THE REVOLUTION STARTS HERE Ubisoft held a red carpet event in London to celebrate the official unveiling of October blockbuster Assassin’s Creed III, which is set during the American Revolution.
Journalists were treated to booze and a glimpse at the game in action, all under the watchful eye of armed revolutionaries.
OFF THE RECORD
FROM THE ARCHIVE... ONE YEAR AGO MCV April 8th, 2011
NEWS
Microsoft takes home three MCV awards, while Nintendo and EA win two each… Zumba Fitness’Wii release propels the game to No.2 in the charts. It would go on to rack up more than ten No.1s over the summer… Call of Dutybeats James Cameron’s Avatarand Take Thatas the
CHARTS
1. Crysis 2 EA ..........................................................360, PS3, PC
3. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Activision ..........3DS, PSP, Wii, 360, PS3, PC
4. Shift 2: Unleashed EA ..........................................................360, PS3, PC
5. Homefront THQ ......................................................360, PS3, PC
AND FINALLY MCVrounds up our favourite April’s Fool jokes from across the games industry. Contenders include Namco Bandai blowing £285,000 on a jet fighter to promote Ace Combat, the handwritten redesign of popular blog Destructoid, a Kinect port of StarCraft II, the viral announcement of epic fantasy racer Dragon Rallyand Rock Band dev Harmonix trading in its CEO at GameStop for $40 in-store credit. It’s amazing how many people fell for these.
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UK’s biggest entertainment product of 2010… Analysts defend GAME after Goldman Sachs downgrades the retailer’s stock from Neutral to Sell… ERA reports supermarkets accounted for 25 per cent of the market in 2010… Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot tells MCVhe believes the publisher can overtake EA and Activision...