Assassin’s Creed

The Restart: Streets of Rage

Dork Shelf is revisiting classic video games to see how well they hold up today. The new series kicks of with SEGA's Streets of Rage, starring Blaze Fielding.

Dork Shelf’s Most Surprising Games of 2013

Dork Shelf looks back at the video games that took us by surprise in 2013, either by exceeding our initial expectations, or by giving us something new and exciting despite little to no fanfare.

Assassin’s Creed IV: A Pirate’s Life For Me

THOUGHT BUBBLE: Eric digs deep into Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and finds life lessons about work ethic, libertarianism, Occupy Wall Street and commercialism. Is the pirate-Assassin's lifestyle the most satisfying kind out there?

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Preview

Ubisoft brought out the palm trees, Jolly Rogers and bottles of rum for a preview of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Read Eric's initial impressions of the latest game in Ubisoft's flagship series.

Assassin’s Creed III Review

Assassin’s Creed III is an excellent game. It might even be a great game, depending on how you define that amorphous notion of ‘greatness.’ Explaining why, however, is a trickier proposition that may depend entirely on your own idiosyncratic interpretation of Americana.

Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation Review

Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation features multiple locations and a new, compelling female protagonist. But a litany of glitches and bugs will test even the most ardent fans of the parkour-and-daggers series.