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Here’s a fun fact for you: The last time we missed out on a full, new Assassin’s Creed game was 2008. Since AC2 released in November 2009, there has been a fresh game every year – usually around October/November – without fail. Some years we’ve had multiple Assassin’s Creeds. We’ve …

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s (opens in new tab)’s final piece of Season Pass DLC is out now, and if anybody could give the Templars a run for their nation-suppressing money, it’s the East India Company. The Last Maharaja DLC adds 10 new missions, tracing the Frye twins’ new alliance with Maharaja …

There’s no denying the importance of the hood in Assassin’s Creed. For years we’ve been hurtling across rooftops with a character who doesn’t need to worry about the wind giving them earache. However, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (opens in new tab) takes away that option and if you aren’t sneaking around …

Did you know that the huge, famous clock that juts priapically out of London’s Palace of Westminster is called “Elizabeth Tower”? Before 2012 – when all of Britain celebrated the longevity of its (alleged) Reptilian Überqueen by naming bits of masonry after her – it was just called “Clock Tower” …

If you’re playing an open-world Ubisoft game, there’s a good chance you’ll be climbing some buildings. Whether you’re ascending the greatest architecture in Italy, destroying the radio in a series of barricaded towers run by a despotic dictator, or clambering up nondescript Chicago buildings and hacking into the ctOS mainframe, …

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (opens in new tab) is all about the vehicles of Victorian London. While the carriages have been stealing the headlines until now, Ubi Quebec have gone and thrown boats into the mix too. Neither Jacob nor Evie can rival sea dog Edward Kenway but the River Thames …

The first thing that any respectable Assassin does when arriving in a new city is ignore the story marker entirely and clamber up the side of the nearest building. It’s basically in the Creed next to ‘nothing is true’ and ‘everything is permitted’, and it’s exactly what I do when …

Navigation has never been a problem for the mostly white-hooded protagonists of the Assassin’s Creed series – from fluid free-running to flying machines and wave-riding ships, the Assassin’s have remained a fleet-footed bunch. So it seems fitting that the latest entry in the franchise, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, should not only …