{"id":75384,"date":"2015-05-12T20:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T18:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=75384"},"modified":"2015-05-12T21:46:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T19:46:10","slug":"assassins-creed-syndicate-releases-october-23rd-for-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/75384-assassins-creed-syndicate-releases-october-23rd-for-consoles","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Syndicate releases October 23rd for consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After announcing <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate\u2019s<\/em> (formerly <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Victory<\/em>) reveal earlier today, Ubisoft unveiled their next iteration in their flagship series.<\/p>\n<p>Releasing October 23rd for Xbox One as well as PS4 and later for PC,<em> Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate<\/em> is all about money over monarchs, science over religion and doing what <em>Unity<\/em> did, but better.<\/p>\n<p>For all intents and purposes, as you\u2019ll see in the reveal, <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate<\/em> takes some of the best aspects of <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag<\/em>, <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em> and the <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> series.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W4vPChhnesg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Gang Wars as well as Strongholds mechanics seem to resemble the Naval Fortress mechanics of <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed IV<\/em>, only with slightly more depth to it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s definitely going to add a lot of playtime as well as additional activities to do in <em>Syndicate<\/em>, but more than anything, we hope that Ubisoft incorporate the Gangs into the narrative, unlike the fortress mechanics in <em>Blag Flag<\/em>, which had very limited narrative use.<\/p>\n<p>It does look like they will, but we\u2019ve been fooled before.<\/p>\n<p>On a positive note, the <em>Batman\u00ad<\/em>-like close-quarters, crowd juggling combat and rope launcher add a huge amount, potentially at least, to the gameplay. So do the vehicles of course.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot more that still needs demonstrating, but we\u2019ll give Ubisoft the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Syndicate Collector&#8217;s Edition Bundles<\/h3>\n<p>Keep in mind that there&#8217;s a good chance that one, two and perhaps even all three bundles will not be available in SA.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re still very impressive bundles nonetheless:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75392\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-Big-Ben-Collector\u2019s-Case.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75392\" class=\"wp-image-75392\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-Big-Ben-Collector\u2019s-Case.jpg\" alt=\"Assassin's Creed Syndicate Big Ben Collector\u2019s Case\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-Big-Ben-Collector\u2019s-Case.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-Big-Ben-Collector\u2019s-Case-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-Big-Ben-Collector\u2019s-Case-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Syndicate Big Ben Collector\u2019s Case<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Exclusive Collector\u2019s Box<\/li>\n<li>Jacob\u2019s Machinery Figurine<\/li>\n<li>Art Book<\/li>\n<li>Double-Sided London Map<\/li>\n<li>Game Soundtrack<\/li>\n<li>Lithography chosen by the fans who pre-order<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive FuturPak and Premium Hip Flask.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to that, you&#8217;ll gain access to single player missions worth an extra hour of gameplay. Finally, the Season Pass is included.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Syndicate<\/em> Big Ben Collector\u2019s Case\u00a0 is exclusively available via the <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.ubi.com\/store\/ubiemea\/en_IE\/pd\/ThemeID.8605700\/productID.317808000\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-Big-Ben-Collectors-Case\" target=\"_blank\">Uplay store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PC: 139.99EUR &#8211; approximately R1900<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Console: 149.99EUR &#8211; approximately R2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75388\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-Charing-Cross-Edition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75388\" class=\"wp-image-75388\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-Charing-Cross-Edition.jpg\" alt=\"Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate Charing Cross Edition\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-Charing-Cross-Edition.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-Charing-Cross-Edition-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-Charing-Cross-Edition-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate Charing Cross Edition<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Exclusive Collector\u2019s Box<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Cross-Road Figurine<\/li>\n<li>Art Book<\/li>\n<li>Double-sided London Map<\/li>\n<li>Game soundtrack<\/li>\n<li>Additional two hours of gameplay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>89.99EUR &#8211; R1200<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75390\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-The-Rooks-Edition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75390\" class=\"wp-image-75390\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-The-Rooks-Edition.jpg\" alt=\"Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate The Rooks Edition\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-The-Rooks-Edition.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-The-Rooks-Edition-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Assassin\u2019s-Creed-Syndicate-The-Rooks-Edition-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate The Rooks Edition<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Collector\u2019s box<\/li>\n<li>Art book<\/li>\n<li>Double sided London Map<\/li>\n<li>Game soundtrack<\/li>\n<li>Additional two hours of gameplay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>69.99EUR &#8211; R950<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That Big Ben bundle is pretty serious business, but we&#8217;re not sure we&#8217;re willing to invest that much money in the collector&#8217;s edition of a game we don&#8217;t trust.<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft has to do a lot to win back interest prior to the release of <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Syndicate<\/em>, and even then, we&#8217;ll take the standard release, thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those collector&#8217;s edition bundles are intense, but are they and the game worth investing in? Time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":75386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13872,605,1969,1239,1853,733,10065],"class_list":["post-75384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-assassins-creed-syndicate","tag-collectors-edition","tag-news-2","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-ubisoft","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}