Assassin's Creed for X360?

By Ellie Gibson Published 16 May, 2006

So we're told.

As rumours fly that forthcoming action adventure title Assassin's Creed won't be a PS3-only title after all, Ubisoft is remaining interestingly non-committal on the subject.

Speaking to Eurogamer this morning, a representative said: "At the moment, other formats of Assassin's Creed are unconfirmed." Which suggests they're at least considering an Xbox 360 release - despite only announcing the game's realease on the PS3 when it was first announced on May 2nd.

Assassin's Creed is set in 1191 AD, during the Third Crusade, and sees players take on the role of hero Altair. It's being developed by Ubisoft Montreal, the same studio who brought us the Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell games.

It looked awfully spanky when we had a look at it at E3 last week - rather intriguingly, the Ubi rep who presented a playable demo behind closed doors at E3 mentioned the game was also coming to the Xbox 360.

As has a report on Noooz.com, which claims that a Ubi employee has also stated the game is in development for Xbox 360.

We may have a while to wait before anything is officially confirmed - in the meantime, why not check out the trailer on Eurogamer TV.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (38) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • McGeeza #1 6 years ago

    Was it a wireless 360 pad? If so it couldn't have been running on the PC (AFAIK).

  • Triggerhappytel #2 6 years ago

    It wouldn't surprise me. Ubisoft are one of those companies who generally release games across pretty much every format under the sun (mobile?!).

    Pretty soon to be going back on a statement made just last week though. Maybe their PR dept needs a kick in the arse.

  • Grunk #3 6 years ago


    It did look awfully spanky on the PS3 trailer, could be the game that swings me to PS3, I wonder if it'll be as good on the 360

    I think Eurogamer should start adding a paragraph at the end of each review highlighting which platform has the best version each multiplatform game.
    Edited by 1 at 16/05/06 @ 11:36

  • Blerk #4 6 years ago

    Smells of 'temporary exclusive' to me.

    Ubi don't do single-format games very often. And when they do it's usually only for technical reasons.

  • Eighthours #5 6 years ago

    The demo version was running on an Xbox 360.

    Rumours of a Sony "timed exclusive" signed just before E3 abound.

  • Darkedge #6 6 years ago

    so you played it? whoa does it look as good as the trailer??

  • Huntcjna #7 6 years ago

    /Also agree's with Blerk

    /Feels dirty

  • Blerk #8 6 years ago

    You're all my bitches now!

  • #9 6 years ago

    I've heard the 360 it was running on was hidden under a white sheet! ^_^

    And then the whole lot burst into flames - voila!
    Ubi + single platorm = never.
    Development costs of this generation will pretty much kill the platform exclusive game. All we will have is like the xbox "exclusives" that last a couple of months. And I don't think there's as huge a hardware disparity with PSŁ/360 as there was with xbox/PS2, so it's likely games will look very similar, but may play differently due to the differences in controller function, which, by the way, is MUCH MUCH more important than look. Just try playing a FPS on PS2 - eugh!

  • morriss #10 6 years ago

    Disgrees with Blerk.

    Agrees with Huntcjna.

  • Talha #11 6 years ago

    I agree that with development costs what they are, single platform doesn't make sense. However, another view could be that costs for each platform beign what they are, perhaps it is not easy to develop for all platforms?

    That said, I don't think Ubi will do a single platform item.

  • Gurgeh #12 6 years ago

    Offtopic: where was Killzone? no playable version, no demo version, not even CGI footage?

  • kangarootoo #13 6 years ago

    The majority of your costs usually relate to platform independant stuff (although the tech in the latest consoles will almost certainly impact that somewhat in the future).

    It WILL cost more to develop for multiple platforms than just one, but the returns (assuming even sales on each platform) increase ahead of costs.

    EDIT: Note that I am talking about platforms in the same ballpark, I'm not talking about doing XBox AND mobile phones for example.
    Edited by 1 at 16/05/06 @ 12:13

  • Blerk #14 6 years ago

    Offtopic: where was Killzone? no playable version, no demo version, not even CGI footage?

    Think yourself lucky!

  • Netfreak #15 6 years ago

    Going exclusive is just plain stupid.

  • Eighthours #16 6 years ago

    Offtopic: where was Killzone? no playable version, no demo version, not even CGI footage?

    Well, nobody likes to be embarrassed in front of the world. ;)

  • Talha #17 6 years ago

    @Eighthours: Oh I see. Because the rest of the footage Sony showed was really, really embarrasing right? Even DS games look better than that!

  • Spanky #18 6 years ago

    "awfully spanky"
    Why fank you :D

    This game didn't look too technically demanding from any standpoint(if the small bit of possible 'in engine' stuff in the trailer was to be believed).

  • Netfreak #19 6 years ago

    Tekken 6 looks embarassing.

