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Ubisoft Creative Director Alex Amancio, recently sat down with OXM UK and talked the anticipated Ubisoft title Assassin’s Creed: Revelation. During the interview, Amancio said that the next installment in the series will have it’s “Prince of Persia” moments.

Below is what Amancio had to say…

“You know how in Assassin’s Creed we’ve always had the typical systematic city, then missions on top of that, and then sometimes we have more linear moments? Some people have called them ‘Prince of Persia moments’ within Assassin’s Creed. We’re taking that idea and having more linear sequences. But instead of having more challenged-based sequences, we’re having highly realized sequences. So we’re drawing the emotion from the actual realization and intensity, rather than from climbing puzzles for example. You have those moments in the game.”

“Remember we had exotic gameplay sequences, like Leonardo’s flying machines? We’re still going to have exotic gameplay sequences with new exotic mechanics, but we’re also going to wrap them in more of a highly realized fashion.”

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Ubisoft announced today that gamers who pre-order Assassin’s Creed: Revelations at Gamestop will get a pre-order bonus. Players will automatically be upgraded to the Signature Edition of Assassin’s Creed Revelations which will include a bonus singleplayer mission, an exclusive multiplayer character, weapons capacity upgrades, an animated short film and an Assassin’s Creed: Revelations original game score soundtrack.

So what are you waiting for? Go to your local Gamestop and pre-order it now.

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Ubisoft announced today that the next installment of the Assassin’s Creed series will be called Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. Below is an excerpt from the official press release…

“In Assassin’s Creed Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of his legendary mentor, Altaïr, on a journey of discovery and revelation. It is a perilous path – one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the region.

“In addition to Ezio’s award-winning story, the acclaimed online multiplayer experience returns, refined and expanded, with more modes, more maps and more characters that allow players to test their assassin skills against others from around the world. The latest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed saga also includes revolutionary gameplay, allowing players to manipulate the construct of Desmond’s memories and the Animus to decipher the mysteries of his past and gain insight into the future.”

“Delivering the final chapter of the Ezio trilogy is an important milestone in the Assassin’s Creed franchise for us and for our fans,” said Alexandre Amancio, Creative Director at Ubisoft Montreal. “Assassin’s Creed Revelations includes lots of new features and some significant surprises. We can’t wait to show our fans what we have in store at E3 this year.”

Revelations will also be featured on the cover of next month’s GameInformer magazine.

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After 2 weeks at the top of the U.K. charts, Dead Space 2 has finally been taken off its throne. Test Drive Unlimited 2 has now taken over the top spot. This is also the biggest launch in franchise history by selling twice as many games as the previous Test Drive Unlimited game did in their first week of sales. Below are the top 10 best-selling video games in the U.K. ending on February 12…

1. Test Drive Unlimited 2
2. Dead Space 2
3. FIFA 11
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops
5. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
6. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
7. Just Dance 2
8. Mario Sports Mix
9. Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
10. LittleBigPlanet 2

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The NPD, best known as the largest marketing research company in the world, have recently announced the top 10 best-selling games of 2010. Below is the Top 10 Best Selling Games of 2010…

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops – PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, DS
2. Madden NFL 11 – PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, PS2
3. Halo: Reach – Xbox 360
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Wii
5. Red Dead Redemption – PS3, Xbox 360
6. Wii Fit Plus – Wii
7. Just Dance 2 – Wii
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – PS3, Xbox 360, PC
9. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – PS3, Xbox 360
10. NBA 2K11 – PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, PS2

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Earlier today GameFly released their “most request” games of 2010. The rankings are based on each member’s GameQ, which is “a personal wish list of games available for rent.” Below are the Top 10 “Most Requested” Xbox 360 Games of 2010.

1. Red Dead Redemption
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
3. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction
4. Halo: Reach
5. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
6. Mass Effect 2
7. Alan Wake
8. BioShock 2
9. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
10. Fable III

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Earlier today Ubisoft launched the new Animus Project Update 1.0 multiplayer DLC for Xbox Live. This DLC is a new “Advanced Alliance” mode and the Mont Saint-Michel map. Best of all, it’s absolutely free.

Ubisoft also announced that another DLC called Animus Project Update 2.0 will be released sometime next month as well. This one will include the Pienza Map and a new “Chest Capture” team mode. This DLC will also be free to download from Xbox Live.

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For those who have played Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, you will notice that you have the ability to hop out of the Animus and walk around as Desmond Miles. Well many players on the Ubisoft forums have recently started complaining about a glitch where they were unable to sit back down in the Animus, thus  halting their game progress. We can EXCLUSIVELY tell you that Ubisoft has been notified of the glitch and are currently working on a patch to fix the issue.

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Earlier this week, some of our staff received an e-mail from Ubisoft asking us what we thought were just questions about Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, well towards the end of the survey, it started asking us questions about Assassin’s Creed 3. It asked us to pick what kind of features we would like to see in Assassin’s Creed 3 such as co-op campaign, the ability to customize bombs, a continuation of Ezio’s story, etc. In the end there were about 28 different options and you were asked to choose the top 3 you would like the most. Several of our readers have reported getting the same email.

Keep in mind that this is just a survey, and there is no confirmation that any of these features will be in the full game. We will bring you more information as it comes available.

In a press release earlier this week, Ubisoft confirmed that Assassin’s Creed 3 will be comming out in their 2010-11 fiscal year.  They continued to say that AC3 will be the first in the series to have an “online multiplayer mode”  As for a specific release date, and other specific details, we are still unsure at this time.