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E3 2009 – Ubisoft: The Highlights
MTV Multiplayer — by John Constantine The problem with most press conferences in the gaming industry is that, with a few notable exceptions, there just aren’t many entertaining personalities. The marketing executives, the publisher presidents, the developers, everyone. The vast majority of them are pretty dull. It’s not their job to keep a crowd entertained for two plus hours. They make games. So, at first blush, you can understand the logic behind Ubisoft’s hiring of “The Soup” host Joel McHale as the host for their E3 press conference. McHale’s an entertainer. He also entertained, but the man’s scripted humor didn’t do much to save Ubisoft’s big-on-talk, ...

E3 09: Hey! It's an Assassin’s Creed II trailer
Destructoid — I'm here at E3 today trying to help out the rest of the crew relay back to you, the readers, the total influx of news, videos and images coming down the pipe. The stories are being divvied out without question, so essentially, here I am with an Assassin's Creed II trailer from ...

E3 2009 Media: Assassin's Creed 2 Trailer
Kombo.com — Yesterday Zach gave you the details on the release of Assassin's Creed 2 and this morning I have the trailer that Ubisoft showed at the end of their press conference. I don't want to spoil anything about the trailer but make sure you watch it all the way to the end to see how your arsenal is going to get a boost when the game is released on November 17.

E3 2009 - Ubisoft: The Highlights
MTV Multiplayer — by John Constantine The problem with most press conferences in the gaming industry is that, with a few notable exceptions, there just aren’t many entertaining personalities. The marketing executives, the publisher presidents, the developers, everyone. The vast majority of them are pretty dull. It’s not their job to keep a crowd entertained for two plus hours. They make games. So, at first blush, you can understand the logic behind Ubisoft’s hiring of “The Soup” host Joel McHale as the host for their E3 press conference. McHale’s an entertainer. He also entertained, but the man’s scripted humor didn’t do much to save Ubisoft’s big-on-talk, low-on-games show. Most of the ...

E3 '09: Ubisoft Releases Official Assassin's Creed 2 Trailers
Planet Xbox 360 — Assassin’s Creed II is the product of over two years of intensive development by the original creative team behind the Assassin’s Creed brand. In a vast open world environment, the game invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who’s been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy. Ezio’s subsequent quest for vengeance plunges players into a captivating and epic story that offers more variety in missions, surprising and engaging new gameplay elements, diverse weapons and a profound character progression that will appeal to fans of the original Assassin’s Creed as well as entice players new to the brand. “Our creative ...

‘Assassins Creed 2′ Won’t Feature Ninjas
MTV Multiplayer — Checked out “Assassins Creed 2″ during E3. While not a major gameplay departure from the first one, it’s looking pretty excellent, especially the new cityscapes. But I was more curious about the ending of the first game. We’re about to get into spoiler territory here, so be warned. (Spoilers) At the end of “Assassins Creed” present-tense Desmond (played by Nolan North…of course!) discovered a secret message on the wall above his cell. The message said a lot of crazy things (written by the previous inhabitant of the cell) and features mentions of Japan. It led many to believe that the next game would feature this setting and, probably, ninjas. (/Spoilers) Well, it doesn’t. ...