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Video: Ubisoft bets big on iPhone with Assassin’s Creed II game

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ac2Ubisoft has put a lot of resources into developing iPhone games, including its launch of Assassin’s Creed II made especially for the iPhone. Ben Mettes, producer of the game, talked with us about developing the game for the iPhone, even as the company’s hardcore developers are focusing on creating console versions of the game. The look and sounds in this game show that iPhone gaming is making leaps and bounds.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.