time.

[WitWolfy]

WOW I totally forgot about that! GOOD memory

[lh_swe]

Well it's not like I don't want to be proven wrong. I just don't have high hopes that this will blow me away like AC II did, because personally I think the leap between AC II and Brotherhood was very, very undewhelming. Brotherhood in my opinion is still the best in the series although the evolution was very minor. It had a thorough enjoyment value but not really that 'WOW!' factor, I mean when I buy a game I want to feel like I am buying a new game, something that feels new and fresh.

I could list numerous games I have not bought the sequel to, all becuase they hit to close to the original, and that to me makes a $60 dollar price tag a bit hefty. Games like Bioshock 2, Fallout New Vegas, Left 4 Dead 2 etc...that is why I will wait until these games hit bargain prices, because they don't excite me in the way that I'd want them to, and thus they have to wait.

So my point is that Ubisoft need to spend longer on each game to make them feel like enough of a new thing while still abiding to what makes the game so good.

[YogiBear]

@ lh_swe

here's a couple of gameplay features that have been added.
1)A new item called the Hookblade will be introduced which will allow Ezio to use ziplines throughout the city, speeding up navigation by around 30%.
2)Eagle Vision will now be known as Eagle Sense, which would allow the player to focus on a character and determine the route taken by them, as well as giving the player an estimation of where they will go, which could be useful for ambushes or locating a secluded place to strike a target.

[YogiBear]

there are like 3 more major features but here's the link instead.

http://assassinscreed.wikia...

[DeviateFish]

I am excited. Finishing off Brotherhood, as I type this.
However, if this is Ezio's final chapter, what is the relevance of the Phaistos disk? It dates back to the 2nd millenium BC, a lot earlier than Ezio's time. I was sort of hoping for a setting from that time.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

A 4th installment how?, they use the same character and settings,the only thing thats different is the actual game title. And yeah They told more of the already existing story.And they added Multiplayer as I mentioned before. If someone can explain this to me it would be very helpful.

[Uncharted3Goty]

ubisoft has told us that AS Brotherhood wasnt 3 it was a continution to assassin creed 2 but wasnt 3 these is the 3rd installment and if you have seen the first trailer there was arabic which translated to engilsh says altair the son of somebody which is why these is his son a new character to the franchise

[AngelicIceDiamond]

coo So this is the 3rd official installment. I don't know why people were disagreeing with me up on top I'm saying Assassins Creed Revelations is the 3rd installment in the franchise

[Takoulya]

No, Subzeeero, it's the forth entry to the franchise (not counting the hand-held spin offs), but the third one in the Ezio saga.

[emekcrash]

Basically Ubisoft went:

"Yo, lets make a trilogy, but the second installment will make its own trilogy. A trilogy withing a trilogy, some real Inception **** right there".

[Eamon]

LMAO. That made me laugh.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Yeah Ubisofts nuts. lol but I dont think it went quite like that.

[Eamon]

Hey dawg, we heard you liked trilogies. So we put a trilogy in your trilogy so you can play Ezio when you play AC.

[WitWolfy]

GOD that was funny bubbles to you sir

[BushLitter]

Revelations is the third 'episode' of Assassin's II.
Assassin's Creed 3 will only come out next year. Simple reasoning: All the events in the Assassin's Creed storyline seem to be heading to a climax on Decemeber 21 2012 - The End Of The World!

Seriously. The Desmond Storyline segment takes place in 2012, September or October (not sure). If you read the dates on the emails, even from Assassin's 1, you will see this.

Minor spoiler*****************

The end of Assassin's II almost tells us directly that the world is coming to an end, something which they managed to avoid the first time around (???)

Can't F*CKING wait...

Best Franchise of current-gen

[YogiBear]

Thank god, somebody else got it.

[macky301]

Is that Bologna?

I kind of wish they put him in the different time-line, setting, different character(maybe a girl),.. and then return to Ezio and Italy after that,..or something,.. dammit,..

PS; sorry did not read the article ,.. it is Constantinople, should have recognize the mosque ,..
Pretty cool ,..

[Ascalon94]

nah Kotaku says its Constantinople (Istanbul)

[LoneWanderer09]

He is getting old and that is awesome to see in a game character

[Lyr1c]

I'm really starting to feel as if Assassin's Creed is becoming a little too overrated and milky for my liking.

