Assassins

Image: Wizards of the CoastThis is shaping up to be a huge year for Magic: The Gathering, and over the weekend Wizards of the Coast took to Chicago for MagicCon, revealing a look at a ton of new cards on the horizon—including big crossovers like Fallout and Assassin’s Creed, and brand new worlds in the Magic multiverse. The Fallout set, due out in a few weeks, served as the main bulk of attention as Wizards unveiled cards from across the four Commander decks that are the basis for the set, pulling on not just the more…

MagicCon: Chicago--the latest Wizards Of The Coast's Magic: The Gathering-themed convention--kicked off today, and at the traditional day one preview panel, Wizards Of The Coast showed off new cards for multiple sets due to launch in 2024. One of them is a collaboration with Assassin's Creed, and we got a first look at Ezio, Altair, and more.Multiple cards were revealed featuring characters from Ubisoft's stealth-action franchise, with Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Altair Ibn-La'Ahad, and Eivor from…

Assassin's Creed Mirage is about to get a big new update on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC. Available at 1pm GMT UK time on February 20, update 1.07 introduces a permadeath mode, complete with a selection of new rewards. Ubisoft explains more: "When enabled, Basim will desynchronise from the animus if he dies, or if he commits illegal actions (e.g. killing citizens, going outside of authorised map locations). When Basim desynchronises from the animus, instead of the usual desynchronised reload screen, a new…

Sony announced February's slate of games coming to PlayStation Plus game catalogue for Extra and Deluxe/Premium tier members last week. This month's PS Plus offerings, announced on the PlayStation blog, are headlined by Need for Speed: Unbound, The Outer Worlds, Tales of Arise and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. The full list of games arriving to the PS Plus game catalogue this month will be playable starting February 20. Sony had also announced February's three free games coming to PS Plus across all membership tiers late…

With under its belt in recent months, will be looking to keep up its momentum into 2024 and beyond. The publisher may well be gearing up to host an Ubisoft Forward event in May, as that's when it's promised to reveal more details about several of its upcoming projects.In the company's latest earnings report, it said it will reveal the bulk of its lineup for the 2024-25 fiscal year, which runs through March 2025, in May. It will unveil more details about  and a Japan-set Assassin's Creed game as well as free-to-play…

Back in school, we all had that one subject that somehow was magically able to put us to sleep. Be it due to the teacher’s monotone voice, dry information, or a poorly ventilated classroom – either way, those academic hours seemed to have lasted a decade. Oh, how we wished we could watch TV or play computer games instead. Well, one teacher found a way to incorporate a popular video game into his lessons, capturing the attention of his students and millions of people online.More info: TikTokMiddle school teacher used an…

The first wave of new additions to the Game Pass catalog for 2024 has been announced, and the library is adding eight titles in the first half of the month. These include games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Resident Evil 2, and Super Mega Baseball 4.Available today, January 3, is the narrative-driven steampunk adventure game Close to the Sun. Then on January 4, the Game Pass catalog adds the World War II game Hell Let Loose. After that, January 9 sees the Game Pass debut of titles like the…

There are some solid additions for Xbox Game Pass subscribers to enjoy as we kick off 2024. With the headliners of the month being Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Resident Evil 2. One title, Close to the Sun, is out now for Game Pass owners. The rest will be spread out through the rest of January. Close to the Sun is a first-person adventure game from 2019 that has a bit of a Bioshock feel to it. It earned a 75 on Metacritic upon release, with critics coming away impressed for the most part with its atmosphere and story.…

Xbox has revealed its first Game Pass lineup of 2024, which includes headliners like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Resident Evil 2. But there’s still no sign of the Call of Duty games Xbox boss Phil Spencer hinted at for 2024.Game Pass is the subscription service offered by Microsoft that lets you play a changing collection of games on Xbox and PC without paying for each individual game. Last year, Spencer said the long regulatory process associated with Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard meant Xbox wasn’t…

It's time to go again with Bayek in Assassin's Creed Mirage, as the game has received a New Game Plus mode. That's not all, either, as the patch released yesterday, December 11, introduced an Origins-inspired outfit, parkour enhancements, and tons of bug fixes for the title.To gain access to New Game Plus, Ubisoft notes Assassin's Creed Mirage players must have completed the main story. Afterward, they can start a second playthrough with all of their previously earned skills and costumes. This mode also…