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Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is one of the most popular entries in Assassin's Creed series, set in Ancient Greece. It builds on the philosophy started by Origins and is infamous for the "timesaver" microtransactions.
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FIFA 19 reigns supreme in UK chart ahead of RDR2 and CoD

Juventus' player kicking a ball in FIFA 19
Although sales of boxed copies traditionally take a hit after Black Friday, FIFA 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 don't seem to care much as they got to keep their stranglehold on the UK physical sales chart.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 edges Red Dead Redemption 2 in October

A large tattooed man holding a rifle in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Beancounters at NPD have revealed their October figures for the US video game market and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 leads the way ahead of Red Dead Redemption 2, although to be fair - Treyarch's title has had quite the time advantage.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey patch increases level cap

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Ubisoft have released a new 1.0.7 update for Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Some of the new features included in the patch are increased level cap which is now set at 70, character customization options, balancing and various bug fixes.

Ubisoft add a new late-game boss to Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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Ubisoft have added more content to the already gigantic Assassin's Creed: Odyssey world. This time, players get to kill Steropes the Cyclops in a quest named Lightning Bringer. The giant beast will drop a legendary bow when defeated.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey gets its first free story DLC

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Assassin's Creed: Odyssey's 1.0.6 patch is now live and with it comes the debut of the first episode of The Lost Tales of Greece, which is the first of seven stories that Ubisoft are planning as part of the Creed's free post-launch support.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey cancels another Mercenary event

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Ubisoft have announced that the Mercenary live event will be canceled for a second week in a row, due to them not being able to resolve the technical issues. Or as Ubisoft put it, they still can't track Damais the Indifferent down.

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey gets Bayek as Ubisoft talk crunch

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey's last addition Bayek, from Origins
We've got some in-game and out-game news coming from camp Ubisoft as the company announced that Bayek, a friendly face from Assassin's Creed: Origins, can be recruited in AC: Odyssey and that the latter didn't require that much crunch.

Spider-Man's launch month beats all other Spidey games combined

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NPD Group published their September report on video game hardware and software sales in the US and, surprise surprise, Spider-Man leads the pack, while managing to beat launch month performance of all earlier Spider-Man games combined.

Ubisoft cancel Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Epic Mercenary event

A man standing on a huge bronze statue in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey was supposed to have its first live event this week but Ubisoft canceled it due to technical issues apparently. The players were supposed to face Damais the Indifferent, but he lived up to his title in a way.

The great debate: Are Assassin's Creed Odyssey XP boosts ethical?

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Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is garnering positive reviews across the board and Ubisoft even poked fun at EA for controversial microtransactions. Are Ubisoft blameless in the whole story though, as they have MTX in a singleplayer game?