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News: Gameloft releases Assassin’s Creed for iPhone, iPod touch
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
image Gameloft has released Assassin’s Creed - Altaïrs Chronicles , its latest game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Based on the Nintendo DS game of the same name and previewed last week, Assassin’s Creed puts players in control of a master assassin named Altair, sent to Jerusalem in the year 1191 AD to steal a chalice in order to end the Crusades. The game offers a mix of stealth, problem solving, and action, and features skill-based mini-games, cinematic cutscenes, the ability to upgrade Altair and his six different weapons, and 3D graphics. Assassin’s Creed - Altair’s Chronicles is available now from the App Store and sells for $10.
Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles released for iPhone
Macworld —
Posted on by Peter Cohen , Macworld.com Gameloft has announced the release of Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles , a new stealth action game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs $10. The prequel to the hit console game Assassin’s Creed, Altair’s Chronicles puts you back in the role of Altair, a 12th-century Master Assassin sent by the Order of Assassins to steal “The Chalice” from the Templars. Your goal is to bring an end to the Crusades and restore peace and order to the Holy Lands. Just like its console counterpart, Altair’s Chronicles emphasizes stealth and strategy — Altair can use acrobatic moves and combo attacks, mixing swordplay and ...
Weekly App Store Pick: April 25, 2009
TheAppleBlog —
What’s that on the horizon? Why it’s none other than the latest picks fresh from the App Store, coming to brighten up your weekend!
Though before I run you through my latest selection of newly released apps, it’s time to indulge in a quick refresher of some of this week’s Apple news.
We started the week not with a ...
Article: iPhone Gems: Assassin’s Creed, World Cup Ping Pong, Silent Scope, UniWar
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Another week, and four more interesting titles appear in our gaming edition of iPhone Gems: this week’s collection starts very strong with a 3-D action platformer that’s been ported from the Nintendo DS, continues with a new ping pong game and a port of a well-known arcade sniper shooting title, and finishes with a futuristic military strategy title. [image] Our pick of the week is Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles from Gameloft, but all four titles are worth reading about. The details are all below. [image] [image] It’s happening: full-fledged $30 Nintendo DS games are starting to appear in the App Store for less. Though Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s ...
Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles Stealthily Invades the iPhone
TheAppleBlog —
Gameloft continues to release big titles for the iPhone and iPod touch, and their most recent release is no exception. The title in question is Ubisoft’s runaway success, Assassin’s Creed, which was wildly successful when released for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms in 2007. Prequel Altair’s Chronicles came out for the Nintendo DS last ...
A look at three new Gameloft iPhone games
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touchI have been in love with Gameloft games on the iPhone since I bought my first one last year. Not only do their games have great graphics, they also have great controls and game play. Gameloft has recently released several new iPhone/iPod touch games, and I'm going to give you a first look at three of them: Terminator Salvation, Assassin's Creed, and Let's Golf. Terminator Salvation ($5.99 US) If you have followed the Terminator franchise or television series, then you may already know the plot of this game. In this third person shooter, you'll travel around ...
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles 1.1.1
Mac|Life —
Assassin’s Creed looks amazing, with a pretty stunning opening cinematic and crisp, detailed graphics. The game combines platforming, stealth, combat, and some puzzles, but the simple tasks--navigating the game world’s narrow walkways and tricky jumps--are more frustrating than they need to be, and the anemic save system doesn’t help. [image] You’re an assassin named Altair, tasked with retrieving “the Chalice” from the Templars during the Third Crusade. You walk or run by pressing and nudging a small blue button on the bottom-left of the screen that resembles a directional pad, and more blue buttons appear on the right side of the screen that you tap to jump, ...
