The IGN scores for Prince of Persia are in, with the Americans going for 9.3 and their British counterparts posting a 9.4 score.
Ubi boss said in an earnings call last night that expectations for the game were high internally.
It’s out on Xbox 360 and PS3 on December 5.
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IGN and IGN UK go high on Prince of Persia review
November 27th, 2008 · Comments Off
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Assassin’s Creed 2 set in the 1700s, says Pachter
November 27th, 2008 · Comments Off
During taping of an episode of GameTrailers’ Bonus Round, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michawl Pachter has apparently revealed that the time-frame for the now-confirmed Assassin’s Creed 2 has been moved from 1191 to “several hundred years in the future” or more specifically, “sometime in the 1700s.”
Pachter speculated, according to this Giant Bomb report, that the [...]
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Ubisoft: ‘working hard’ on Assassin’s Creed 2, no release date
November 26th, 2008 · Comments Off
Ubisoft’s just confirmed it’s working on Assassin’s Creed 2. If you hadn’t already worked that out for yourself, you may as well give up.
The news came from an earnings call today, in which an exec said that “we are working hard on the product,” but refused to date the game for fiscal 2010.
More on Joystiq.
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Microsoft shows PoP 360 bundle
November 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
Everything else is being bundled with Xbox 360 this Christmas, so why not Prince of Persia? There’s an image of the pack on Kotaku.
It’s out next month, as the game itself ships in the first week of December on consoles and the second week for PC. Expect to pay €269 for the Pro pack.
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51% of Tomb Raider: Underworld sales go to PS3
November 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
According to this MCV report, Chart-Track’s confirmed that 51 percent of all UK Tomb Raider: Underworld sales in Britain last week.
The title entered this week’s GFK-ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats Top 40 at No.9, outselling the launch of last year’s original Tomb Raider remake (Tomb Raider: Anniversary) by 6,700 units.
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Tomb Raider: Underworld launch period has been “crazy,” says Carroll
November 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
New Lara Alison Carroll’s told GameInformer that keeping up with the launch of Tomb Raider: Underworld has been a “crazy” experience, one that’s taken her all over the world.
“It’s been crazy,” she said. “I was travelling yesterday so I came from LA and flew over to New York for today, and then today we have [...]
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PoP gets Elika trailer
November 24th, 2008 · Comments Off
On Gamershell. It’s just game footage from Prince of Persia, basically, and all looks pretty enough. It’s out on December 5 for 360 and PS3.
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UK Tomb Raider: Underworld reviews under 8/10 silenced until Monday [Update]
November 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
Update: Barrington Harvey’s isued a formal statement on this. See it here.
Eidos UK PR firm Barrington Harvey has confirmed that British sites are being asked not to post Tomb Raider: Underworld reviews with scores lower than 80 percent until Monday.
The game releases today for 360 and PS3.
Gamespot UK journalist Guy Cocker revealed the tactic in [...]
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Altair skin to appear in PoP
November 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
If you go to the trouble of linking your Ubisoft.com account to your Xbox Live or PSN account, you’ll receive the bonus of an Altair skin in Prince of Persia, Ubi said today.
“Prince of Persia is an incredible experience. We’re thrilled to give our loyal fans another way to journey through it,” said producer Ben [...]
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Future renames GamesRadar for Lara launch, gets in muddle over review scores
November 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
GamesRadar’s been renamed TombRadar for today as a marketing thing to celebrate the release of Tomb Raider: Underworld.
“Tomb Raider: Underworld is a great game, well worth the 9/10 scores it is picking up across gaming websites and magazines,” said James Binns, Future’s publishing director.
“Getting the message out there on launch day is essential in the [...]
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