[Silentmerc3nary]

The Assassin's Creed franchise has been nothing but quality. As long as things stay that way, I'll gladly be assassinating mofo's left and right!

[Lyr1c]

I'm not saying that it's a bad game, I just feel as if it's too much in such a small time frame. I also feel as if they should change up the setting a bit.

[WitWolfy]

I dig what your saying Silent, but you know what they say... Dont fix if its not broken, sometimes people like to play repetitive games just to see how the story line will conclude :) God knows im one of those people

[Tru_Ray]

Agreed. I thoroughly enjoyed AC and ACII, but I skipped AC:Brotherhood because it felt like a cash grab. It may sound strange, but when there is a two-year gap between installments I long for the experience more than I would for a yearly release.

Tru_

[jimmins]

Loved Brotherhood. LOVED it. People banging on about how it was 'Just an expansion' are either mentally incapable, or never played it, latching instead onto whatever opinion is doing the rounds at the time.

Cannot wait for this.

[BushLitter]

Well said. Probably a combination of

*mentally incapable;
*never played it

November can't come soon enough

Uncharted 3
Skyrim
Assassin's Creed Awesomeness 2 Part 3!!

[Solid_Snake-]

agreed brotherhood was amazing. im not bored of ezio yet as he is a very likeable character.

maybe use altair for the side games of AC:3

[pipipi]

ezio... again??? i mean is a great character but..mmm im quite dissapointed i really want a female character.... or something on other places like... idk france maybe?

[Redempteur]

france is reserved for 3 levels of unharted 3 already

[pipipi]

hahahahahahaha damn it

[Tuxedoassassin]

YES!
But still i would prefer a new character, Ezio is almost grandpa at the end of Brotherhood. :D

[fastrez]

EZIO!?!?!?! AGAIN!?!?!?! FUUUUUU!?!?!

[soundslike]

Update the basic parkour mechanics and I'm sold.

Yea, not going to happen...:/

[Blaine]

This.

The platforming mechanics need to be less automatic, IMO. I can't stand that the avatar jumps automatically and tries to guess where you intended to go (and very often goes to the wrong place, or overshoots a close ledge to fall to his near-death...). It's like playing a racing game and not having the option to drive manual--automatic just isn't always right.

[kookie]

I am kind of dissapointed.

[DoctorXpro]

something about milk

[Silentmerc3nary]

It's delicious. Just like this game will be!

[Master of Unlocking]

What the hell?! This is not what we want, Ubisoft! >_<

I want an Assassin's Creed 3 set in XIXth century London and Paris, and go after the likes of jack the ripper, dammit!

[MostJadedGamer]

Very dissapointed going back to the Middle East again, and playing with Ezio for a third time. Was hoping for AC3 with a totally fresh setting, and fresh character.

Very dissapointed with Revelations at this point. Ubisoft is really going to have to show me something if they want me even consider buying the game.

[starchild]

haha your username fits you.

As long as it is a quality game like the previous segments then I will happily enjoy it.

Personally I hope they take the series to Feudal Japan, the time of samurai and ninja. I think it would make an ideal setting for an Assassin's Creed game.

[Sheikah]

Yesss... It's not a crammy handheld game after all !

[iNMyFiN4LH0uR]

not to happy bout Ezio again but the setting is awesome

[Fishy Fingers]

Banging these out now arent they.

[SuperMassiveGav]

The man has a big hood. Hood. The thing is like hanging a bird and the graphics so..........

!

I love games and durrrrrrr

[JoeIsMad]

Is there a reason why "NowGamer" is the original source on this article? Game Informer is the original source, and all of these indie sites are claiming the news as if it were a press release. Stop stealing from other people, and get this thing off the front page if it doesn't have the proper sources. It's not fair to those people who have to work hard to get the original story.

[fastrez]

Don't be a fanny mate.

[Feckles]

Sorry, but isn't the Gameinformer story about their cover and this story is about the first ACR screenshot?

Two different stories, therefore two separate stories on N4G.

Also this was a press release sent out by Ubisoft, not Gameinformer.

Get your facts straight before you mouth off.

