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==Development==
Development for the game began shortly after the completion of 2010's ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'',<ref name="GITenThings">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/games/assassins_creed_unity/b/xboxone/archive/2014/06/11/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-assassin-s-creed-unity.aspx|title=Ten Things You Need To Know About Assassin's Creed Unity|last=Miller|first=Matt|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=GameStop|date=June 11, 2014|access-date=June 12, 2014|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614141507/http://www.gameinformer.com/games/assassins_creed_unity/b/xboxone/archive/2014/06/11/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-assassin-s-creed-unity.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the core development team splitting off during the early stages of development on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/22/assassin-s-creed-s-tech-master-leads-us-through-the-series-history.aspx?PostPageIndex=2|title=Assassin's Creed's Tech Master Leads Us Through The Series' History|last=Cork|first=Jeff|publisher=GameStop|magazine=Game Informer|date=August 22, 2014|access-date=August 22, 2014|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026184551/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/22/assassin-s-creed-s-tech-master-leads-us-through-the-series-history.aspx?PostPageIndex=2|url-status=dead}}</ref> On March 19, 2014, early screenshots of the game were leaked, as well as its title ''Unity''. The leak revealed that Unity would feature a new ___location and time period, [[Paris]] during the [[French Revolution]], a new assassin, and that it would be released in late 2014 on [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]].<ref name="KotakuUnity">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/leaked-images-reveal-one-of-this-falls-two-assassins-1547111652 |title=Leaked Images Reveal One Of This Fall's Two Assassin's Creed Games |last=Schreier |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Schreier |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |date=March 19, 2014 |access-date=March 19, 2014 |archive-date=March 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319222143/http://kotaku.com/leaked-images-reveal-one-of-this-falls-two-assassins-1547111652 |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 21, Ubisoft confirmed the game's existence, having been in development for more than three years, by releasing pre-alpha game footage. They also confirmed the game's release date of Q4 2014, and that it would also see a release on Windows.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ign.com/articles/2014/03/21/ubisoft-confirms-assassins-creed-unity-release-date-teased |title=Ubisoft Confirms Assassin's Creed: Unity, Release Date Teased |last=Karmali |first=Luke |work=[[IGN]] |date=March 21, 2014 |access-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321211616/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/21/ubisoft-confirms-assassins-creed-unity-release-date-teased |url-status=live }}</ref> Ubisoft writer Jeffrey Yohalem revealed that the French Revolution setting for the game was deliberately teased, along with ''Assassin's Creed III''{{'}}s American Revolution setting, in symbols seen at the end of ''Brotherhood''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-25-assassins-creed-unity-was-teased-in-brotherhood-writer-reveals |title=Assassin's Creed: Unity was teased in Brotherhood, writer reveals |last=Phillips |first=Tom |publisher=[[Eurogamer]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=June 9, 2014 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112000656/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-25-assassins-creed-unity-was-teased-in-brotherhood-writer-reveals |url-status=live }}</ref> Ubisoft Montreal is the lead developer for the project, with contributing work from the [[Ubisoft#Studios|Ubisoft studios]] in [[Ubisoft Toronto|Toronto]], [[Ubisoft Kyiv|
At [[E3 2014]], trailers were released for the game, demonstrating the game's [[Cooperative video game|cooperative multiplayer]] mode for up to four players, a first for the series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/09/e3-2014-assassins-creed-unity-co-op-revealed |title=E3 2014: Assassin's Creed Unity Co-Op Revealed |last=Jackson |first=Leah B. |work=[[IGN]] |date=June 9, 2014 |access-date=June 9, 2014 |archive-date=June 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610192943/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/09/e3-2014-assassins-creed-unity-co-op-revealed |url-status=live }}</ref> The trailer featured [[Lorde|Lorde's]] cover of [[Everybody Wants to Rule the World]], which was produced by [[Michael A. Levine]] and Lucas Cantor.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Assassins-Creed-Unity-trailer/tabid/418/articleID/348249/Default.aspx |title= Assassin's Creed Unity trailer |work= [[3 News]] |publisher= [[MediaWorks New Zealand]] |date= June 12, 2014 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140614151100/http://www.3news.co.nz/Assassins-Creed-Unity-trailer/tabid/418/articleID/348249/Default.aspx |archive-date= June 14, 2014}}</ref> The development team was able to use the new power of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to improve the NPC crowds. Up to 1000 individual AI characters can appear in a crowd, each acting independently and reacting to each other as well as the player's actions.<ref name="GITenThings" /> The PC version of the game uses Nvidia's GameWorks technology such as TXAA anti-aliasing, advanced DX11 tessellation and Nvidia PhysX technology, due to a partnership between Ubisoft and Nvidia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5781936/far-cry-4-assassins-creed-unity-the-crew-ubisoft-nvidia-pc|title=Far Cry 4, Assassin's Creed Unity and The Crew will have 'Hollywood-levels' of animation using Nvidia tech|last=Gera|first=Emily|publisher=Polygon|date=June 5, 2014|access-date=June 9, 2014|archive-date=June 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608142425/http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5781936/far-cry-4-assassins-creed-unity-the-crew-ubisoft-nvidia-pc|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-working-with-ubisoft-on-assassin-s-creed-unity-far-cry-4-pc/1100-6420130/|title=Nvidia Working With Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4 PC|last=Newhouse|first=Alex|publisher=Gamespot|date=June 6, 2014|access-date=June 6, 2014|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034812/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-working-with-ubisoft-on-assassin-s-creed-unity-far-cry-4-pc/1100-6420130/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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