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Assassin's Creed 2, new Ghost Recon due by April '10; I Am Alive delayed

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

Last Thanksgiving, French publisher Ubisoft--unburdened by Turkey-gorging duties--issued a robust earnings report for the six months ended September 30, 2008. As part of that earnings release, the company confirmed that it was working on a follow-up to Assassin's Creed, which has sold an estimated 5 million units worldwide. Later rumors had the game forgoing the original's medieval Middle Eastern setting for Revolutionary France.

Today, as part of another healthy financial report, Ubisoft referred to Assassin's Creed 2 by name, declaring that it will ship sometime during the 12 months ending March 31, 2010. Given that the first game was one of Ubisoft's tent-pole holiday 2007 games, a Q4 2009 launch looks likely. Ubisoft's next fiscal year will also see a sequel to the popular high-tech shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, originally released in March 2007.

"Our [fiscal year 2009-10] lineup comprises several potential blockbusters with the launch of seven franchises, including Assassin's Creed [2], Splinter Cell [Conviction], and a new Ghost Recon, as well as four license-based games including James Cameron's Avatar, three new brands, and a further-enhanced casual-games portfolio," crowed Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. "Although we have to be cautious in light of the current economic environment, we expect Ubisoft to once again be one of the most dynamic and profitable publishers in the games industry in [calendar year] 2009." Ubisoft also said it would launch four movie-license-based titles during the year, including one based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[UPDATE] Initially, the new Ghost Recon was presumed to be a third Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter game. However, since the publication of this story, GameSpot has learned the project in question will be an all-new game in the Tom Clancy series, not a sequel to the popular GRAWs.

Unfortunately, the excitement generated by the Assassin's Creed 2 and Ghost Recon revelations was tempered somewhat by confirmation of a major delay. I Am Alive, the multiplatform horror-survival game that was the centerpiece of Ubisoft's E3 2008 presentation, "will require further development time and will now bolster the lineup for 2009-10," the company said. Previously, it was expected to arrive for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this spring.

355 Comments

  • weaponmaster01

    Posted May 2, 2009 9:56 am GMT

    They said Assassin's Creed II was going to be in Italy, although it won't be Altair, this new ancestor is still got a character about him. His names Ezio, and he is of Italian decent, and the gameplay is going to take place during the time of davinci in Italy. From what I got out of my game informer they're redoing to whole gig. now instead of doing the same old repetitive thing they are looking at adding just around 200 missions, each which will help allocate your said assissination targets. Also from what I get this is a game of vengeance. So who knows what's in store for this game. As you can tell I'm quite psyched about it. I just hope I hit my first duty station by the time it comes out so I can play it first hand. lol. I still have the goal of beating prototype in six days after it comes out before I'm off to basic. It's gonna suck not having the 360 half a year!

  • HappyHaloHelper

    Posted May 2, 2009 8:44 am GMT

    dam i just finished assassins creed and nw i find out theres a sequall now im gonna have to buy that to see how the story ends

  • judowombat

    Posted May 1, 2009 12:43 pm GMT

    ubisoft is friggen awesome, assasins creed, graw or whatever its gonna be, and splinter cell, if only they would work on another rainbow six

  • Ninja-Monkey

    Posted Apr 25, 2009 8:23 pm GMT

    Assassins creed was mad so number 2 can only be better. I hope they keep the fighting mechanics cause they were awesome! but they should make the hand to hand fighting a lot better. Kung Fu or something.

  • Evolution-X0

    Posted Apr 16, 2009 5:04 pm GMT

    Ghost Recon 4 Is Going To Be Something Worth While.

  • justinjohns0n

    Posted Apr 16, 2009 11:52 am GMT

    Im stoked to hear about another Tom Clancy military shooter! Anxious to see how it resembles GRAW. I hope its close but just bigger, better and more bad a$$!

  • hershy_man

    Posted Apr 15, 2009 10:59 pm GMT

    Can't wait for splinter cell convictions

  • shadowolf612

    Posted Apr 12, 2009 4:52 pm GMT

    assassins creed 2 baby i knew they were gonna make it but i didnt kno this soon BALLA

  • shawn7324

    Posted Apr 11, 2009 10:56 am GMT

    Thank god another Ghost Recon, I'm happy as can be now.