[JoeIsMad]

Look at GameInformer.com, they launched the cover art and this article just one minute apart.

[Biglet]

What? It was a press release!

[danielle007]

Soo, is AC going to be a yearly game, then?

Ezio is a pretty hott cow.

[Tyre]

Dissapointing...AC2 was enough Ezio for me...didn't buy AC: Brotherhood day 1 but i maybe will eventually. I hoped AC3 would be a new story line or perhaps a continuance of AC1.

[dirthurts]

I have a feeling we will be seeing the death of Altair, which wouldn't make sense. In theory, wouldn't the playable memory of Altair only go through to the point of conception of his son? Past that point no memories could be transferred via DNA...
So playing as old Altair wouldn't make much sense unless he conceives at an old age, or if his son saw the actions himselves.
Maybe we'll be playing as his son in a co-op kind of thing with Altair.

[Silentmerc3nary]

Awesome!

[ardivt]

no doubt this game will rock hard
but still I want a new setting in an new time period and a completely new location.
ubisoft, I am (a bit) disappoint

[Der_Kommandant]

Assassin's Milk

[danielle007]

That just sounds icky.. I don't think I want any.

[bokharij]

I hope if Altair is in this they keep the same voice actor.

[Neo Nugget]

I was actually just thinking about this the other day. Didn't they change Altair's voice in Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines?

[MasterD919]

Looks great but I'd really love an entirely new setting and character...I've always thought that an old-world Japanese setting and a ninja Assassin would work great in the Assasins Creed series.

[Lucreto]

Not going to happen the Japanese setting with ninjas was at it height when Ezio was alive so it won't makes sense to do it.

[Pika-pie]

Disappointed. Was really hoping for something more refreshing. I'm bored of Ezio now.

[danielle007]

I kind of agree. At least go back to Altair.

Or give us a real sequel, with a new time period to explore.

[Ether]

As long as Revelations improves on Brotherhood to the same extent of Brotherhood's improvement over 2, I'm fine with this "milking".

[T3MPL3TON]

I don't really wanna play as Ezio again.. I was hoping the next game would take the series in a new direction.. This is kind of disappointing. I'm sure the game will be great.. I just don't want Ezio back. His story is complete.

[byeGollum]

Assassins Creed: Modern Milking //jokes

Jokes aside.. if it's getting better and better.. then thats great for assassin's creed fans

Personally I was gonna start all over with Part 1.. but with three games out already and soon a 4th.. can't be arsed

[Ares84]

Humm, not sure what to make of it. I know in ACB they said that Ezio will return to the villa when he is really old, maybe it'll be in this game. Anyways, I'm kind of tired of Ezio a bit and to be honest I think they jumped too much with AC2 from AC1. Now they are stuck with this time period. I personally would have taken this game to Japan and be a ninja. We really need a ninja game man!!

[TheOneWhoKillsYou]

Looks awesome. I love Assassins Creed. To those who think they are milking the series.. in my opinion are wrong. Because if they were milking the series there would be more games and less quality. A game a year is not a bad thing if the game is good.

[HardcoreHDGamer]

Starting to become the call of duty of adventure games. Not good.

Played the first one, think its the best of the lot and ill let it be at that.

[Djinn]

When are they going to set one of there games in Japan? Are the people at ubisoft idiots? After the crap fest of the first 2 games I will not try another AC game unless its in NIPPON.

[Scotty056]

Dude... Quit whining. The first three games were gold. They keep improving.

[kookie]

You will Play as Altair, ezio, desmond, in this game.

[the_union_of_PS360]

It's not just eziO but ubi said you will play as Desmond Altair and Ezio and all the secrets from past ac games will be revealed we are still not sure where altairs adventures will be. Looking forward but hy crap I was only planning on getting skyrim and battlefield this November :(

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

wow the graphics still look like AC1 which looked really bad when it came out. Have Ubisoft ever decided to update their flippin engine?

I swear the first time I saw gameplay of AC1 I thought it was a PS2 game, but now in it's 4th installment it still looks the same?

No buy for me.

[WitWolfy]

-slap-

[shotgun_ps3]

This is going to be a good game and I will buy it day one definitely, but I'm going to resent it forever.

[sickbird]

i wish they would make a more drastic change in scenery.

