[UPDATE] Ubisoft "working hard" on Assassin's Creed 2

  • Posted November 27th, 2008 at 07:54 EDT by
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Speaking during a conference call with investors today, Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot refused to divulge a possible release date for Assassin’s Creed 2, but confirmed the company is indeed “working hard on the product."

In related news, Giantbomb revealed that during the taping of Geoff Keighley's Bonus Round with Kotaku's Michael McWhertor and Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, Ubisoft is planning on changing the time frame of Assassin's Creed 2.

According to Patcher, Ubisoft said that they are moving from 1191 A.D. to “several hundred years in the future” or more specifically, “sometime in the 1700s.” It's speculated that the sequel with have Altair running around during the French Revolution, as that's a time period that has not been over explored by videogames, much like the Crusades era.

Either way, it's great to know that the game is coming along. Let's hope it's not too long before Ubisoft reels back the curtain on this highly anticipated sequel.

UPDATE:

According to VG247, a Ubisoft representative has replied to the rumor stating, "this is only a rumor and we would prefer not to comment on rumors."

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  1. MissWacy | TastyAcidMilk

    • 5:19am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    nice, liked the first one alot, cant wait for the 2nd

  2. iHustle- | iHustle-

    • 5:24am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    yh the first one was gr8..thank god there changein the time frame..it would have bin boring if it was at the same age agen

  3. SamuraiClarke

    • 5:35am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    Great news! Big fan of the first one. I hope we hear more information in December.

  4. JD-82 | JD-82

    • 6:02am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    the first was awesome (although a little repetitive) but i honestly believe that they'll change the timeframe, and it won't be Altair you play as but another person in Desmonds ancestry.  this would leave the series open to the third chapter (the game was touted as a trilogy at the beginning) where you play as Desmond.

     

    Just my thoughts of course...

  5. Tonic99 | Tonic99

    • 6:44am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    Cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. west_end_matt

    • 6:47am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    The first one was a huge let down they better make tis one not suck

  7. supamariobrotha | supamariobrotha

    • 6:48am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    the first game was good but not much replayability hope that one of the things they fix

  8. TaMszz | TaMss

    • 7:34am GMT - November 27th, 2008

     Great news, I hope that they make it better than the first one, even though it was pretty good imo.

  9. THEmanbearpig | MANBEARPIG

    • 8:21am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    great news, i really liked the first one. it did get a little repetetive but it was a very original game. i like to hear that they are putting it in another time frame. the crusades was really cool to play in.

  10. Cyphers_Lock | Cyphers_Lock

    • 8:48am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    Assassin's Creed was NOT a let down. Yes it was repetitive but think about this: If you are an assassin you will be gathering as much information on your target as you can EVERY SINGLE TIME, unless you want to get dead fast.

  11. Aphexman

    • 9:40am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    if it's going to be as repetitive,boring and grey as first one i'll pass.

  12. toasty_T | toasty_T

    • 9:49am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    Hopefully there will be some more variety the second time around.

  13. Zephyr | Zyrak

    • 9:58am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    wtf?..

  14. Tonic99 | Tonic99

    • 10:19am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    @6,11,12

    You guys didnt play assassins creed did you!or you are fans of mindless FPS games!

  15. darthrazorback

    • 10:43am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    Interesting... I am digging the timeline.  Very different.

  16. xdbuix

    • 10:48am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    the first assasin's creed was good for the first hour n then it got repetitive, so... sooo repeittive . I hope they address that. 

  17. gingo | gingo

    • 11:15am GMT - November 27th, 2008

    psn id: gingo... the first assassins creed was really good imo and apart from the fact it got really repetitive until the end its definitely worth a sequel

  18. TekkenLord | HitMan00

    • 12:32pm GMT - November 27th, 2008

    once they don't make it like the first one which was so repetitive i'll get this. and i hope they make the AI much much better than before. that was one of the dumest ai i have ever seen.

  19. teevanator | teevanator

    • 1:15pm GMT - November 27th, 2008

    @ 10

    does that make the game interesting? no

    would have prefered something like a shop to buy blackmarket weapons etc, and clothing like disguises

  20. Jk-Sin | Rik02

    • 1:35pm GMT - November 27th, 2008

    nice the 1st one was good but got really repetitive, but good enough to keep me playin. hopefully they dont make the 2nd 1 as repetitive as the first. but i'm definitly lookin foward to this 2nd installment

  21. PROTOTYPE

    • 2:10pm GMT - November 27th, 2008

    i wanna know what happens to desmond after being trapt in that room. hopefully it doesn't take too long to realease.

  22. NEJI46

    • 2:41pm GMT - November 27th, 2008

    i'm not going to say the same thing as some others they sound like one another. the samething they claim that was wrong with the game. the thing with A. Creed they should have gave every leader a defferent weapon.

  23. Windu88

    • 6:50pm GMT - November 27th, 2008

    Boring!

  24. rivel

    • 8:55pm GMT - November 27th, 2008

    1700's = guns = not rpg = bad game 

  25. jim6669

    • 6:36am GMT - November 29th, 2008

    the first one was CRAP,  if they  make it vastly better it may be good.

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