Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed is not doing as well as it should be on the PC, at least according to Ubisoft. A pirated version of the game leaked on to the internet about two months before release, it seems. and Ubi claims that seriously cut into sales. Ubisoft is now suing the PC game duplicator for apparently allowing an employee to take a copy of the game home and post it on the internet. Ubisoft alleges that security measures agreed upon by the dupe company were ignored, and had the protocols been adhered to, the leak would have never happened. We will see what happens with this one, but if the allegations are true, that is one heck of a breach for a duplication company.

For those of us who have played through Assassin's Creed, im sure this comes as no shock. The game finished up 2007 at the number one spot for weekly sales. FIFA 08 and The Simpsons also made the charts, and CoD4 is still hanging on, believe it or not.

Ubisoft today announced that Heroes actress and Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell will be appearing in the upcoming game Assassin's Creed. No word on just what her part will entail, but according to the press info, it is a key charachter with a "mysterious" role. Click read more for the full info.

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SAN FRANCISCO-Today Ubisoft announces that Hollywood actress Kristen Bell will appear in Ubisoft’s highly anticipated video game, Assassin’s Creed™. Kristen Bell will play a key character in Assassin’s Creed, whose mysterious role is an important part of the game’s intricate storyline.

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London, United Kingdom – October 25, 2007 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced its highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed™ video game has gone “gold” and is set to launch on November 16, 2007. The title is one of the most anticipated games for the holiday season, arriving on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The game will be a rating 15 BBFC.

Ubisoft has dated Assassin's Creed, apparently for both systems. November, 14 2007 will be the day it hits retail shelves. Great news, let's hope no delay.

IGN Australia has posted an Assassin's Creed interview with the game's lead designer Patrice Desilets. The game has been in development for almost four years now, and the concept has evolved accordingly, apparently. Check it out.

In an interview with ProG, Assassin's Creed creative director Patrice Desilets, has revealed that both the Xbox360 and PS3 versions of the game are suffering from their own separate technical issues. For the MS console, Ubisoft is having problems fitting all the game data onto the DVD9 format that the XBox360 uses. On the other hand, the team is worried that the PS3 version will not be as good as the XBox360 version because the team is "really struggling right now on PS3" because of memory problems specific to Sony's console. Looks like the final version may not be what we all expect.

Over at GT, there is a video interview posted with Jade Raymond from way back at TGS. She speaks about Assassin's creed, and says even though there is no demo forthcoming, the game will feature 40+ hours of playtime. Good, we say, it has been a long time since we had a game with 20+ hours!

Say it isn't so! Next-Gen is reporting Assassin's Creed is looking bad. A few flaws they mention are, many people in the crowd you can see six or seven of exactly the same person, a man pushed from a roof hangs in mid-air and a few others. Head on over to view the good and bad of the demo from Next-gen at E3.

Assassin's Creed is coming to your local store -- in November. Ubisoft today announced the game will be released on all platforms in the 11th month, no specific date was given. Ubisoft also revealed that there will be a limited edition of AC available which includes a shiny tin box, Penny Arcade comics, an Altair figure, a mini-strategy guide, game trailers, documentaries, and a few other videos. No real content apparently, at lesat that Ubisoft wants to share with us at this point. The LE will retail for $69.99 USD.