After such a long and torturous wait, Assassins Creed fans finally get to walk the plank again. Director Ashraf Ishmael announced a new location and setting for the seminal franchise in an interview on March 4th, 2013. To be released on November 1 of this year for Ps3, Xbox 360, WiiU, PC, in addition to next generation consoles Ps4 and Xbox 720, Black Flag will be set in the 18th century Caribbean.This age of piracy should prove an interesting shift in the format laid by Assassin’s Creed 2’s trilogy: Assassin’s Creed 4 will release after just one iteration to the series’ third installment.
Sony's press conference this year started off with a bang with a video that served as an overview of what would be shown. The video featured a stable of first party titles as well as some functionality announcements. Assassin's Creed III and Far Cry 3 also made their presence known.
2k Games has announced a new massive expansion pack for Civilization V entitled Gods & Kings, which will be released on PC in late spring of 2012.
Total War: Shogun 2 is a slow, but entertaining game. You assume the role of a province leader with ambitions of conquering all of feudal Japan. This goal is achieved through two alternating gameplay modes. On a map of Japan you take care of the grandiose strategy that is required to subjugate a country. Human and computer players take turns positioning their armies, negotiating trades, researching technologies, and building additions to cities.
This week's Nintendo Download provides two new WiiWare titles and six new DSiWare titles, with no Virtual Console offerings in sight.