NEWS
by Mark Barley
No multiplayer beta for 'Assassin's Creed III'
Ubisoft have confirmed that the upcoming title, Assassin's Creed III, won't be getting a multiplayer beta despite other AC titles getting one.
The game's multiplayer director Damien Kieken recently spoke with Xboxgamezone, stating;
“To be honest, it’s something we want to do every year because we get community feedback that helps us tune the game. It is also a good reward for the community that has followed us from the beginning."
“But doing a beta takes a lot of time; we’d need to polish a version, submit it to the platform holders and support it when it’s out. And all the time put into the beta doesn’t go into the final game. Because we wanted to push so many things into the game, we took the hard decision to favor the final game content instead of doing a beta and we believe it will be favorable in the end.”
Ubisoft Annecy has been working on the AC3 multiplayer since Assassin's Creed: Revelations development ended. Kieken also revealed that Ubisoft has plans to put a dedicated team together to support the game's multiplayer post-launch. “But doing a beta takes a lot of time; we’d need to polish a version, submit it to the platform holders and support it when it’s out. And all the time put into the beta doesn’t go into the final game. Because we wanted to push so many things into the game, we took the hard decision to favor the final game content instead of doing a beta and we believe it will be favorable in the end.”
Assassin's Creed III is out in October for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.