This follow-up to one of the best-selling consoles of all time is being shown off in a series of big 'experience' events in 15 cities around the world, so that the gaming public can try it out before…
PETER HOSKIN: Ah, what a beautiful Cumbrian village! A church steeple rising above thick stone walls and slate roofs. A bakery with little iced cakes in its windows.
PETER HOSKIN: At last. After almost two decades of historical backstabbing - and a four-month delay for this particular entry - the Assassin's Creed series has finally made it to feudal Japan.
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The launch of a new title (pictured) in the 34-year-old Civilization series is always quite something. It's an event. A monument on the landscape of gaming. But it's also a kind of diminution.