Xbox One launch title ‘Ryse’ is free to play next month

April is fast approaching, which means another handful of games will be free to play on Xbox One through the Games with Gold program. During the course of next month, four titles -- two for Xbox One and two for Xbox 360 -- will be free to download. T...

‘Assassin’s Creed: Ezio Collection’ clambers to PS4, Xbox One

The rumors are true: To make up for a mainline Assassin's Creed skipping this year, Ubisoft is putting the best entries in the series into one package. Again. Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection brings Assassin's Creed 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherh...

The hostile takeover of ‘Watch Dogs’ studio Ubisoft continues

Ubisoft, the studio behind Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs, South Park, Rabbids and plenty of other off-the-wall franchises, is slowly losing itself. The company is being swallowed up by Vivendi, the entertainment conglomerate responsible for Universal...

‘Assassin’s Creed’ movie trailer has fighting and Fassbending

We won't have a new Assassin's Creed game this year, but what we will have is a movie. And now we know just what it'll look like when it hits theaters this December 21st, courtesy of a trailer that just debuted on the late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimm...

‘1666 Amsterdam’ is back in ‘Assassin’s Creed’ creator’s hands

Ubisoft and Patrice Désilets, the creative director of Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed 2, have reached an agreement that gives Désilets ownership of a mysterious original IP, 1666 Amsterdam. Désilets and Ubisoft have a rock...

Shooting the Arabs: How video games perpetuate Muslim stereotypes

Islam has an image problem. And it's not just recent world events that have led to an undue level of scrutiny and prejudice. The media has been pigeonholing Muslims for years. You need only watch a few episodes of 24 or Homeland to see that Muslims,...