Assassins Creed III: Liberation

How does the Assassins Creed series attract and maintain its audience both locally and globally?

• ease of gameplay mechanics, which is explained through a series of tutorials
• high production values targets a global audience through its perception of quality, and a reputation of excellence
• resembles a blockbuster film
• voice actors
• complicated storyline
• large set scenes
• a repetition of previously successful elements attracts long time fans
• Parisian setting is extremely historically accurate and provides appeal to the French
• highly interactive, with opportunities for audience choice
• use of English language and regional accents creates an easy to understand narrative for a wider, English speaking audience
• you are able to change the language to French for a more authentic game play, add English subtitles and play the game
• specialised industry is an industry is something that does something very well

How have specialised production processes shaped the Assassins Creed franchise?

• the game features realistic performances made possible using motion capture technology
• use of voice acting
• public concept art, released to the public and included throughout the game
• the detailed graphics are only made possible through specialist animators
• available on multiple platforms
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  high quality, real time graphics, including real time lighting requires specialist
• an event planner is needed to construct and keep track of the complicated narrative

How has digital convergence affected the distribution of media products? Make reference to the Assassins Creed franchise to support your answer

• digital convergence refers to how digital technology merges industries together
• game distributed through digitally convergent online storefronts
• in-game downloadable content/dlc/mission packs
• updates and patches as well as big fixes
• advertising on YouTube, Tiktok and other social media platforms

How is Ubisoft an example of a conglomerate?

• many subsidiaries in many different countries (e,g Ubisoft Stockholm, Malaga, Montreal, Berlin, etc.)
• invested in Tencent, an absolutely enormous corporation
• attempted takeover?
• mobile phone act production
• extremely high revenues
• have bought out a range of smaller companies
• Ubisoft motion pictures (diversification)
• public stock exchange

Issues with a corporation being too big?

• influence political ideology
• stagnation - become stale
• there have been 27 Assassins Creed games