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E3: Buggy Assassin's Creed demo rushed because of Bungie?

mistermostyn | July 13, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 XBOX 360 E3 2007 
Ubisoft producer Jade Raymond audibly gasped in astonishment as a dispatched guard in the Assassin's Creed demo inexplicably hung in mid air after falling from a rooftop. She must also have been mightily uncomfortable as Altair jumped into a cart full of hay that didn't register his impact and knocked jugs from the arms of women in the crowd without seemingly touching them. What was going on? Let's find out.
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed press conference demonstration didn't go quite as planned yesterday at the E3 Business & Media Summit in Santa Monica, California. The game appeared bug-ridden and unfinished, with a dead body clearly levitating alongside other apparent glitches with crowd repetition and collision detection.

It wasn't Ubisoft's fault, though, reports CVG. The site has learnt that the Assassin's Creed demo was rushed out because Bungie didn't have the time to piece together a single-player Halo 3 press exhibition.

Jade Redmond and her on-stage partner duly had to act in haste to prepare something for the baying press in order to fill time, apparently at the request of Microsoft who stepped with their mighty boot in order to save the skin of the Halo 3 developer.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Xenctuary | July 13, 2007
    The demonstration was still pretty solid, but you could certainly see that Raymond was not at all comfortable up there!
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    gotenks992 | July 13, 2007
    Well from what I watched on G4 yesterday. They said they fixed that glitch back at HQ. It was still a great display though.
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    sten mk II | July 13, 2007
    The game looks pretty nice. I wasn't planning on getting it but the new 6 minute trailer changed my mind lol.
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    iLLmatic | July 13, 2007
    When all else fails, blame Halo.
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    tidus04 | July 14, 2007
    Stupid Halo ¬¬, though I dont think it looked to bad with what they offered anyways.
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    Storm | July 14, 2007
    I bet it was rushed. Felt that way. I still think it'll be a damn good game overall, seems like a good story, pretty unique...which is what I'm looking for.
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    dcbake | July 14, 2007
    I noticed that guy in the air glitch. I was surprised to see one actually. However despite the sometimes laggy frame rate the game looked amazing.

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