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"Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Revelations will feature a tower defence-inspired mode, it has been revealed. The Borgia Towers side-quest from Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Brotherhood, which sees players reclaim Rome district by district, returns in Revelations but can now be contested over time. If the player challenges the invaders, it will initiate the Den Defence mode, a new tower defence-inspired mini-game that has Ezio place assassins on rooftops to defend against waves of enemies. Presentation director Brent Ashe said that the mode was chosen after players &amp;quot;really liked&amp;quot; the Borgia Towers in Brotherhood and requested a replayable aspect to it. &amp;quot;[Replayability] got us thinking about how we could layer that gameplay and extend it, and give some tension,&amp;quot; he told Digital Spy. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve liberated [the tower], but because the city of Constantinople is constantly in this fight between the Byzantines and the Ottomans, and with the Templars in the mix and you in the mix, how can we make it so those dens don&amp;#039;t just stay benign? Now they can be contested.&amp;quot; Watch the single-player trailer for Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Revelations below:  Ashe added that the team was inspired by a number of tower defence games including Plants Vs Zombies and that the mode goes hand-in-hand with the returning assassin assignment missions from Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed Brotherhood. &amp;quot;The one big takeaway is there&amp;#039;s a simple tactical strategy to them, but the way they build complexity and that addictive quality,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We absolutely wanted to make sure we achieved that, and yet it felt right narratively, because Ezio is in charge of the Brotherhood now, and he is seen as a bit of a general, leading an army, and so we wanted to have that feeling of him in command, that tactical hands-on layer.&amp;quot; Ashe added: &amp;quot;It was an interesting challenge to realise something like that, because typically that style of the game is done with a more traditional 2D sense. It was a fun challenge to try to achieve something with that kind of addictive gameplay that they&amp;#039;re known for in more of a 3D realisation.&amp;quot; Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Revelations will be available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from November 15. &amp;gt; Read our hands-on preview of Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Revelations "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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