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The past 10 days we’ve given you the chance to win in our Super Mario Galaxy or Assassin’s Creed competition. The task was a simple matter of choosing what game you wanted the most and answering why, it was great everyone explained their answer well. We heartily thank everyone who participated, but of course out of all the answers there could only be one winner…

Tpcool gave a huge explanation why he/she wants to play the game and gets a free copy of Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii!

Congratulations to the winner! Super Mario Galaxy will be sent to you via Amazon as soon as you respond (with your address) to an email that you’ll receive shortly.

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Ubisoft have announced they will release a patch for the PS3 version of Assassin’s Creed, to stop it from freezing up on players. A company representative has said it will be released online ASAP.

To quote: “Following our recent statement regarding the freeze issues that some consumers are facing with Assassin’s Creed on PlayStation 3, we can confirm that we are actively working on a game update. This update will help improve the stability of the game and will be released as soon as possible. In the meantime thank you for your ongoing feedback and patience.” — Via the official Ubisoft forum

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VGB is celebrating its second birthday today! There’s no better way to do this than by giving away a present to a lucky reader.

For the past week we ran a poll in the left menu asking you which of the ten new games listed you’d like to win. In the last four days it was tied between Super Mario Galaxy & Assassin’s Creed and ended up with each getting 22% of the 328 votes. As a result this new competition will give the choice to win one or the other. Welcome to our Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) or Assassin’s Creed (Xbox 360, PS3) competition!

You have a chance to win your game of choice for free until November 30th when the competition ends. The next day we’ll order the game from your local Amazon store.

What do you need to do to win? Answer this question: “What game do you want to win, and why do you want that game?” Leave your comment below, the best answer wins! Also, we are sensitive to bday flattery. Just sayin’.

What are the rules? All you have to do is leave a comment with your answer on this page. Fill out your real email so we can contact you if you win (your email will be invisible to other readers, only the site staff can see it). Also, if you won our previous (Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3) contest, then you cannot enter twice in a row, that wouldn’t be fair to all the other participants. Good luck!

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French games publisher Ubisoft tells in their fiscal 2007-2008 first half financial report about the latest earnings. Assassin’s Creed on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 has sales that have already topped the record level of 1 million units!

Talking about the success of Assassin’s Creed, the company said this is “a positive sign that the brand will be successful and that Ubisoft has created another long-term franchise.” Good news for the fans waiting to see how the story will unfold further in Assassin’s Creed 2.

Ubisoft as a whole has been doing great, with total sales climbing 51.80% (to €261 million / $387 million) over last year’s sales. Their net income rose 11.7% to €30.6 million / $45 million. These sales were driven by Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, Beowulf and a number of casual games such as titles from the Imagine, Petz and MyCoach brands.

By the way, if you have the choice between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Assassin’s Creed. Go for the Xbox 360 version, which fans say is more stable, since the PS3 version has had lots more complaints about it freezing up on players mid-game or during loading screens. Let’s hope those memory issues get sorted in the sequel (or they release a patch for this game to fix it).

Find out why the game is badass, watch this trailer:

As you can see it’s not for the faint of heart.

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Assassin’s Creed is finally out to impress gamers everywhere. Like many third-party titles lately, the game is available for either the Xbox 360 or the Playstation 3.

Both systems are very powerful although Sony has trumped up the fact that the PS3 is the most powerful as far as raw horse-power is concerned.

But how does that translate to the actual games themselves? Find out in this video comparison of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Assassin’s Creed.

It’s obvious to tell that the Xbox 360 version CLEARLY (pun not intended) looks better. The PS3 version has a “washed out” look to it, although I suppose it can come down to personal preference, but the clarity of the Xbox 360 version makes it seem more detailed than the PS3 version. Very interesting indeed.

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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 3. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party (Konami), 5. High School Musical: Sing It! Bundle (Disney).

Japan: 1. BioHazard: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom), 2. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 3. Ghost Squad (Sega), 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 5. Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no Tou (Square Enix).

Europe: 1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 2. The Simpsons Game (EA Games), 3. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. BioShock (2K Games), 2. The Darkness (2K Games), 3. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 5. Halo 3 (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. Ace Combat 6: Kaihou e no Senka (Namco), 2. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei), 3. The Idol M@ster — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Namco), 4. Dead Rising / Gears of War — Xbox 360 Platinum Double Pack (Capcom / Microsoft), 5. Gears of War (Microsoft).

Europe: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 2. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 3. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 5. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 4. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (SCEA), 5. Assassin’s Creed: Limited Edition (Ubisoft).

Japan: 1. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei), 2. Ratchet & Clank Future (SCEI), 3. Heavenly Sword (SCEI), 4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike), 5. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft).

Europe: 1. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 3. Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (SCEE), 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 5. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts).

PlayStation 2 (more…)

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The Australia & New Zealand release of Assassin’s Creed is delayed by one week, meaning it’ll ship on Wednesday, November 21st.

The delay is “due to manufacturing and freight difficulties during this time of year, Ubisoft Australia & New Zealand were unable to receive their full allocation of Assassins Creed stock required to fulfill all Day One orders,” publisher Ubisoft said in a statement. “In an effort to treat all retailers and consumers fairly, Ubisoft will wait until the balance of stock is received in our warehouse before we ship the game.” This delay has not effected any other release dates for the game, and you can pick up Assassin’s Creed in North American stores today for Xbox 360 and PS3.

So far Assassin’s Creed has received excellent reviews across the board which is great news. For those poor souls in Australia and New Zealand though who have to wait a bit before they can get their hands on the game, this beautiful new launch trailer is for you.

In case you missed any of them, check out the awesome making-of Assassin’s Creed videos.

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Assassin’s Creed will finally be released for Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 on November 13th in America/Canada and on November 16th in Europe. With that in mind Ubisoft released a new developer diary about the fight system. The three different stances this entails will decide how well you perform your missions, so you’ll do well to hear what the man behind Assassin’s Creed, creative director Patrice Desilets, has to say.

Previous developer diaries went behind the scenes at Ubisoft, talked about the Assassin’s Creed storyline, the artistic design of Assassin’s Creed and in-game freedom.

Patrice Desilets talks about the combat system:

Click on the bottom-right corner arrow to view it fullscreen.

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A new video interview with Jade Raymond reveals even more gameplay footage as well as some awesome new details such as a greater look at the actual size of the cities in the game . . . absolutely massive!

Also newly revealed is a huge list of all the Achievements you can get in the Xbox 360 version of Assassin’s Creed.

The extensive list of 44 Achievements you can earn in the game is as follows:

1. The Eagle and The Apple - 1191
Complete Assassin’s Creed.
100 points
(more…)

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  As part of London Games Festival, Jade Raymond, Producer for Assassins Creed by Ubisoft, is set to make a special appearance at HMV’s flagship store on Oxford Street, London this Saturday 27th October. New levels from the latest version of the game will be presented at this one off event in anticipation for the release [...]