  • #20 6 years ago

    Don't mention ze Killzone!

    Killzone on 360 - Do it!

  • Steroyd #21 6 years ago

    Wow!!

    *During E3*

    It's a PS3 exclusive.

    *after E3*

    Maaayyybe it's going onto other paltforms.

    Ubisfot simple answer is it going to be exclusive yes or no, i hate being jerked around with what's exclusive and what isn't.

    *looks at Peter Moore with his GTA announcment*

  • Tonka #22 6 years ago

    So far this is the only game that makes me want to buy a PS3. I hope to the gods it's not exclusive.

  • dbeamish #23 6 years ago

    that game looked terrible tho. so who cares..

  • The-Bodybuilder #24 6 years ago

    >"Wow!!

    *During E3*

    It's a PS3 exclusive.

    *after E3*

    Maaayyybe it's going onto other paltforms."

    You mean...

    *During X05*

    Announced for 360.

    *During E3*

    PS3 Exclusive

    *After E3*

    We can't say.

    Off topic: Is it me, or did the E3 staff just sat around the Wii area? A few previews here and thier for 360 and ps3, the rest is dedicated to the Wii. I hope they don't start calling the Wii "teh re3l next g3n".

  • alpha-0ne #25 6 years ago

    this game was NEVER announced as a ps3 exclusive look at the press release all it says is will be released on PS3, it just doesnt mention the 360 version

    it is definitely in development sony have just paid ubisoft to keep quiet for a bit ;-)

  • Eighthours #26 6 years ago

    @Eighthours: Oh I see. Because the rest of the footage Sony showed was really, really embarrasing right? Even DS games look better than that!

    Eh? It's quite obvious that the reason Killzone 2 wasn't shown off is because at present it looks bollocks-all like the vid from last year (Sony still haven't admitted on the record that it was CGI, btw). Hardly rocket-science, and it's no reflection on the rest of the PS3 lineup. Jesus, reactionary fanboys.... tsk.

  • JonFE #27 6 years ago

    A temporary exclusivity deal was pretty much my guess, also, which is great because the game looks and sounds promising.

  • 2099net #28 6 years ago

    You can order the 360 version from Play. It has an October release. :)

  • Xerx3s #29 6 years ago

    EG, check your facts, it was also announced at the X'05 (yes, long before the E3). Sony may have a launch exclusive (well, not even that is for sure), but its going to be 360 for sure.

  • Grunk #30 6 years ago

    Possibly Sony have given Ubi a substantial amount of money to make this a PS3 launch title.
    It would make the impact of the game dramatically less if it had been out for the past 6 months on the 360

  • JonFE #31 6 years ago

    Xerx3s,
    I don't think EG were invited to cover X'05 (could not find any relative articles, anyway) so it's hardly their fault, now, is it?

    :-)

  • Talha #32 6 years ago

    @Eighthours : Oh, how could i have missed the wisdom in your words!!! After all, a better way to put it would be 'because it wasn't ready yet'. But I guess you can peddle all sort of bullshit/mudslinging as long as you get to label someone a fanboy.
    Edited by 1 at 16/05/06 @ 13:53

  • Darren #33 6 years ago

    Regarding Killzone on the PS3... I had to laugh at Phil Harrison in his IGN video interview when asked about why Killzone wasn't at this year's E3... he said that they'd show it when it was ready!

    Eh? If that's the case why did they show it at last year's E3? That to me is admission that the footage was a target render and not in any way, shape or form, "real" at all. LOL

  • Skooch #34 6 years ago

    Woohoo!

    This game looks pretty good, and now I can run it on my 360 it is starting to look even better! :-)

  • Skooch #35 6 years ago

    "@Eighthours : Oh, how could i have missed the wisdom in your words!!! After all, a better way to put it would be 'because it wasn't ready yet'. But I guess you can peddle all sort of bullshit/mudslinging as long as you get to label someone a fanboy"

    I think it is pretty clear to everyone that no-one needs to label you a fanboy - your rantings are doing that for you. Take a deep breath and relax dude...

  • DJ12 #36 6 years ago

    First things first, everyone else said they demoed it using a USB ps2 pad, but somehow they gave Eurogamer an xbox 360 pad?

    I think not.

    Secondly, no one ever said the words exclusive, all they said was it's in development for PS3.

    Quite a lot of people that just seem to want to bash Sony over this, and they have had nothing to do with it what so ever, they didn't show it in their conference or at their booth.

  • kangarootoo #37 6 years ago

    @DJ12

    So EG are lying about which pad they used to play the game? Not sure I see a motive there. Unless I am misunderstanding your comment?

  • Darren #38 6 years ago

    I think EG actually played the PC version using a wired 360 controller (can they confirm the controller was wired?) and that the game will ultimately be released on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.