Assassin's Creed Revelations: Annual mission
We speak to mission design director Falco Poiker about the pressures and profits of building a game a year.
1We speak to mission design director Falco Poiker about the pressures and profits of building a game a year.
1We ask the man who's writing the end of Ezio's story how he blends historical fact into gaming fantasy.
2First shipment of Revelations to include 2007 original. More >
The multiplayer beta of Ezio's final outing, Assassin's Creed Revelations, will be made available to all PSN account holders today. It was originally exclusive to members of PlayStation Plus and Ubisoft's Uplay, but from 10am UK time today all PSN users can download it from the PlayStation Store. A word of warning: the dreaded "scheduled maintenance" means PSN will be offline between 4pm and 6pm GMT today. Oh, and another: the beta is a 2.5GB download.
1Another day of Gamescom means a fresh batch of trailers. We'll kick off today's proceedings with this latest glimpse of Assassin's Creed Revelations, soundtracked by some historically inappropriate dubstep.
A multiplayer beta of this year's entry into the Assassin's Creed series will arrive on PlayStation Network, as a timed exclusive, on September 3, Ubisoft has announced. The beta, which will run until September 11, offers players a choice of nine characters, with four game types playable on three maps. Inevitably, there's a catch: only subscribers to PlayStation Plus, or members of Ubisoft's new Uplay service, are eligible.
This E3 trailer may be entirely comprised of CGI, but the sight of an ageing Ezio fighting to escape his execution is a fine taster for Revelations, which is out on November 15.