Lead writer Darby McDevitt says "there's always a chance," but major draw for the series is element of "historical tourism."

A modern day Assassin's Creed game is possible, according to comments from lead writer on the series Darby McDevitt today during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

As relayed from the company's Twitter feed, McDevitt said, "there's always a chance, but one of the biggest draws of the series is the historical 'tourism.'"

Past entries in the Assassin's Creed series have been set during various periods in history, including Colonial America, the Third Crusade, and the Renaissance.

Also during the panel, McDevitt offered a more concrete tease about the future of the Assassin's Creed series, saying a feudal Japan setting excites him.

"I think the Shogunate is in a cool era, but it's not up to one person, and whatever we do, we'll make it cool," he said.

Ubisoft also used its Comic-Con showing to reveal an all-new Assassin's Creed comic book called Assassin's Creed: Brahman. It takes place in 19th century India under British rule and stars new hero Arbaaz Mir. The comic will release later this fall alongside Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

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Lead writer Darby McDevitt says "there's always a chance," but major draw for the series is element of "historical tourism."

A modern day Assassin's Creed game is possible, according to comments from lead writer on the series Darby McDevitt today during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

As relayed from the company's Twitter feed, McDevitt said, "there's always a chance, but one of the biggest draws of the series is the historical 'tourism.'"

Past entries in the Assassin's Creed series have been set during various periods in history, including Colonial America, the Third Crusade, and the Renaissance.

Also during the panel, McDevitt offered a more concrete tease about the future of the Assassin's Creed series, saying a feudal Japan setting excites him.

"I think the Shogunate is in a cool era, but it's not up to one person, and whatever we do, we'll make it cool," he said.

Ubisoft also used its Comic-Con showing to reveal an all-new Assassin's Creed comic book called Assassin's Creed: Brahman. It takes place in 19th century India under British rule and stars new hero Arbaaz Mir. The comic will release later this fall alongside Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

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Lead writer Darby McDevitt says "there's always a chance," but major draw for the series is element of "historical tourism."

A modern day Assassin's Creed game is possible, according to comments from lead writer on the series Darby McDevitt today during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

As relayed from the company's Twitter feed, McDevitt said, "there's always a chance, but one of the biggest draws of the series is the historical 'tourism.'"

Past entries in the Assassin's Creed series have been set during various periods in history, including Colonial America, the Third Crusade, and the Renaissance.

Also during the panel, McDevitt offered a more concrete tease about the future of the Assassin's Creed series, saying a feudal Japan setting excites him.

"I think the Shogunate is in a cool era, but it's not up to one person, and whatever we do, we'll make it cool," he said.

Ubisoft also used its Comic-Con showing to reveal an all-new Assassin's Creed comic book called Assassin's Creed: Brahman. It takes place in 19th century India under British rule and stars new hero Arbaaz Mir. The comic will release later this fall alongside Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

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Namco Bandai announces high-definition update to Soulcalibur II today at Comic-Con; launching on Xbox 360, PS3 this fall.

Today during a San Diego Comic-Con panel attended by Polygon, Namco Bandai announced a high-definition update of Soulcalibur II for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Titled Soulcalibur II HD Online, the re-release of the classic fighting game is due out this fall.

Polygon also noted that following the reveal of Soulcalibur 2 HD Online, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada announced that Masaaki Hoshino would become producer on the Soulcalibur series in the future.

GameSpot will have more on Soulcalibur II HD Online as it becomes available.

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Namco Bandai announces high-definition update to Soulcalibur II today at Comic-Con; launching on Xbox 360, PS3 this fall.

Today during a San Diego Comic-Con panel attended by Polygon, Namco Bandai announced a high-definition update of Soulcalibur II for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Titled Soulcalibur II HD Online, the re-release of the classic fighting game is due out this fall.

Polygon also noted that following the reveal of Soulcalibur 2 HD Online, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada announced that Masaaki Hoshino would become producer on the Soulcalibur series in the future.

GameSpot will have more on Soulcalibur II HD Online as it becomes available.

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Namco Bandai announces high-definition update to Soulcalibur II today at Comic-Con; launching on Xbox 360, PS3 this fall.

Today during a San Diego Comic-Con panel attended by Polygon, Namco Bandai announced a high-definition update of Soulcalibur II for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Titled Soulcalibur II HD Online, the re-release of the classic fighting game is due out this fall.

Polygon also noted that following the reveal of Soulcalibur 2 HD Online, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada announced that Masaaki Hoshino would become producer on the Soulcalibur series in the future.

GameSpot will have more on Soulcalibur II HD Online as it becomes available.

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Namco Bandai announces high-definition update to Soulcalibur II today at Comic-Con; launching on Xbox 360, PS3 this fall.

Today during a San Diego Comic-Con panel attended by Polygon, Namco Bandai announced a high-definition update of Soulcalibur II for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Titled Soulcalibur II HD Online, the re-release of the classic fighting game is due out this fall.

Polygon also noted that following the reveal of Soulcalibur 2 HD Online, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada announced that Masaaki Hoshino would become producer on the Soulcalibur series in the future.

