In Real Life

Which Of These Five Games Had The Best Writing Of 2012?

Every year the Writers Guild of America awards a special Outstanding Achievement in Video Game Writing award to the team responsible for the most memorable interactive entertainment script. Which of these five titles will walk away a winner on February 19?


December 13, 2011
In Real Life

Attack Of The Assassin’s Creed Clones

Look sir, an Assassin’s Creed glitch! This was spawned during a mission in which you dress up to to kill a target.


December 9, 2011
In Real Life

This Assassin’s Creed Art Is A Revelation

Gilles Beloeil is a concept artist and digital matte painter at Ubisoft’s flagship Montreal studio. Know what that means? Yup. More awesome Assassin’s Creed art.


December 3, 2011
PC

Assassin’s Creed Gets The Floating Hair It Always Needed

This YouTube video, comically titled “Misadventures of Eyes and Hair” shows us an Assassin’s Creed: Revelations cutscene featuring translucent bodies with floating eyes and hair.


November 30, 2011
PlayStation

The Evidence For Assassin’s Creed III Being Set In America, Or China, Or India

Where will the next Assassin’s Creed take place? When will it take place? You could guess off a survey, or you could consider the theories of Kotaku‘s biggest AC fans, one of whom claims to have seen Assassin’s Creed III in action.


November 29, 2011
News

You’ve Got Assassin’s Creed In My Final Fantasy XIII-2

Time traveller Noel Kreiss, Final Fantasy XIII-2, can dress up as Assassin’s Creed‘s Ezio Auditore da Firenze, star of the latest AC game, Revelations.


In Real Life

Ezio Is Trolling Dating Sites. He’s Very Good.

It’s slightly cruel in a “Bart Simpson vs Ms. Krabappel” kinda way, but equally hilarious: a Reddit user has signed up to a dating site using the persona of Assassin’s Creed hero Ezio Auditore, and done what Ezio does best. Seduce the ladies.


November 22, 2011
News

New Perspectives On Nolan North, Video Gaming’s ‘It’ Voice Actor

Any way you slice it, it’s been a good year for Nolan North. At this time last year, the ever-present voice actor had become something of a go-to joke — people had cottoned to the fact that his voice was featured in 50 per cent of the video games that had been released that year (slight exaggeration), and had started to give him some good-natured jibes.


PlayStation

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations: The Kotaku Review

What do you want out of a video game? What should you hold against a video game, and what should you let slide?


November 21, 2011
In Real Life

Community Review: Assassin’s Creed Revelations

Kotaku AU

Man, I am so behind. Until Skyrim came out, I was feeling pretty good about where I was with my pile of shame. I had finished Arkham City, finished Gears of War 3, finished Uncharted 3. Then Skyrim came along and totally messed me up. This means that I have clocked zero hours with Assassin’s Creed Revelations. Again, I must rely on your expertise for this week’s Community Review.