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

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Jan 22, 2009 5:11 pm PT

[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.

361 Comments

  • weaponmaster01

    Posted May 2, 2009 9:56 am PT

    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 PT

    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 PT

    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 PT

    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 PT

    Ghost Recon 4 Is Going To Be Something Worth While.

  • justinjohns0n

    Posted Apr 16, 2009 11:52 am PT

    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 PT

    Can't wait for splinter cell convictions

  • shadowolf612

    Posted Apr 12, 2009 4:52 pm PT

    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 PT

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

  • MajorBrian

    Posted Apr 10, 2009 6:15 am PT

    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 PT

    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 PT

    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 PT

    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 PT

    "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 PT

    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 PT

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

  • punkdsk8erdude

    Posted Mar 28, 2009 10:59 pm PT

    hope AC2 mixes it up a bit.

  • celestial_todd

    Posted Mar 28, 2009 9:42 pm PT

    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 PT

    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 PT

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

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