Awards: Jade Raymond Will Receive Our Legend Award On 1/22/19!

The New York Videogame Critics Circle is proud to present its Andrew Yoon Legend Award to Jade Raymond, co-creator of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, and founder of EA Motive and Ubisoft’s Toronto Studio. She’ll receive our Legend Award at the New York Game Awards ceremony on January 22nd, 2019 at SVA Theatre in Manhattan. Critics…

The Poop: 10 Notes On Assassin’s Creed: Origins

By Harold Goldberg Most of the time, it’s great to welcome a new Assassin’s Creed game into my console – because of the its often compelling mix of history with fiction. Here’s what I saw when I went hands on with Assassin’s Creed: Origins. First up was a video that set up the demo. It…

The Roundup: The Circle Speaks

By Harry Rabinowitz Judging from this week’s Roundup, it looks like I’ll be picking up The Witcher 3 some time soon… Jeff Bakalar is joined by Kevin VanOrd (Gamespot) to discuss The Witcher 3 and it’s GOTY murmurings. Harold Goldberg writes his (largely favorable) thoughts on The Witcher 3, mid-way through his playthrough. It’s a…