Ubisoft stories

Thanks to Michael Fassbender, that Assassin's Creed movie is a go

Matthew Jackson
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 1:18pm
First, it seemed some unprecedented dealmaking by developer Ubisoft may have doomed an Assassin's Creed flick before it ever got off the ground, then it looked like the developer would try to go it alone with Michael Fassbender as producer and star. But now, thanks to Fassbender's presence, that Assassin's Creed flick is getting some major Hollywood love.

Writer claims Assassin's Creed stole his idea, sues for $5+ million

Matthew Jackson
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 10:47am
Ubisoft's four-part (with a fifth on the way) Assassin's Creed series is one of the most popular game franchises around, but at least one person is not impressed. A sci-fi novelist just filed a lawsuit asking for up to $5.25 million from Ubisoft, claiming that the developer lifted one of the game's key concepts from one of his self-published novels.