Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Edward Kenway Character Introduction Trailer Leaked
A trailer introducing the main protagonist of the recently announced Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has been leaked.
The protagonist, Edward Kenway, is said to be the father of Haytham Kenway from Assassin’s Creed III. Even though the video quality is bad, it’s better than nothing. The biggest question is whether or not there’s any information left to be shared tomorrow.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Leaked
Images from the fourth game in the Assassin’s Creed series have already been leaked.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is said to be set on Carribean islands including Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Furthermore the new protagonist will be Edward Kenway, a Privateer and the father of Haytham Kenway from Assassin’s Creed III.
The game is also being developed for current-gen hardware, but it will be arriving to next-gen as well.
The posters which you can find in the gallery below are said to go on display at retailers on March 4th.
UK Software Sales for Xbox 360 & PS3 (Week Ending 2/16)
UK software sales for Xbox 360 & PS3 has been released for the week ending 2.16. Despite being heavily criticized for its rather… lacking gameplay, graphics and whatnot, Aliens: Colonial Marines still managed to top the charts for both the PS3 and Xbox 360. Let’s hope the poor souls knew what they were getting into. The sales charts are identical up until spot number 5, with the same positions for Dead Space 3, FIFA 13, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and Far Cry 3. From there on out the charts starts to differentiate themselves.
PS3 Sales:
1. Aliens: Colonial Marines – SEGA
2. Dead Space 3 – EA
3. FIFA 13 – EA
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Activision Blizzard
5. Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft
6. Need for Speed: Most Wanted – EA
7. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
8. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – Namco Bandai
9. Hitman: Absolution – Square Enix
10. Hitman HD Trilogy – Square Enix
Xbox 360:
1. Aliens: Colonial Marines – SEGA
2. Dead Space 3 – EA
3. FIFA 13 – EA
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Activision Blizzard
5. Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft
6. Halo 4 – Microsoft
7. Forza Horizon – Microsoft
8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Softworks
9. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
10. Need for Speed: Most Wanted – EA
NPD Reveals Top 10 Best-Selling Games in U.S During January
The NPD group has reported about the top 10 best-selling games in the U.S during the month of January, 2013. Game Spot said the following about the sales charts:
The January 2013 reporting period was actually five weeks instead of four due to the NPD Group’s adherence to the National Retail Federation calendar. This extra week is a consequence of the NPD Group’s 4-5-4 retail calendar and occurs only once every five or six years. As a result of including the “Leap Week,” sales are inflated to a degree. Adjusted sales are in the chart below.
ADJUSTED JANUARY US GAME SALES (December 30, 2012-February 2, 2013)
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES
Total retail sales: $667.76 million (-13%)
Non-PC hardware: $164 million (-17%)
Accessories: $205.28 million (4%)
Total software: $314.32 million (-19%)
TOP 10 GAMES FOR JANUARY 2013
Title (Platforms) – Publisher
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360, PS3, Wii U, PC) – Activision Blizzard
2. Far Cry 3 (X360, PS3, PC) – Ubisoft
3. Just Dance 4 (X360, Wii, Wii U, PS3) – Ubisoft
4. NBA 2K13 (X360, PS3, Wii, PSP, Wii U, PC) – Take-Two Interactive
5. Madden NFL 13 (X360, PS3, Wii, PS Vita, Wii U) – Electronic Arts
6. DmC: Devil May Cry (X360, PS3) – Capcom
7. Halo 4 (X360) – Microsoft
8. Assassin’s Creed III (X360, PS3, PC, Wii U) – Ubisoft
9. Skylanders Giants (X360, PS3, Wii U, Wii, 3DS) – Activision Blizzard
10. FIFA Soccer 13 (X360, PS3, Wii, PS Vita, 3DS, Wii U, PSP) – Electronic Arts
Journey Wins Big in DICE Awards
During the DICE Summit awards, Journey won big! Taking home eight awards in total, Journey shows everyone just what a fantastic game it is. The Walking Dead didn’t quite win as many, but the game still shone brightly with four awards. The full list can be found below:
- Action Game of the Year: Borderlands 2
- Mobile Game of the Year: Hero Academy
- Handheld Game of the Year: Paper Mario Sticker Star
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Journey
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Journey
- Outstanding Achievement in Story: The Walking Dead
- Outstanding Character Performance: The Walking Dead: Lee Everett
- Downloadable Game of the Year: The Walking Dead
- Casual Game of the Year: Journey
- Web Based Game of the Year: SimCity Social
- Family Game of the Year: Skylanders Giants
- Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Mass Effect 3
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Journey
- Sports Game of the Year: FIFA Soccer 13
- Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed Most Wanted
- Fighting Game of the Year: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
- Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Journey
- Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity: Halo 4
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Assassin’s Creed III
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Journey
- Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Halo 4
- Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Adventure Game of the Year: The Walking Dead
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Journey
- Game of the Year: Journey
PS3 Chart – UK Software Sales (Week Ending 2/2)
The PS3 UK Software sales have been revealed. The period counted is to February 2nd. Quite unsurprisingly the highly anticipated Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch took the first place, closely followed by FIFA 13. The list differs slightly from the previous sales chart.
1. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – Namco Bandai
2. FIFA 13 – EA
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Activision Blizzard
4. Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft
5. Hitman HD Trilogy – Square Enix
6. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
7. Need for Speed: Most Wanted – EA
8. Hitman: Absolution – Square Enix
9. DmC Devil May Cry – Capcom
10. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception GoTY
Assassin’s Creed III ‘The Infamy’ DLC Dated
The first episode from Assassin’s Creed III‘s upcoming DLC, titled “The Tyranny of George Washington: The Infamy“, will be released on February 19th. The DLC will be released to PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
In the first episode we awake as the third game’s protagonist, Connor, only to find that George Washington has been crowned king. From there on out, it’s our mission to dethrone him. These DLCs clearly focuses on a “what if” scenario.
In total there will be three DLCs, although the other two episodes’ release dates haven’t been announced yet. Every episode will be available through Assassin’s Creed III’s season pass. The season pass will cost you $29.99 / 2400 Microsoft Points. You can, however, purchase the first episode by itself for $9.99 / 800 Microsoft Points.
A Wii U version of the AC3 DLCs will be released eventually, although no dates have been set.
DmC: Devil May Cry Tops UK Sales Charts
DmC: Devil May Cry is currently topping the UK sales charts.
That being said, the game has just sold over a third of the sales of Devil May Cry 4. Furthermore, there’s not exactly a lot of competition in terms of new releases. DmC did push FIFA 13 from its number 1 spot. The full list can be found below:
1. DmC: Devil May Cry – Capcom
2. FIFA 13 – EA
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Activision Blizzard
4. Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft
5. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
6. Hitman: Absolution – Square Enix
7. Need for Speed: Most Wanted – EA
8. Halo 4 – Microsoft
9. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
10. Forza Horizon – Microsoft
Assassin’s Creed III Sells 7 Million Units Worldwide
Since Assassin’s creed III‘s release on October 30th the game has managed to sell 7 million units worldwide.
All Games Beta stated the following:
“Fans have wasted no time exploring the game’s open world, and getting involved in the action-packed story. In solo missions alone, players have accumulated more than 82 centuries of gaming time and committed more than 3 billion assassinations. The deadly action continues in the multiplayer, where more than twice as many players have joined the multiplayer mode compared to Assassin’s Creed Revelations. To date, more than 250 million assassinations have been performed in more than 5 billion multiplayer sessions.”
That’s a lot of statistics.
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Assassin’s Creed III DLC Erases Saves
The latest Assassin’s Creed III DLC has received heavy criticism for its apparent deletion of saves.
The DLC, titled Hidden Secrets Pack, apparently erased any saves you might have had, along with stats. Ubisoft was quick to respond:
“Just a quick heads up, we’re able to reproduce this issue at the studio and are working on a fix/workaround. From what we can tell, this problem seems to be rare and should generally only affect a very small number of players. That said, we’re taking the speedy and complete resolution of this very seriously.”
While the company is busy working on fixing the bug, they offered a tip that might save you from throwing the computer and game out the window.
”Do not load your saved AC3 game while the DLC is downloading in the background. This appears to be the key trigger for this bug. You can do anything else you want to do, just don’t load up your saved game and play it while the DLC is downloading.”
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