Top Five Stories of the Week – Assassin’s Creed Tops 73 Million Sales

<p>Has it been another week already&quest; Unbelievable&period; Well you know what that means&comma; we have another Top Five Stories of the Week ready for you&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ve cooked up this weeks stories in nice brief summaries for you to make it easier to digest and included a few honorable mentions as well&period; Feel free to read the full story by clicking the link hidden in the titles&period; Afterwords&comma; tell us which story you thought was &num;1 this week in the comment section below&period; Enjoy&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 5<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;next-fatal-frame-will-wii-u-exclusive&sol;fatal-fraem-v&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-61114"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61114" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;05111407&sol;fatal-fraem-v&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fatal Frame" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"1024" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;next-fatal-frame-will-wii-u-exclusive&sol;">The Next Fatal Frame Will Be A Wii U Exclusive<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>This month’s Famitsu magazine has revealed that Nintendo and Techmo Koei are working together to co-develop the next Fatal Frame title&comma; which will be exclusive to the Wii U platform&period; The report included very little details about the game itself but it did mention that there are plans to expand the franchise into other mediums&comma; with comics&comma; novels and even a film in the works&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Fatal Frame franchise&comma; which is known as Project Zero in Europe&comma; is a Japanese horror series in which players fight against ghosts and spirits using an ancient camera&period; The first three games were released for the PS2 but since then Nintendo has become more and more involved with the IP&period; Fatal Frame IV came out in Japan in 2008&comma; exclusively for the Wii&period; Yet despite various hints and rumors&comma; the game<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;five-games-that-need-to-be-localized&sol;"> was never localized for the West<&sol;a>&period; 2012 saw another Wii exclusive for the franchise&comma; this time a remake of Fatal Frame 2&period; Unlike Fatal Frame IV&comma; this game managed to be released in Australia and Europe&comma; but it never made it to American shores&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 4<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;tales-xillia-2-coming-west-soon&sol;logo&lowbar;fix&lowbar;r120502&lowbar;ex&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-61219"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61219" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;05110801&sol;5523&lowbar;ToX2&lowbar;Logo&lowbar;rgb&lowbar;TM&lowbar;press&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Logo&lowbar;fix&lowbar;r120502&lowbar;ex" width&equals;"4303" height&equals;"1424" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;tales-xillia-2-coming-west-soon&sol;">Tales of Xillia 2 Coming to The West This Summer<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Bandai Namco have announced that <em>Tales of Xillia 2<&sol;em> will be coming to the west this summer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Scheduled for release on August 19th in North America and August 22nd in Europe&comma; the role-playing PS3 game has been out in Japan for just over 18 months and is the fourteenth addition to the <em>Tales<&sol;em> series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Namco have also announced two never before released editions that will be available to buy come its launch in the west&colon; the Day One Edition&comma; which features the game&comma; an exclusive metal case and special tracks selected from the developer team&comma; and the Ludger Kresnik Collector’s Edition&comma; which features the above&comma; although with a different metal case&comma; plus Ludger Kresnik figurine&comma; a pocket watch replica compact and a book of art from the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 3<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;minecraft-ps3-coming-disc-form-next-month&sol;minecraft-ps3-edition&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-61082"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61082" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;05111544&sol;Minecraft-PS3-Edition&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Minecraft-PS3-Edition" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"348" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;minecraft-ps3-coming-disc-form-next-month&sol;">Minecraft for PS3 Coming in Disc Form Next Month<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Sony has announced that Minecraft will be coming in disc format to the PS3 next month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Scheduled for a May 14th release date&comma; the title will be available across all PAL regions and will contain all of the features of previous console versions of Minecraft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Mojang developed game will also come with everything that came with the recent update of the game&comma; update 14&comma; including Emeralds&comma; Ender Chests and potatoes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sony have also added that a PS4 and Vita version of Minecraft is expected for release later this year&comma; although a date has yet to be confirmed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you’re a PS3 gamer and still yet to get on board the Minecraft hype train&comma; perhaps now is the time…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 2<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gamestop-close-120-stores-targeting-mobile&sol;gamestop-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-61193"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61193" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;05111018&sol;gamestop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"gamestop" width&equals;"626" height&equals;"320" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gamestop-close-120-stores-targeting-mobile&sol;">GameStop