  • MajorBrian

    Posted Apr 10, 2009 6:15 am GMT

    No more GRAW?! I hope the new game is like GRAW. But im down for another Assassins Creed!

  • troy2000397

    Posted Apr 8, 2009 9:24 pm GMT

    Woohoo Good news I can't wait to get Assassin's Creed 2 albeit the first one was repetitive I don't really care. It was still fun. The assassination's were fun and you actually felt pretty cool climbing through rafters and stuff on the way to your target

  • Aarontan1

    Posted Apr 8, 2009 8:16 pm GMT

    I hope AC2 will be base in future, where main character, desmond, will be ablel to use guns, free running, sniping, hijack vehicles. It would be a mix of MGS4 + GTA4 + Army of 2, where he can hook up with his buddy, if any.
    And I also hope, the assassination will not be the same, Head to the location, go to the bureau, find some information, head back to the bureau, and then kill your target. This is boring, i hope the Ubisoft really take into consideration of alll our "voices" in order for them to have another healthy fisical yr.

  • mr0806

    Posted Apr 7, 2009 6:12 am GMT

    Was a really nice intro to the gaming world and I can only hope that they made this one better...

  • kidklan123

    Posted Apr 7, 2009 2:47 am GMT

    "many have said it does very repetitive"
    well..it does indeed, but still... assassins creed was my favourite.
    i hope there will be some fight on the real world this time, not only
    on the animus hehe...

    can't wait for the next GRAW & Rainbow Six too!
    still fighting in the air with hawx tough,
    wonderful job there ubisoft team. well done!

  • PawnedMAst4er

    Posted Mar 31, 2009 5:55 am GMT

    1 problem i want a new rainbow six game still im getting Ghost recon,AC2,and i am alive but I want more RS

  • sharang_3

    Posted Mar 29, 2009 10:20 pm GMT

    ac 1 was gud enough for me only if this could be a little less monotonous...

  • punkdsk8erdude

    Posted Mar 28, 2009 10:59 pm GMT

    hope AC2 mixes it up a bit.

  • celestial_todd

    Posted Mar 28, 2009 9:42 pm GMT

    assassin's creed was boring.
    Every assassination was the same!
    Head to the location, go to the bureau, find some information, head back to the bureau, and then kill your target.

  • tenlong

    Posted Mar 28, 2009 9:27 pm GMT

    another assassin creed sign me up ! they need to vary up the game play though the psp one needs to be better than the ds one {it was average at best but had a few neat adds on in the gameplay]

  • NAT3

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 12:30 pm GMT

    im looking forward to the new ghost recon i like the scenarios tom clancy comes up with

  • The-Croix-Man

    Posted Mar 23, 2009 8:12 pm GMT

    I just wanna what the time fram of this AC2 will be.

  • joelgargan

    Posted Mar 21, 2009 3:43 pm GMT

    It better have indoor environments, the first one had pretty much none. Better not have incredibly easy counter moves again either. Oh well, ittl be fun/

  • Geris_F

    Posted Mar 21, 2009 11:08 am GMT

    yea this is a problem with all the games,launch the one is great and the second is repetitive,for me be attention with this be and the second original and unique.

  • Geris_F

    Posted Mar 21, 2009 11:05 am GMT

    i am interested for same pic ;-))

  • yukimurasanada3

    Posted Mar 19, 2009 8:51 pm GMT

    Maybe AC2 will be in the future, so we'll be Desmond and we'll have guns AND be able to do Altair stuff

  • cluelesspug

    Posted Mar 19, 2009 2:34 pm GMT

    As long as this assassin's creed has a wider variety of weapons and isn't anywhere near as repetitive, I will buy it.

  • pzio

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 7:02 pm GMT

    I think that Assassin's Creed 2 could really benefit from some sort of stealth gameplay. I always thought when i played the first one that it would be cool to run around the streets at night, avoiding guards and sneaking up on people. Also, it would add some spice to the game, because as many have said it does get very repetitive.

  • hassy94

    Posted Mar 14, 2009 10:48 am GMT

    "Forget the crossbow, Altair should be able to the shoot the wristblade. Or he should attach it to a chain so that he can shoot, kill, retract and freerun to the bay so that he can SWIM to safety. May sound corny, but I think that it'd be cool..."

    First of all it will be reaching back into different memories of "sometime in the 1700s." So that means no Altair to start with.

