Three new screenshots from Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed reveal a dive maneuver executed by lead character Altair. Look, look at him fly. In fact, view the shots quickly in sequence and its like your own little Assassin's Creed flip book, Altair leaping from a rooftop and twisting in mid-air to land safely on a handily positioned hay cart. Phew. Ubisoft's assassin-'em-up wowed audiences at Microsoft's X06 event last year, an acrobatic, wall-scaling and rooftop-leaping star boasting superb ... » Read More

Assassin's Creed is set to get its own book trilogy written by a bestselling author, which clearly makes the Xbox 360 and PS3 game as important as Halo, which also has its own range of books. The first novel in the Assassin's Creed trilogy is due to launch in October 2007 and will be penned by New York Times bestselling author Steven Barnes. The books will aim to expand on the game by covering the back back-story of protagonist Altair and Third Crusade ... » Read More

An eight-minute film based on Assassin's Creed is being created by developer Ubisoft, who has set up a dedicated digital cinema studio at its Montreal offices. This could also mean other projects based on Ubisoft's videogame line-up, ranging from longer films to TV shows. The film won't be appearing in your average cinema, however, as Ubisoft is planning to bring the short to websites and perhaps Xbox Live's Marketplace, according to an article from the International Herald Tribune. This ... » Read More

The mysterious plot of Assassin's Creed is "based on research... about the fact your genes might be able to hold memory" and features a "science company trying to... go into people's brains and find out an ancestor who used to be an assassin,” according to talkative Veronica Mars actress Kristen Bell, whose voice and likeness appears in the game. Bell unwittingly revealed the sci-fi secret at the heart of one of next year's most exciting games during an interview with IGN TV. ... » Read More

Not only does Assassin's Creed offer new stealth mechanics thanks to its social camouflage feature, it also showcases new acrobatic maneuvers using the immediate environment around Altair that haven't been seen before in a game. While there were some curious hints as to whether or not the entire game would be set solely in the Third Crusade thanks to some of the video clips that have been released, we were looking forward to potentially changing the course of history.

Or will we? Interestingly, it seems as though the medieval action title isn't exactly what it seems. Looks like there's more of a sci-fi twist to the game than we initially thought. In an interview with IGN TV, Kristen Bell, the star of Veronica Mars explains her connection to the upcoming game. She also reveals the sci-fi premise behind the game: "It's actually really interesting to me. It's sort of based on the research that's sort of happening now, about the fact that your genes might be able to hold memory. And you could argue semantics and say it's instinct, but how does a baby bird know to eat a worm, as opposed to a cockroach, if its parents don't show it? And it's about this science company trying to, Matrix-style, go into peoples brains and find out an ancestor who used to be an assassin, and sort of locate who that person is."

IGN contacted Ubisoft for a comment on Bell's disclosure, but they were unavailable at the time this story was published.
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In a statement, Ubisoft said, "[The launch of GRAW 2] will take the place of Assassin's Creed and Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway, which will now strengthen fiscal year 2007-08," which runs from April 2007 through March 2008.

That info implies that the highly anticipated Assassin's Creed was planned for an early 2007 release, even though it was always tagged with a "TBA" release date. Hell's Highway was expected to be released in the first quarter of 2007. Both games are in development for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
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10,000 plus.

That's how many character animations are loaded into Assassin's Creed, 700 of them alone contextual. To put things into perspective, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, developed by the same crack team at Ubisoft Montreal, features 500 character animations. And Prince remains to this day one of the finest animated games on the market. Get the picture?
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Ubisoft released this first video web blog of Assassin's Creed, where the game's producer Jade Raymond interviews Patrice Désilet, creative director, about his work on this still very mysterious game.
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Assassin's Creed will launch simultaneously on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 early next year, despite common belief that the medieval murder game would be exclusive to PS3, at least for a short period of time. And, with the game being confirmed for PC yesterday it looks like the PS3-fanboy party over 'owning' Assassin's Creed is well and truly over. Set - at least primarily - in Damascus and the Middle East in 1191 AD, Assassin's Creed tells a story of the first assassins, agents of death who ... » Read More

Thursday 31 August 2006 PS3 title Assassin's Creed will "indeed see the light some day" on PC in the UK, it has today been confirmed. We spoke to publisher and developer Ubisoft following a preview that appeared in the latest issue of PC Gamer magazine and it was confirmed that the medieval adventure game will definitely be making the transition from PS3 to PC, with Ubisoft promising further details soon. When this would happen is unknown, however, or if this news also means that an Xbox 360 ... » Read More

Sharpen your jagged-edge dagger and pull up your face veil because Assassin's Creed will be announced for PC this week - meaning it won't just be PlayStation 3 early adopters who get to feast on the game's throat-slitting glory at the beginning of next year.
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More fuel to the fire has been added over the weekend with 1up's Dana Jongewaard
saying in her blog, "For the first year at least, there are very few big titles that are PS3 exclusive. GTA4 and Assassins will be available for the 360 at the same time."
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