Assassin's Creed Updates

[UPDATE] Ubisoft confirms stealthy, heavily armed sequels will join postponed survival horror game on next year's release docket.

Rockstar's crime-spree sim tops Rentrak's annual rental top 10, which sports seven 360 games and three Wii games; PS3 MIA.

Second expansion to Blizzard's 11-million-strong MMOG tops US desktop sales, followed by Call of Duty, Spore, Fallout 3.

Torrent Freak reports 1.7 million copies of Will Wright's "everything" sim were illegally swapped; Sims 2 scores silver, Assassin's Creed gets bronze.

Analyst Michael Pachter tells a former GameSpotter that Ubisoft's recently revealed sequel might be set during the bloody 1789 revolt in Paris.

In announcing first-half profits, French publisher plays coy with release window for next installment in acrobatic stealth action series.

Publishers not immune from biggest one-day Dow Jones Index drop in history; EA, Activision Blizzard hit in US, Ubisoft clobbered overseas.

Publisher believes disc-replication firm responsible for 700,000 pirated prerelease downloads of its PC action game.

Publisher ups full-year outlook after 26 percent climb in Q1 sales to $264 million; Splinter Cell now due before March 31, 2010.

Larger-hard-drive PS3, Platinum titles confirmed for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe countries.

As the standoff in Electronic Arts' proposed takeover of the Grand Theft Auto IV publisher continues, Forbes suggests the French publisher might consider a merger.

The president of Sony Computer Entertainment admits that it often makes sense for publishers to go for a multiplatform rollout.

French publisher beats thrice-upwardly revised projections; annual profit jumps by $108 million on Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Assassin's Creed sales; one unnamed all-new IP and two new franchise installments in the pipe.

Konami announces completion of "conclusion to the Metal Gear Saga" at press conference, unveils world tour, collaboration with iPod, Ubisoft, and more; new trailer inside.

Casual brands a big factor in French publisher's serious 36 percent revenue increase; Assassin's Creed hits 6 million-unit milestone.

Nolan Bushnell, Peter Moore, and others share notes on where the industry will be in 12 years at SF marketing summit.

PC edition of Ubi's actioner and 360 port of classic shooter join Valve's newly a la carte Orange Box offerings--including Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Pack.