Assassin’s Creed Mirage preview: Finally, a return to stealth roots

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is a dream for stealth kings. People who loved Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell or simply the old Assassin’s Creeds will have a tremendous fun in beautiful 9th century Baghdad, our recent hands-on with the game revealed. We throw coins, briefly distract a guard, dart around corners. We duck into dark corners, because in the evening even our shadow in a candle could betray us. It’s a completely different feeling from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. In that game, we are a bear of a man, with arms like tree trunks as we swing the axe and make the English army tremble. Valhalla also had its moments, but in Mirage there is much more of a hand-built feel. Look at the finely crafted vase, the decorations on the walls. Every single house, every room has that attention to detail that is only possible in a smaller Assassin’s Creed. IDG In Assassin’s Creed Mirage we have to be quite careful, because our character Basim doesn’t last much, especially at the beginning with his thief gear, i.e. a simple shirt. And interestingly enough he doesn’t have any weapons at all in the first missions. Ubisoft really wants to prepare us to proceed slowly, deliberately and quietly, to use haystacks, to hide in the crowd, to perfect pickpocketing as a small event. We are supposed to steal the key of a captain of the Baghdad Guard and the commander is pretty well protected – three or four men right next to him, but also on towers and at the gate three grim-looking... Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2023-09-29 19:00:00 UTC ]
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Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final is an all-timer for NBC

While Boston sports fans robbed of the chance to indulge in their third victory parade in the last 230 days were devastated by the way the 2019 Stanley Cup Final closed out, advertisers who took the plunge in Game 7 couldn’t have been more pleased with Wednesday night’s results. According to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-14 08:00:00 UTC ]
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'Orphan Black' is returning as a ten-episode audiobook series

A little under two years after its five-season run ended on BBC America, Orphan Black is returning with a bang, and probably loads more sound effects. Fiction publishing startup Serial Box is reviving the beloved sci-fi show this summer as a ten-epis... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-06-13 22:51:00 UTC ]
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Ex-Baltimore Mayor Pugh fulfilled final 'Healthy Holly' deal, attorney says — but unclear where the books went

An attorney for former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said she has now fulfilled her end of a 2017 deal in which the University of Maryland Medical System paid her $100,000 for 20,000 copies of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books. Pugh “has 100 percent performed her... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-06-11 09:00:00 UTC ]
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NBC eyes huge ad sales night as Bruins force a Stanley Cup Final Game 7

Having Zambonied the St. Louis Blues on their home ice by a score of 5-1, the Boston Bruins on Sunday night ensured that the 2019 Stanley Cup Final will go the full seven games. And while hockey fans are happy to see the season get extended by another three regulation periods, NBC is downright... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-10 21:23:47 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2019: John Cena Revs Up for Elbow Grease’s Return

With his sonorous voice and stately stature, wrestler, actor, and rapper John Cena has long been a commanding presence in multiple entertainment venues. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2019: Andrea Bobotis on the Roots of Murder, Southern-Style

A woman untangles the dark legacy of her family’s possessions in a hard-luck South Carolina cotton town in Andrea Bobotis’s first novel, 'The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt' (Sourcebooks, July). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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NYRF 2019: The New York Rights Fair Returns

The second annual iteration of the international adult and children’s content and licensing marketplace is colocated and running concurrently with BookExpo this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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De’Shawn Charles Winslow on how his debut novel’s antiheroine has family roots

De'Shawn Charles Winslow discusses "In West Mills," his novel following a woman struggling with alcoholism in the fictional town of West Mills, N.C. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-23 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion and Spirituality Books Preview: June 2019

Check out a cookbook from Amish fiction veteran Wanda E. Brunstetter, relationship advice from 'Duck Dynasty' stars Al and Lisa Robertson, and more books coming from religion and spirituality publishers in June. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantel's final Cromwell novel set for March 2020

Hilary Mantel’s next novel The Mirror & the Light will be published in March 2020, 4th Estate has revealed, following fevered speculation around a billboard image circulated online. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 20:27:05 UTC ]
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‘Game of Thrones’ finale sets an HBO record

The much griped-about series finale of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” on Sunday night broke the premium cable network‘s all-time ratings records, as nearly 20 million viewers tuned in to find out who would get to sit on the Uncomfortable Pointy Chair. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-20 20:41:27 UTC ]
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Michael Wolff returns with 'explosive' Fire and Fury sequel

Michael Wolff's "explosive" sequel to Fire and Fury will be published next month as the author explores Donald Trump's second year in the White House with Siege: Trump Under Fire. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eve Ensler waited decades for an apology from her abusive father. She finally wrote one herself.

“I needed to understand what led my father to do what he did,” the “Vagina Monologues” playwright says. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-11 11:00:00 UTC ]
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April Religion Bestsellers: T.D. Jakes ‘Crushes’ #2, The Baxters Return

Bishop T. D. Jakes is #2 with his new book on personal challenges and faith, ‘Crushing;’ Karen Kingsbury is back to #1 with 'Two Weeks,' the latest installment to the bestselling Baxter Family series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Final Farewell to Peter Mayer

Last week, New York's trade publishing community turned out in full force to hear speakers reminisce about the life of Peter Mayer, the iconic publisher who died May 11, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ginkgo Ecopoetry Prize returns

The biggest international poetry prize for ecological, environmental and climate-concerned poetry,​ ​the Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry, ​has returned for a second year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Magazine's debut fiction prize returns for second year

The London Magazine has launched its debut fiction prize for a second year, following the success of its inaugural year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeffers returns with lithographic fable telling of one man’s greed

Oliver Jeffers ended up learning a "whole other language" to create Fausto, his upcoming fable about a man who wants to own everything he sees, which he made using traditional lithographic printmaking techniques at Idem, a fine-art printing studio in Paris. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thompson returns to Blackwell's as chairman Goul-Wheeker retires

Former Blackwell's c.e.o. Anthony Thompson is returning to the company as chairman after the retailer confirmed Trevor Goul-Wheeker will retire in June. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller's Library of the Year Award returns

The Bookseller's Library of the Year Award is back for a second year, following Liverpool Central Library's win of the inaugural prize in 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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