Assassin's Creed Coming In November, No DS Version In Sight

Except for a few more "no comments" kindly issued here and there, Ubisoft continued to keep a tight lip with regard to the possible Nintendo DS version of Assassin's Creed, speculated earlier this week. And the company's latest press release also bears no mention about this portable version, simply announcing a more well-defined release date for the previously known platforms: PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Those looking forward to the game can thus stick a big red mark on their calendars next to November 2007, when Assassin's Creed should make its worldwide debut. Currently in development at Ubisoft's Montreal studio, Assassin's Creed is enjoying an increasingly higher popularity, as reflected by the latest Assassin's Creed trailer (launched at last month's UbiDays event), which supposedly registered over 1.3 million downloads on GameTrailers.com in the first week alone.

Absolutely thrilled and confident in the mad success the game will have, Tony Key (vice-president of marketing, Ubisoft) said:

"Assassin's Creed is going to be a huge launch for Ubisoft this year along with the added prestige of being the start of this exciting new franchise that is bringing something completely new to the market. We're confident that Assassin's Creed will exceed expectations as a 'must-have' title this holiday season and will achieve both critical and commercial success."

From all that we've seen so far, we can only agree.

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