    Second of all, he's Altair, not Batman

    Third of all, Assassin's Creed could've been great but was VERY repetitive and that made it no more than average.

  • davek1979

    Posted Mar 13, 2009 3:27 am GMT

    GRAW 2 ? Popular ? Best joke ever. Forum dead, MP dead. Good sense of humour, Tor, thumbs up. :-)

  • W3En

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 1:07 pm GMT

    I would not mind a second assassins creed even though it was the most self repeating game i have ever played.

  • tudyniuz

    Posted Mar 8, 2009 2:31 pm GMT

    The new "GRAW" should be great.I hope Assassin's Creed 2 will be better than the first one,I want it to do the same things but not become so repetitive

  • Bacausci

    Posted Mar 7, 2009 10:42 am GMT

    BO YA

  • lingo123

    Posted Mar 4, 2009 7:23 pm GMT

    YES!!!!!! ANOTHER ASSASSINS CREED!! I was dying, its my fav game on the 360

  • Spartan313

    Posted Mar 2, 2009 2:55 pm GMT

    Finally a new Ghost Recon coming out. now we just need a new rainbow six

  • fatooosh

    Posted Feb 28, 2009 4:07 pm GMT

    splinter cell 5 release 6/30

  • sakaiXxX

    Posted Feb 28, 2009 3:38 am GMT

    assassins creed 2^-^

  • Cinquler

    Posted Feb 25, 2009 7:08 pm GMT

    well i cant wait for assasins creed 2

  • imrlybord7

    Posted Feb 21, 2009 5:03 pm GMT

    Ghost Recon>>>GRAW

  • zouhiyou

    Posted Feb 17, 2009 3:02 am GMT

    ..............................

  • Monkeysballs

    Posted Feb 17, 2009 12:51 am GMT

    I wasn't wrorryed you can't swim, hes wearing metal gloves and stuff those would be impossible to swim in

  • arnouluck

    Posted Feb 16, 2009 5:39 pm GMT

    I hope it picks up after the story ends no more computer frame backtracking now it's the Real Assassins Creed!!!! Reminds me of the movie "Wanted" ^___^ can't wait!!! Is Jade Raymond coming back???

  • kroberts11

    Posted Feb 15, 2009 10:26 am GMT

    So, freaking, pumped for AC2!

  • hotbodyboy_2006

    Posted Feb 15, 2009 9:08 am GMT

    Hope Assassin's Creed 2 removes the repetitive gameplay. Apart from that everything else is just right.

  • Levia28

    Posted Feb 14, 2009 1:33 pm GMT

    Generally the no swimming thing wasn't a problem, considering how little of the game was near water (one, maybe two levels?) nobody else could swim either though making fights at the docks really easy.

    Chirstmas is such a long wait...

  • gamepro0062

    Posted Feb 13, 2009 5:42 pm GMT

    I don't know why everyone didn't understand why Altair couldn't swim... I'd love to see you guys try to swim with a heavy sword (and swords are actually heavy, I held one once) 10 to 15 throwing knives, a contraption on your arm that holds the hidden blade, boots, a big outfit, etc. To be honest, I was even shocked he could jump from building to building with all that. I know I couldn't.

  • xxZiggyxx

    Posted Feb 10, 2009 6:06 pm GMT

    I had the 1st Assassin's Creed since it was released and I still haven't finished it lol

  • vexum

    Posted Feb 10, 2009 2:50 am GMT

    @ thenephariouson:
    Ubisoft has already announced that assassin's creed would be a triology.
    @ accretia27:
    the mysterious messages at the end of the game were fully explained in the xbox world magazine. here is a link (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=175552)

  • hell_bat

    Posted Feb 10, 2009 2:32 am GMT

    exactly! that not swimming got on me nerves so much, and a hate the drunk sailors or the mad people av ended up killing loads of them. and it has 2 be the most disappointing ending av ever seen, they HAVE 2 explain it in this one a cannit wait.

  • feathers177

    Posted Feb 9, 2009 9:50 pm GMT

    Why couldn't he swim? I didn't get why an amazing assassin would lack the ability to swim. Even with his gear he should at least have a time limit or something other than automatic death.

  • Trini_boy14

    Posted Feb 9, 2009 10:47 am GMT

    Its going to be a long wait for Assassins creed 2.... not 2 happy about that though but nothing i can do... lol

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