Whether or not you were faced with the infamous DRM issues that plagued Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II for the PC, you will be getting a pleasant surprise. According to That Video Game Blog, Ubisoft is sending out special codes to unlock 3 additional missions for free. It’s just their way of saying sorry.
The missions will apparently include a Lorenzo de Midici resure, a mission in a church and a stealth mission in a shipyard.
Has anyone tried these out yet? Let us know what oyu think.
If you weren’t aware, Ubisoft is currently working on a third Assassin’s Creed title but it isn’t Assassin’s Creed III. Instead, it’s Assassin’s Creed II Episodes, a standalone kind of expansion that adds onto the original Assassin’s Creed II. While we knew that the game would be out sometime within the nextyear, we didn’t know much about the contents of said game.
Luckily, Ubisoft’s creative director Patrice Desilets and Assassin’s Creed’s lead writer Corey May have taken center stage at DICE to let us know more. First and foremost, the agme will have a brand new, full single-player campaign. However, in addition to that, it will have a brand new, fully functional multiplayer component.
Unfortunately, thats the extent of the information they were willing to give us so we’ll have to wait around until anything else is said.
via kotaku
Grab your wallets, dear readers, cause Amazon is running one fine promotion today, as three of the best selling games of 2009, Modern Warfare 2, Assassin’s Creed 2 and Left 4 Dead 2, are all for just $40 a piece — $10 off the regular price.
We’ve previously reported that Assassin’s Creed 2 is expected to sell 8.5 million units by April, and now Ubisoft confirms that they’re on the right track; the game has shipped 8 million units worldwide to date. While this of course doesn’t mean it has sold 8 million, it means that it most likely will sell that amount in the coming months.
Ubisoft has revealed the PC requirements for Assassin’s Creed 2, which will be released on March 16, for $60 instead of the regular $50 — shame on you, Ubisoft!
Minimum Configuration:
* SUPPORTED OS: Windows XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits)/Windows 7 (32-64 bits)
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ RAM: 1.5 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista – Windows 7
* Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 –compliant sound card DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
* Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
* Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller
Recommended Configuration:
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better
* Video Card: GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better
* Sound: 5.1 sound card
* Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse, joystick optional (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)
* Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: ATI RADEON X1950, HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 series NVIDIA GeForce 7/8/9/100/200 series
Ubisoft has revealed (via Twitter) that the next Assassin’s Creed 2 DLC, called “Battle of Forli”, will be released on January 28 and will cost 320 MS points, or $4. The DLC centers around the attack on Forli by the Orsi brothers, which you must defeat.
Analyst Arvind Bhatia from Stern Agee predicts that Assassin’s Creed 2 will reach sales of 8.5 million units by April this year, based on strong sales during the holiday season, where the game sold 1.6 million units in its opening week, and had sold 5 million units by the end of December. If this trend follows, sales of 10 million are very likely to be reached this year.
Ubisoft has revealed the first pieces of DLC for Assassin’s Creed 2, both adding a new “sequence” to the game, Sequnce 13 and Sequence 14, or rather, “levels”. The first, “The Battle of Forli” will be released in January for $3.99, and will have another playable character besides Ezio, while “Bonfire of the Vanities” will be released in February for $4.99, and will feature access to Florence, which was blocked off in the main game.
Still haven’t gotten all your Christmas presents? Well, Amazon has Assassin’s Creed 2 (PS3 and Xbox 360 versions) for only $40 — $20 off the regular retail price. The offer lasts only today, so hurry if you’re interested in getting a copy!
You can get it right here.
Ubisoft has patched Assassin’s Creed 2 (read our review of the game here), fixing a number of issues. The patch is released on the PS3 today, and will be released on the Xbox 360 on December 11.
Read on for full patch notes
