Assassin's Creed: Memories

Assassin's Creed: Memories
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Ubisoft
SeriesAssassin's Creed
Platform(s)iOS
ReleaseAugust 21, 2014
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Assassin's Creed: Memories was a mobile game developed by Ubisoft along with PlayNext and GREE. It was released on iOS devices on August 21, 2014,[1] and combines card collection and battling, target chasing, and strategy elements, along with the option of competitive multiplayer.[2] Additional multiplayer options include allowing players to join a guild and engage in 20 vs. 20 guild combat scenarios. Set in the Assassin's Creed universe, the game features different historical eras, including the Third Crusade, the Golden Age of Piracy, feudal Japan, and the Mongolian Empire.[3] The game was shut down and delisted on March 13, 2015.[4]

Development

Assassin's Creed: Memories was announced by Ubisoft on July 17, 2014, as a collaboration between Ubisoft, GREE, and PlayNext.[5] It was quietly soft-launched in the Oceania region beforehand on July 7 as version 1.0,[6] and officially released worlwide on August 21 as version 1.1.[7] The game received no further updates until 15 February 2015.[6] PlayNext issued a statement in which Assassin's Creed: Memories would be shutting down. Microtransactions were disabled on February 16, and the final campaign and tournament occurred on February 23. The app itself was delisted from all digital storefronts on March 13.[4]

References

  1. ^ Cowan, Danny (August 21, 2014). "Assassin's Creed Memories out now on iOS". Yahoo!. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  2. ^ Sage, Simon (August 21, 2014). "Assassin's Creed Memories offers stabby guild-based card battling". iMore. Mobile Nations. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  3. ^ Miller, Matt (21 August 2014). "Assassin's Creed Memories Launches On iOS". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b Kurokawa, Ao (15 February 2015). "Assassin's Creed: Memories to be Closed at March 13". The Golden Friendship Aoiedogawa. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ^ Lewis, Anne (17 July 2014). "Assassin's Creed Memories Announced". UbiBlog. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Assassin's Creed Memories". Apptopia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  7. ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (21 August 2014). "Assassin's Creed Memories is available for iOS now". Polygon. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2020.