Assassins Creed
How Close is 'Assassin's Creed: Origins' Egypt to the Real Thing?
Ubisoft's beautiful recreation of a lost city is built on shaky foundations.
A Harvard Egyptologist Explains the Historical Accuracy of 'Assassin's Creed: Origins'
A deep dive into the game's architecture, death cults, and political strife.
The Extreme Cost of Game Development Might Be Unfixable
One game developer’s new calculations to determine the costs of games
We Dive Way Too Deep into Assassin’s Creed Mythology on Waypoint Radio
Writer Cameron Kunzelman joins us to argue First Civilizations and...spelljammers?
'Assassin's Creed' Would Be a Better Series Without The Sci-Fi Garbage
'Assassin's Creed Origins' tries to run from its convoluted mythology, but the better move is to cut if off at the source.
Powerful, Believable Relationships Help Drive 'Assassin's Creed Origins'
A mother, a father, and a son do just as much to make 'Origins' memorable as changes to the game's combat.
Open World Games Finally Got Out of Their Own Way in 2017
It was a good year for the sandbox adventure.
'Limetown' and the Sound That Evil Makes
How the device of letting everyday people describe extraordinary evil captures a unique kind of horror.
'Assassin's Creed Origins' Replaces Revenge With Justice
Aya is not the main character of 'Origins' but her dawning political awareness is what gives the game—and the series—its meaning.
Could Game Designers Crack Egyptian Hieroglyphics With Machine Learning?
Developers from "Assassin's Creed" are trying to make life easier for historians.
Video Games in 2017 Take History Really Seriously
Meet Maxime Durand. He's the historian behind "Assassin's Creed."
'Assassin's Creed Origins' Does A Terrible Job Introducing Its World
If you push through a truly bad intro, though, you'll find a competent and enjoyable action RPG.