GameSpot will have more on Soulcalibur II HD Online as it becomes available.

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Lead writer Darby McDevitt says though combination of pirates and Assassin's Creed may sound "weird," it ends up working without issue.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag writer Darby McDevitt has spoken out to assure gamers that though the combination of pirates and Assassin's Creed may sound outlandish, the two are in fact just as compatible as peanut butter and chocolate.

"Anyone who ever had a question about [this] combination’it's like peanut butter and chocolate: once you put it together, you're like 'this is correct even though it sounded weird from the beginning,'" McDevitt told GameSpot today.

McDevitt explained that Ubisoft conducted a great deal of research into the life and livelihood of pirates in an attempt to make sure the fiction presented in Black Flag is grounded in reality.

"This is a question we get [asked] a lot about: how do you mix pirates and assassins? And one of the things we found in the research is that even though pirates are known for attacking ships a lot, they actually attacked ground targets almost as often," McDevitt said.

The writer added that Ubisoft even brought on The Republic of Pirates author Colin Woodard as a historical researcher to help the company understand what a pirate may do. Though Woodard's book is full of interesting stories, McDevitt explained, some were left out of Black Flag, including a tactic where pirates would strip naked and attack enemies.

"His book talks a lot about how they like moor their ship and they sneak out on land and come around a navy encampment from all sides," McDevitt said. "And there's one even, an amazing story, where they took off all their clothes and attacked naked because the sight of all these grisly naked men just scared the crap out of the people being attacked and they ran off into the jungle."

"There are no naked attacks in our game," McDevitt said.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag launches October 29 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U. The Xbox One and PS4 versions will be launch titles for those platforms, while the PC version will be released sometime after the current-generation iterations.

For more, check out GameSpot's previous coverage of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

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Lead writer Darby McDevitt says though combination of pirates and Assassin's Creed may sound "weird," it ends up working without issue.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag writer Darby McDevitt has spoken out to assure gamers that though the combination of pirates and Assassin's Creed may sound outlandish, the two are in fact just as compatible as peanut butter and chocolate.

"Anyone who ever had a question about [this] combination…it's like peanut butter and chocolate: once you put it together, you're like 'this is correct even though it sounded weird from the beginning,'" McDevitt told GameSpot today.

McDevitt explained that Ubisoft conducted a great deal of research into the life and livelihood of pirates in an attempt to make sure the fiction presented in Black Flag is grounded in reality.

"This is a question we get [asked] a lot about: how do you mix pirates and assassins? And one of the things we found in the research is that even though pirates are known for attacking ships a lot, they actually attacked ground targets almost as often," McDevitt said.

The writer added that Ubisoft even brought on The Republic of Pirates author Colin Woodard as a historical researcher to help the company understand what a pirate may do. Though Woodard's book is full of interesting stories, McDevitt explained, some were left out of Black Flag, including a tactic where pirates would strip naked and attack enemies.

"His book talks a lot about how they like moor their ship and they sneak out on land and come around a navy encampment from all sides," McDevitt said. "And there's one even, an amazing story, where they took off all their clothes and attacked naked because the sight of all these grisly naked men just scared the crap out of the people being attacked and they ran off into the jungle."

"There are no naked attacks in our game," McDevitt said.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag launches October 29 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U. The Xbox One and PS4 versions will be launch titles for those platforms, while the PC version will be released sometime after the current-generation iterations.

For more, check out GameSpot's previous coverage of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

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Lead writer Darby McDevitt says though combination of pirates and Assassin's Creed may sound "weird," it ends up working without issue.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag writer Darby McDevitt has spoken out to assure gamers that though the combination of pirates and Assassin's Creed may sound outlandish, the two are in fact just as compatible as peanut butter and chocolate.

"Anyone who ever had a question about [this] combination’it's like peanut butter and chocolate: once you put it together, you're like 'this is correct even though it sounded weird from the beginning,'" McDevitt told GameSpot today.

McDevitt explained that Ubisoft conducted a great deal of research into the life and livelihood of pirates in an attempt to make sure the fiction presented in Black Flag is grounded in reality.

"This is a question we get [asked] a lot about: how do you mix pirates and assassins? And one of the things we found in the research is that even though pirates are known for attacking ships a lot, they actually attacked ground targets almost as often," McDevitt said.

The writer added that Ubisoft even brought on The Republic of Pirates author Colin Woodard as a historical researcher to help the company understand what a pirate may do. Though Woodard's book is full of interesting stories, McDevitt explained, some were left out of Black Flag, including a tactic where pirates would strip naked and attack enemies.

"His book talks a lot about how they like moor their ship and they sneak out on land and come around a navy encampment from all sides," McDevitt said. "And there's one even, an amazing story, where they took off all their clothes and attacked naked because the sight of all these grisly naked men just scared the crap out of the people being attacked and they ran off into the jungle."

"There are no naked attacks in our game," McDevitt said.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag launches October 29 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U. The Xbox One and PS4 versions will be launch titles for those platforms, while the PC version will be released sometime after the current-generation iterations.

For more, check out GameSpot's previous coverage of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

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