Assassin's Creed (series)

The Assassin's Creed series is an award-winning video game series that currently consists of twelve main games, seventeen spin-off games, several short films and various transmedia projects. Each of the main games have spawned novelizations, adapting and adding to the story of their respective game.
The entire franchise is developed primarily by Canadian studio Ubisoft Montreal and published by French video game company Ubisoft, with the exception of Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles and the mobile version of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which were developed by Gameloft, Assassin's Creed Chronicles by Climax Studios, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and Assassin's Creed: Odyssey by Ubisoft Québec.
The series has made appearances on the following video game platforms: Amazon Luna, Android, Apple Macintosh, Google Stadia, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. The gameplay, while varying slightly from game to game, falls in the historic action-adventure genre, with a heavy emphasis on stealth, combat and free-running.
As of October 2020 the series has sold over 155 million copies.[1]
Series
Video games
Main games and DLCs
- Assassin's Creed (2007)
- Assassin's Creed II (2009)
- Battle of Forlì (2010)
- Bonfire of the Vanities (2010)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
- Copernicus Conspiracy (2010)
- Animus Project Update 1.0 (2010)
- Animus Project Update 2.0 (2011)
- Animus Project Update 3.0 (2011)
- The Da Vinci Disappearance (2011)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011)
- The Ancestors Character Pack (2011)
- Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack (2012)
- The Lost Archive (2012)
- Assassin's Creed III (2012)
- Benedict Arnold (2012)
- The Hidden Secrets Pack (2012)
- The Battle Hardened Pack (2013)
- The Tyranny of King Washington (2013)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)
- Aveline (2013)
- Kraken Ship Pack (2013)
- Death Vessel Pack (2013)
- Crusader & Florentine Pack (2013)
- Blackbeard's Wrath (2013)
- Freedom Cry (2013)
- Illustrious Pirates Pack (2014)
- Guild of Rogues (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (2014)
- Templar Legacy Pack (2015)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014)
- Revolutionary Armaments Pack (2014)
- Dead Kings (2015)
- Secrets of the Revolution Pack (2015)
- Underground Armory Pack (2015)
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (2015)
- The Dreadful Crimes (2015)
- Steampunk Pack (2015)
- Victorian Legends Pack (2015)
- Jack the Ripper (2015)
- Streets of London Pack (2016)
- The Last Maharaja (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017)
- Deluxe Pack (2017)
- Roman Centurion Pack (2017)
- Horus Pack (2017)
- The Hidden Ones (2018)
- The Curse of the Pharaohs (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018)
- Deluxe Pack (2018)
- Legacy of the First Blade
- Hunted (2018)
- Shadow Heritage (2019)
- Bloodline (2019)
- The Fate of Atlantis (2019)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020)
- Ultimate Pack (2020)
- Wrath of the Druids (2021)
- The Siege of Paris (2021)
Compilations
- Assassin's Creed: Ezio Trilogy (2012)
- Assassin's Creed: Anthology (2012)
- Assassin's Creed: Heritage Collection (2013)
- Assassin's Creed: The Americas Collection (2014)
Remastered
- Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue Remastered (2018)
- Assassin's Creed III Remastered (2019)
- Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Remastered (2019)
- Assassin's Creed: The Rebel Collection (2019)
Spin-off games
- Assassin's Creed mobile game (2007)
- Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles (2008)
- Assassin's Creed II mobile game (2009)
- Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (2009)
- Assassin's Creed II: Discovery (2009)
- Assassin's Creed II: Multiplayer (2010)
- Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (2010)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood mobile game (2010)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations mobile game (2011)
- Assassin's Creed: Multiplayer Rearmed (2011)
- Assassin's Creed: Recollection (2011)
- Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (2012)
- Assassin's Creed III mobile game (2012)
- Assassin's Creed: Pirates (2013)
- Cold Blood (2014)
- The Lost Temples (2014)
- Quest for Eden (2015)
- Assassin's Creed: Memories (2014)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles:
- Assassin's Creed: Identity (2016)
- Forlì – A Crimson Sunset (2016)
- Leaderboard Update (2016)
- Black Flag Update (2016)
- Movie Update (2016)
- Assassin's Creed Unity: Arno's Chronicles (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Rebellion (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Freerunners (2021)
Other media
Films and television
- Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009)
- Assassin's Creed: Ascendance (2010)
- Assassin's Creed: Embers (2011)
- French Revolution (2014)
- The Syndicate (2015)
- Assassin's Creed (2016)
- Untitled live-action Assassin's Creed television series (TBA)
- Untitled animated Assassin's Creed television series (TBA)
- Untitled anime Assassin's Creed television series (TBA)
Books
- Non-fiction
- Assassin's Creed: Limited Edition Art Book (2007)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed (2007)
- Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide (2007)
- Assassin's Creed II: Conspiracy Book (2009)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed II (2009)
- Assassin's Creed II: Official Game Guide (2009)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood: Official Game Guide (2010)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011)
- Assassin's Creed Revelations: Official Game Guide (2011)
- Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia (2011 – 2013)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed III (2012)
- Assassin's Creed III: Official Game Guide (2012)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Collector's Edition Art Book (2013)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)
- Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Official Game Guide (2013)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed: Rogue (2014)
- Assassin's Creed Rogue: Official Game Guide (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity Collector's Edition Art Book (2014)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014)
- Assassin's Creed Unity: Official Game Guide (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: The Complete Visual History (2015)
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate Collector's Edition Art Book (2015)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (2015)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Official Game Guide (2015)
- Assassin's Creed: A Walk Through History (1189-1868) (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: The Official Coloring Book (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide (2016 – 2018)
- Assassin's Creed Movie Poster Book (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Into the Animus (2016)
- Incredibuilds: Assassin's Creed (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Origins Collector's Edition Art Book (2017)
