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Ubisoft trailer AnvilNext game engine with Assassin's Creed III
Posted: 03.08.2012 11:40 by Simon Priest Comments: 3
The bulging technological bicep that brings us Assassin's Creed III this year is named AnvilNext, says Ubisoft. They've released a trailer showing off some of its neat tricks.

It's a "radically redesigned game engine" that they've been working on, letting them render "seamless worlds of near infinite possibility." It's what lets us witness the "birth of a new nation".

The Ubisoft tech team are super proud of their know-how, which we'll get to judge for ourselves when Assassin's Creed III releases on Xbox 360 and PS3 this October, and later on PC.

If listening to PR hype isn't your thing then at least consider all the extra eye candy you'll be seeing of the next Assassin's Creed if you check out the AnvilNext trailer below. Up to "2000 non-player characters" can be rendered on screen "in a single sequence" giving us those intense looking battles of the American Revolution.

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By unsilviu (SI Core) on Aug 03, 2012
unsilviu
"later on PC" where did they say that? I thought they promised it would finally release on PC at the same time(though I realize they said the exact same thing for the last 4 games)
By Longsword (SI Core Member) on Aug 03, 2012
Longsword
Yeah, Ubisoft has always said "This time, the PC version will release alongside the console titles" and then it's always delayed several months. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case this time.
By PapVogel (SI Member) on Aug 03, 2012
PapVogel
Is why I ordered it for the PS3 this time, I wouldn't be able to wait another month, or even days to get my copy.