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Assassin's Creed is fastest-selling new IP since 2002

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed has shot to the top of the UK all-formats charts and become the second fastest-selling new IP on an individual format behind 2002's The Getaway.

The Xbox 360 version of the game claims 67 per cent of sales, with the PlayStation 3 version taking the remaining 33 per cent. It also becomes the third fastest-selling Xbox 360 game within a weekly sales period.

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mighty_douche6031d ago

we've had very few new IP's of any quality. its going like the movie business with money only be invested in games that guarantee a profit, sequals/re-makes. Halo 1,2,3 Halo Wars, Halo movie <-- shining example.

mesh16031d ago

the ps3 is a shamble console with remakes upon remaked ffv/getaway/rachet and clank/tekken6/timecrysis4/ and so many more that th ps3 os a joke might douche u spassstic tard f off u fail only halo series ur cocraoch brain can think off we all kn 360 only makes new i.p twat

leon766031d ago

To mesh1: I didn't understand anything that you wrote... what's that, alien...

mikeslemonade6031d ago

Stop typing jibberish you ignorant fanboy because PS3 has the most original IPs of the 3 consoles with:
Resistance
Motorstorm
Eye of Judgement
Uncharted
Lair
Heavenly Sword
Warhawk (remade from PS1 12 years ago so it's new to most people)
Folklore

Assasin's Creed just happens to be multiplatform and a sandbox type game which most gamers like, so it's going to sell well and this is only in the UK. When the Getaway(refers to the article) comes out exclusively for PS3 it's going to sell even better.

mighty_douche6031d ago (Edited 6031d ago )

dude i just used halo as an example, nothing more. I WASNT BASHING YOUR F*CKING PRECIOUS CONSOLE!!!

fanboys man, i cant even mention halo without a torrent of crap being thrown at me...

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wil4hire6031d ago

I hope UT3 comes out soon, I want to get AC off of my hands... How many times can you play the same mission w/stupid AI.

Jade just spit in everyones face.

green6031d ago

the same will be said for mass effect and uncharted. they all had mixed reviews but i think that they will be smash hits based on the attention that the developers have put into originality,story and making them as cinematic as possible.

mesh16031d ago

SHUT UP MASS EFFECT DIDNT GET MIXXED RVIEWS TAWT STOP CRYING UNBCHARTED FAILED

ravinash6031d ago

Both are great games.
AC was a great idea, it was just executed badly (no pun intended)

mesh16031d ago

ravinash mass effect has had 23 reviews 3 of thos range from 8.0/8.3/8.5 the other 20 eivews are 9+ not to mention the 10/10 from major game site while uncharted has like 10 reviews giving it 8.0/10 and the most it got is 9.0/10 just dotn feed the troll above

mesh16031d ago

u trols disgree with me plz sow the ppl the link to gamer rankign or ,metercritic for both uncharted and masseffct and lets see if im lieing hHAHHAHAHAH DEAL WITH IT mass effect seems impossble to achive gues what it lived up tot he hype and is a great game beliv eu me pc gamers will take not and slowly but surely buy a 360 just for this game.

ravinash6031d ago

I talked about games on both systems?

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allforcalisto6031d ago

not surprised by the large 360 cut of the sales. Bigger install base tends to mean better software pick up. then again tbh ps3 users should be snapping this game up, i could list the number of great ps3 titles on one hand whearas the 360 has a larger number of games that'd please more people...for now

Laxe6031d ago

It's true. Tried finding a copy for the PS3 in 3 different outlets near me and all were sold out! Obviously I was pissed lol!

wil4hire6031d ago

I will fly to you.

Drop it off..

and fly back home

free of charge.

AC is terrible.

MK_Red6031d ago

Laxe, keep looking and buy it. AC definitly deserves it.

wil4hire, you don't like AC we get it but that doesn't mean it's terrible. It's not a game for you but maybe others might enjoy it as many N4G users already have.

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai227d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske226d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid226d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot226d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno226d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot226d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface226d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot226d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69226d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar237d ago (Edited 237d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake237d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga237d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx237d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga237d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9237d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler237d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666237d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52237d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott236d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52236d ago (Edited 236d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara226d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher237d ago (Edited 237d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52237d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner237d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52236d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster237d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot237d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster236d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned237d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9237d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1237d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake237d ago (Edited 237d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster236d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake237d ago (Edited 237d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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