- Assassin's Creed Origins: Official Game Guide (2017)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Infographics (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Collector's Edition Art Book (2018)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Official Game Guide (2018)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Covers Collection (2019)
- Assassin's Creed: 2500 Years of History (2019)
- Assassin's Creed: Atlas (2019)
- Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin? (2020)
- The Art of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020)
- Assassin's Creed: Mr. Men and Little Miss series:
- Mister Ezio (2021)
- Little Miss Kassandra (2021)
- Little Miss Eivor (2021)
- Fiction
- Assassin's Creed: Renaissance (2009)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
- Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade (2011)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011)
- Assassin's Creed: Forsaken (2012)
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (2013)
- Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard – The Lost Journal (2014)
- Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Underworld (2015)
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants series:
- Assassin's Creed: Heresy (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization (2016)
- Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm (2019)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga (2020)
- Assassin's Creed: Fragments series:
- Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal series:
- Untitled Assassin's Creed: Valhalla novel trilogy (2022)
Comics
- Assassin's Creed webcomic (2007)
- Assassin's Creed (2007)
- Assassin's Creed (Les Deux Royaumes comics):
- Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond (2009)
- Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus (2010)
- Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter (2011)
- Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk (2012)
- Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr (2013)
- Assassin's Creed 6: Leila (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: The Fall (2010 – 2011)
- Assassin's Creed: The Chain (2012)
- Assassin's Creed: Awakening (2013 – 2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Brahman (2013)
- Assassin's Creed: Assassins (2015 – 2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Templars (2016 – 2017)
- Assassin's Creed: FCBD 2016 Edition (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies:
- Assassin's Creed: Uprising (2017 – 2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Reflections (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone (2019)
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun (2019 – ongoing)
- Assassin's Creed: Dynasty (2020 – ongoing)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory (2020)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers (2020 – ongoing)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla webcomic (2020)
- Assassin's Creed: Cinders (2021)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2021)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag webtoon (2021)
Compilations
- Assassin's Creed: The Fall (2011)
- Assassin's Creed: Subject Four (2012)
- Assassin's Creed – The Ankh of Isis Trilogy (2013)
- Assassin's Creed: Awakening Volume 1 (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Awakening Volume 2 (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Assassins Volume 1: Trial by Fire (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Assassins Volume 2: Setting Sun (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Templars Volume 1: Black Cross (2016)
- Assassin's Creed – The Hawk Trilogy (2016)
- Assassin's Creed: Templars Volume 2: Cross of War (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Assassins Volume 3: Homecoming (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Uprising Volume 1: Common Ground (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Reflections (2017)
- Assassin's Creed: Uprising Volume 2: Inflection Point (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Uprising Volume 3: Finale (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – The Complete Collection (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Awakening – Complete Collection (2019)
- Assassin's Creed: The Fall & The Chain (2019)
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Volume 1 (2020)
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Volume 2 (2020)
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Volume 3 (2021)
- Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Volume 1 (2021)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory (2021)
- Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Volume 2 (2021)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers (2021)
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Volume 4 (2021)
- Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone (2021)
Audio dramas
Magazines
- Assassin's Creed: The Official Collection (2017 – 2020)
- Assassin's Creed: The Complete Character Guide (2019)
Board games
- Assassin's Creed: Arena (2014)
- Monopoly: Assassin's Creed (2014)
- Monopoly: Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
- Assassin's Creed: Vendetta (2017)
- Top Trumps: Assassin's Creed (2018)
- Risk: Assassin's Creed (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice (2021)
- Roma (2021)
- Creed vs Crows (2021)
- Tokyo XXI (2021)
Virtual reality experiences
- Assassin's Creed: The VR Experience (2016)
- Escape the Lost Pyramid (2018)
- Assassin's Creed: The Temple of Anubis (2018)
- Beyond Medusa's Gate (2019)
Cancelled Media
- Assassin's Creed: Da Vinci’s Workshop
- Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy
- Assassin's Creed: The Eye of Heaven
- Assassin's Creed: The Invisible Imam
- Assassin's Creed: Utopia
Vaporware
Certain titles of the series have entered 'vaporware' status, which means though announced to the general public, no other information has surfaced, though these project have not been officially cancelled.
Future
Ubisoft has made several statements about future installments. In 2012, Assassin's Creed III's creative Alex Hutchinson said that settings such as World War II or Feudal Japan – popular requests among fans – were not likely to be featured, as they were considered "boring" and unoriginal for Assassin's Creed games.[2] However both WW2 and ancient Egypt have since been explored in the main game series.
Hutchison also said that they would refrain from creating trilogies for one single protagonist, like they did for Ezio Auditore.[3] Following Unity, Darby McDevitt spoke of the company's intention to bring more focus back onto the series' modern-day storyline for future titles.[4]
In 2020, Ubisoft announced a virtual reality Assassin's Creed game.[5]
References
- ↑ Deadline: ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Live-Action TV Series In Works At Netflix As Part Of Content Deal With Ubisoft
- ↑ Latest News Explorer: Ubisoft: WW2, Egypt & Japan Are 'Boring' Settings For Assassin's Creed
- ↑ Eurogamer: Assassin's Creed 3 boss talks series' future, annualisation plans, no more trilogies
- ↑ Eurogamer: Future Assassin's Creed games will have "more robust modern day" than Unity
- ↑ Statt, Nick and Robertson, Adi (16 September, 2020). VR Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell games are coming. The Verge. Retrieved on 22 March 2021.
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