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Assassins Creed Liberation Flashcards

1
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What is Ubisoft?

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An Independent French video game company and AC3L publisher

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When was the Ps Vita released?

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Ps Vita was released in 22/02/12 in EU

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AC3 vs AC3L Week 1 Sales

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Assassins creed 3 - 3 million sales

Assassins creed 3 Liberation - 100k sales

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Who is the Protagonist?

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Aveline de Grandpré

First female protagonist as a french-African assassin

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Where is AC3L Set?

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18th century New Orleans

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Assassins creed unity controversy

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2014’s Unity offered four male, no female, avatars in co-op multiplayer.

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Ps vita’s target market?

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Hand held - more accessible and able to be played in more places

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Female protagonist Effects

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may appeal to different demographic, offering female gamer identification

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Convergent links

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Buying AC3 for the PlayStation 3 and Liberation adds extra content. (Cosmetics/skins and exclusive mission)

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10
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New media form (gaming)

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Video games relatively new media form (Atari, Inc. founded, Magnavox Odyssey released 1972), with exponential growth, rapid technological development, audiences grew rapidly

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Henry Jenkins

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Online fan culture and communities provide supplementary experience

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Cultural industries - Hesmondhalgh

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AC, low risk franchise, software promotes hardware to large fan base.

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Albert Bandura - media effects

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Assassins Creed feature violent content which younger children may copy showing why the game needs regulation

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Livingston and Lunt - regulation

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Rated at 18 for gross violence

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Regulation and classification

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PEGI

Age rating 18 -

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Aveline’s personas

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Slave, lady, assassin

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PS vita special features (2)

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Hand held device

Access to internet

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Demographic

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identify simple demographics such as age, gender, or geographic location and, as a result, can help them to define their target market.

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Assassins creed franchise Risk

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Popular, low risk franchise

20
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AC3L and AC3 simultaneous release

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Helped with sales

intertextual references of playable mission with AC3 protagonist, Connor

21
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What is an Avatar

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an icon or figure representing a particular person in a video game, Internet forum, etc.

22
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Other Ubisoft games (2)

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Far cry, rainbow six siege

23
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Assassins Creed 1 sales by 2009

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9 million copies by 2009

24
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Assassins creed 1 release date

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2007

25
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Main Series Assassins Creed Games in order (11)

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Assassins Creed
Assassins Creed 2
Assassins Creed Brotherhood 
Assassins Creed Revelations
Assassins Creed 3
Assassins Creed Black flag
Assassins Creed Rogue 
Assassins Creed Unity
Assassins Creed Syndicate 
Assassins Creed Origins 
Assassins Creed Odyssey
26
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Spin Of Assassins Creed Games In Order (11)

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Assassins Creed Altair’s Chronicles 
Assassins Creed Bloodlines 
Assassins Creed 2 Discovery
Assassins Creed 3 Liberation 
Assassins Creed Pirates 
Assassins Creed Freedom Cry
Assassins Creed Identity 
Assassins Creed Chronicles China 
Assassins Creed Chronicles India 
Assassins Creed Chronicles Russia 
Assassins Creed Rebellion
27
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Main Series vs Spin Of Games

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Main series released on Consoles (Xbox, PlayStation) and PC

Spin of Released on Computers, Handheld devices and Mobiles

28
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Average Gamer Age

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33

29
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Positives of Playing Video Games (3)

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Improved Eye Sight
Better reactions
Increased focus (tracking multiple objects)

30
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Gaming Myths (2)

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Too much screen time damages your eyes
Games lead to attention problems

31
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Mario Kart Case Study:

Release Year

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Released in 1992

32
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Mario Kart Case Study:

Origins/Market Research

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Market research of driving go karts and making a remote control vehicle

33
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Mario Kart Case Study:

Mario Kart 8 (3) (Platform, release, new mechanics)

A

Released On Nintendo Switch
25 years after original game
New Anti Gravity Mechanic

34
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Re-release in 2014

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Released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows

35
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Re-release in March 2019

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Included in Assassins Creed 3 remastered for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows (released on Nintendo Switch in May)

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Assassins Creed Liberation in 2019 (4)

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Remade and redesigned to operate with enhanced visuals (4K), a new graphics engine, brand new character models and heavily revamped game mechanics

37
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Liberation first Revealed

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Revealed at E3 2012

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Assassins Creed Liberation Release

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30/10/12

39
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Assassins Creed Premise

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Revolves around the rivalry between two ancient secret societies — the Assassins and the Knights Templar — and their indirect relation to an ancient species pre-dating humanity.

40
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Assassins Creed Gameplay/Story

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The games’ real-world chronological setting begins in the year 2012, but most of the gameplay is in historical setting

41
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AC3L early reveal effects (3)

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Builds up hype, spikes interest, more time to advertise

42
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ACL3 Studio (where was it made)

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Assassins creed 3 Liberation was made at Ubisoft Sofia/Milan/Montreal

43
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PS Vita vs Mobile Gaming (2)

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Mobile gaming is much more popular

Ubisoft has released the rest of its spin of AC games on Mobile

44
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Why use convergent links?

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Aims to encourage purchase of additional hardware and adoption of new gaming habits

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PS Vita sales

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Sold 4 million copies from release to January 2013

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