to Close 120 Stores&comma; Targeting Mobile<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>It looks like the retail giant Gamestop will be moving more into the mobile space&period; Paul Raines the CEO of GameStop told investors about future plans and their new initiative called GameStop 3&period;0&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GameStop has made it no secret that they want to aggressively pursue and expand into the mobile space&comma; particularity Apples&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a new phase of the company’s lifespan that will see it aggressively expand its footprint into gaming-adjacent tech fields&comma;” – GameStop CEO&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a result of this new initiative GameStop plans to shut down around 120 stores&period; As of now GameStop has near 6&comma;500 stores world-wide&period; Aside from mobile&comma; GameStop sees the new consoles as an enormous success and expects the console landscape to sell around &dollar;18 billion by the end of 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 1<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ubisoft-announces-assassins-creed-franchise-breaks-73-million-mark&sol;assassinscreed&lowbar;bagogames-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-61088"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61088" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;05111520&sol;AssassinsCreed&lowbar;bagogames1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"AssassinsCreed&lowbar;bagogames" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ubisoft-announces-assassins-creed-franchise-breaks-73-million-mark&sol;">Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed Franchise Breaks 73 Million Mark<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The last time Ubisoft announced sales figures for their Assassin’s Creed franchise&comma; the numbers came in just over 60 million&period; Today&comma; they released financial <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ubisoft-announces-assassins-creed-franchise-breaks-73-million-mark&sol;">data<&sol;a> for a majority of their properties and once again Assassin’s Creed came in at the top of the list with an astounding figure of over 73 million&period; While this might be a reason for Ubisoft to rejoice&comma; there is room for improvement as the most recent iteration of Assassin’s Creed&comma; Black Flag&comma; sold less than its predecessor&period; The next installment in the franchise&comma; Assassin’s Creed Unity is due out later in 2014&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other titles that have sold well for Ubisoft are Just Dance&comma; Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell&comma; Rainbow Six&comma; and Ghost Recon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Honorable Mentions<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;world-bungies-ip-discussed-60min-lecture-gdc&sol;destiny-splash-psu&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-35382"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35382" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;01&sol;destiny-splash-PSU&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Bungie's New IP Will Be Featured in a 60-Min Lecture at GDC 2013 Featured Image" width&equals;"2838" height&equals;"2002" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>This week had a lot of big news and the news staff and I found it hard to narrow it down to the usual five stories&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;destiny-shows-3-classes-new-gameplay-footage&sol;">Destiny Shows Off Its 3 Classes With New Gameplay Footage<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ground-zeroes-dlc-free-may-1&sol;">Ground Zeroes DLC Free May 1<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;time-trap-em-new-skylanders-game-announced&sol;">Time To Trap Em’ All&excl; New Skylanders Game Announced<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a title&equals;"Read our Demon Gaze Review&excl;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dont-look-back-anger-demon-gaze-review&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Don&&num;8217&semi;t Look Back In Anger &vert; Demon Gaze Review<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dont-look-back-anger-demon-gaze-review&sol;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-61026 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;05112015&sol;03-demon-gaze-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Demon Gaze review - BagoGames" width&equals;"1680" height&equals;"947" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a title&equals;"Watch our funny video of interviews with cosplayers&excl;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hot-cosplay-interviews-general-tomfoolery-pax-east-2014&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Hot Cosplay Interviews &amp&semi; General Tomfoolery &commat; PAX East 2014<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><center><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;NNJk2eYHD-Y" width&equals;"480" height&equals;"360" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;center>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">        <a title&equals;"Listen to the 8 Bit Proof podcast's PAX East recap&excl; " href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;8bit-proof-episode-23-pax-pax&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">8 Bit Proof Episode 23&colon; PAX On&comma; PAX Off &lpar;PAX Recap&rpar;<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;8bit-proof-episode-23-pax-pax&sol;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-61107 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;05111422&sol;image&period;jpg" alt&equals;"8 bit Proof Podcast - PAX EAST 2014 Recap" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"350" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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