[Vinushka]

Ezio again? AWESOME. Love me some Ezio.. not it a gay way... well, maybe a little.

[Lucreto]

Altaïr is 39 in the game and Ezio is 60. I would love to see how they are going to do it.

[Neo Nugget]

Hidden blade in Ezio's walking cane? :P

[MeatAbstract]

So they're making this the 'Ezio Trilogy'?

I thought Assassins Creed was suppose to be a trilogy anyway. But now Ezio has his own trilogy, I guess they plan on keeping this franchise going for a very, very long time.

[Lucreto]

They abandoned that after the AC2 sales.

[P_Bomb]

So after the French Revolution and American Civil War teases, it's Ezio again?! He served his purpose well and advanced the story, twice, but now everyone around him is dead or at least knocking on heaven's door, including Lucy in the present.

I love recurring leads and evolutions in charachters like in MGS (BigBoss,Old Snake/Ocelot/Eva etc), but a big part of AC's appeal to me is the notion of exploring different ancestors in different times. The Italian Stallions from the Ezio era aren't interesting enough imo to warrant yearly visits for more Petruccio feathers. I'm ready to move up a couple hundred years with a new Assassin.

Honestly, after the last game & its DLC where is there left for Ezio and Leonardo to go short of sticking them in a UFO with Minerva, orbiting the earth in yet another wtf cliffhanger?

[flightdown]

Mixed feelings. Wanted AC3 with new character but this could work as long as the character of Altair is used well. Altair was the thinker and is more interesting than Ezio in a cerebral way. Ezio is getting a bit old! I hope they sort out the combat system because it is the biggest flaw in the game. It looks good but it provides no challenge whatsoever! I had never died in combat in AC 2 or Brotherhood. AC1 was even harder! I mean take the Cesare fight. You kill loads of people without a scratch. I managed to kill 70 people in the challenge rooms before getting hit once. This is ridiculous.

[sjaakiejj]

*milk* *milk*
Stop with the spin-offs and give us Assassins Creed 3 - Been waiting since 2009.

[stuntman_mike]

it looks just like the others, colour me bored.

[Psycho_Mantis]

Wow, Ezio is loking old...i like how Ubi has created a cool charector thats spanning three games now. I cant wait to play as an older and wiser Ezio. I hope he goes out with a bang.

[Scotty056]

I'm glad they decided to use Ezio one last time. He needs a proper end, I want to see what happens though my guess is that he'll die.

[Cerberus29]

I think Ubisoft has ADD. They start one trilogy with AC 1, AC 2, and AC 3. Then they start a sub-trilogy with AC 2, AC Brotherhood, and AC Revelations. I'm just hoping the story starts making more since, as of now it's starting to get a Lost vibe. I didn't like Lost.

[BlueRevolvuR]

The difference with AC and other franchises is that AC is worked on by many studios of Ubisoft simultaneously, and not developed by just one studio or a couple. A lot of people work on each Assasin's Creed Game.

[BigDollarZoe954]

Can't wait for this huge fan of the series

[kesvalk]

meh, why don't they finish the series?

just start another story, maybe in the future with the real protagonist (that i forgot the name)

i would buy that...

[Bathyj]

Can we just get a crouch/cover button please.

[KDubyah]

Does anyone know how this is going to work with both Altair and Ezio?
Or, would anyone who would care to explain the timeline, briefly?
If indeed you can play as both Altair and Ezio, or know what they mean?

[zak94ma]

so no Assassins creed 3 this year

[SuperMassiveGav]

I want assasssasassasasasasassins creed 33 dis is not assasasasasains creed 3 its just ubi takking my muoney GAH

[Amaterasu5]

1 game with altair, 3 with ezio and we dont have AC3 yet and we're not even close to getting to see desmond-assassin

....Meh

[X-Zone]

We don't need this, we need AC3. Seriously Ubisoft, we get it you like Ezio but you are going to have to make the jump at some point and leave him and Altair behind

[ralnabhan]

Assassin's Creed nice game i hope be the best

[TheCagyDies]

They really like Ezio. Personally I'm ready to play Assassin's Creed III with a new ancestor and a new timeframe.

[TBONEJF]

wOULD like to know what city this will held. THIS IS GOING TO BE EVEN BIGGER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES!