Assassin's Creed creative director Patrice Desilets leaves Ubisoft

@wingedLegionary I don't know about that but I honestly think Apple was a little slack when it came to attaching a name for the that feature.

To me, it just doesn't fit the new, more professional aesthetic of the iPhone 4.

Just sayin'.

@wingedLegionary

funny....when I hear facetime I still think of gettin head....

@24hourpartypal

ahh, Miss Raymond... What a beautiful woman...

Having met Jade, I can say she's a very awesome person.

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I believe she's part of Ubisoft Toronto now.

@Shadowbender

I agree. This kind of news is frightening. I don't want a Glen Schofield situation for AC3.

@Shadowbender

Honest question: How, exactly, are they churning out new AC games at breakneck speed? I know of only one AC game (Brotherhood) on the horizon and AC3 has yet to be announced.

@Vegnagun -
They just released ACII last November, and they've been releasing DLC ever since. Now they're going to release a whole new game near the holidays. Less than a year to create a new game in the franchise is a short time, and it brings AC in line with the release schedule of the Call of Duty franchise if they keep it up.

I'm thinking the same thing, Ubispft should just stick with whatever story plans they had and not milk it based on 2's success.

Not to get too deep into tech nerdery but I think they did it because they intended it to be an open standard and 'iChat' simply sounded too Apple-esque. So they played off QuickTime and made FaceTime.

Regardless, it's become a stupid ass marketing buzzword which now whenever I see 'facetime' as a phrase will remind me of the iPhone. I guess in that sense it does it's job.

Anyway, I hope AC3 doesn't suffer for this news, but as a student of Art I can understand feeling burnt out creatively and sometimes you just need to take a break and find new things that excite you. It can be hard to appreciate how much dedication people put into creating worlds like this that feel truly authentic.

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Not exactly. Jade Raymond was the Executive Producer on AC2 and there's no news of her having left so there's still hope.

Releasing DLC ever since? You make it sound like it's a bad thing. The last time Ubisoft released DLC for Assassin's Creed II was four months ago and with the coming of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, I doubt Ubisoft will release more DLC. Assassin's Creed II was great and the DLC was a welcoming addition to an already very lengthy game that was worth every penny of its price. I think Ubisoft knows what they're doing because the Assassin's Creed universe can potentially be huge and expansive and they have a unique, continuous story to tell (unlike the Call of Duty series), so I think it's one of the rare video game series that can warrant for a release every year as long as the same great quality that was found in ACII will be passed down to future AC titles.

The DLC is likely just some left over content. As far as I know there are only two DLC packs and each of them are only an hour of gameplay give or take. The AC team can pump out a full game in a year easily, have you seen how massive the staff is? I still don't consider any of that to be breakneck speed.

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