Assassin's Creed: Unity Release Date Pushed Back, Will Be Launched Together With Assassin's Creed: Rogue
Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin's Creed: Unity will be released two weeks later than its previously announced release date of Oct. 28. It is expected to launch alongside Assassin Creed: Rogue on the same day.
According to Gamespot, Ubisoft senior communications manager Gary Steinem took to the Ubisoft blog to explain the cause of delay, and said that the company needed more time to fine-tune some details of the game before it gets released. Steinem referred to a few details in the game, that though they may seem unimportant to some, are actual causes of concern for the company.
"A tiny gesture that Arno makes as he's racing across the Parisian rooftops. A barely noticeable reaction from a solitary NPC in a crowd 3,000 deep. The subtle swaying of an opulent chandelier in a ballroom," said Steinem.
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"It's these little things, multiplied by the thousands, that the development team focuses on during the final push to ship a game. And with a massive open-world title like 'Assassin's Creed: Unity', all those little things add up fast. Toss in the fact that Unity has been built from the ground up as a new-gen Assassin's Creed—and that final straight-line sprint to the finish suddenly becomes an obstacle course laden with curves, hurdles, and pitfalls," he added.
In the past months, fans of the Assassin's Creed games have seen Ubisoft's efforts and creativity to promote the game, ranging from a live action parkour sequence shot in France, to a promotional animated short directed by Rob Zombie, to an elaborate parkour course set up at Comic-Con in San Diego. The game is also said to have a movie in the works at 20th Century Fox, with Michael Bender attached to star.
Assassin's Creed: Unity will be released alongside Assassin's Creed: Rogue on Nov. 11 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
