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Assassin's Creed is an award-winning video game series that currently consists of two games, three future games, several short films, and a cancelled trilogy of novels. The entire franchise is developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft, with the exception of Altaïr's Chronicles, which was developed by Gameloft. Between the four games, they have made appearances on the iPhone, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360 platforms. The gameplay, while slightly varying from game to game, consists of a mixture of action and adventure, with a heavy emphasis on stealth. All products to date have gained some form of controversy for their adult nature and violent themes.

The plotlines follow a former assassin trainee named Desmond Miles (although he does not make any appearance in Altaïr's Chronicles) as he is captured by megacorporation Abstergo Industries. Desmond is forced to relive his ancestors memories, who were all assassins, in order to recover a "Piece of Eden" for Abstergo. While the Assassin ancestor of Desmond is usually Altaïr, a few of the games feature a similar assassin named Ezio. Assassination targets are almost all derived from real-life historical figures, although the timelines for their lives and causes of death have been changed to suit the games' plot.

It is implied that the 2012 of the game's timeline is rife with chaos and destruction, with Abstergo news letters (which can be retrieved on the game's computers) reporting of a plague that has wiped out the population of Africa, a story about the Mexican President increasing border security in response to "American Refugees" crossing the border, an extreme amount of Hurricanes across the world, and the closing of the film industry in an unnamed country.^[1]

The timelines for all of the games take place in an alternative 2012 where a megacorporation called Abstergo has devised a plan to seize control of the minds and free will of every person on earth. To achieve this goal, they must locate a biblical item called the "Piece of Eden". Abstergo then captures a former assassin trainee turned civilian bartender, Desmond Miles, to search his ancestors memories stored in his blood in order to find the Piece of Eden. Desmond is forced to enter the Animus, a machine that allows for the viewing of such memories.

Canonically, the first of Desmond's ancestors' viewed memories take place in Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles during 1190 AD where the Third Crusade is waged in the Holy Land. Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad, a medieval assassin, is sent on a mission from the Order of Assassins to retrieve a Chalice from the grasps of both the Crusaders and the Saracens. Altaïr quests to find three different keys then travels to Jerusalem to face the head of the Knights Templar, Basilisk. Upon arriving, he learns that the Chalice is not an object, but a woman named Adha who reveals that Altaïr has been deceived by an assassin named Harash, who is now a double-agent for the Templars. After killing both Harash and Basilisk, Altaïr attempts to save a kidnapped Ahda from captivity but is too late. The game ends with Adha sailing away and Altaïr left in Jerusalem.

In Assassin's Creed, Altaïr's memories are solicited again by Abstergo in his attempt to find the Piece of Eden. Altaïr, still in Jerusalem, ventures to Solomon's Temple to confront crusader Robert de Sable and retrieve the Piece of Eden for Al Mualim, head of the Assassins. Betraying many tenants of the Creed of the Assassin's and failing his mission, Altaïr is demoted to a novice assassin upon return to the Assassin's Fortress. To redeem his previous status, Altaïr is sent by Al Mualim to assassinate nine targets in three different cities. With each kill, Altaïr learns there is a connection between his targets; they are all Templars united by Robert to take control of the Holy Land by force, although they all claim to pursue a noble goal. After assassinating eight targets, Altaïr confronts Robert in front of King Richard, leader of the crusader army. Altaïr informs Richard that Robert is plotting to betray and kill him, which causes him to encourage a duel to the death between Altaïr and Robert. Upon dying, Robert confesses to Altaïr that they were not nine, but ten Templars. No.10 being Al-Mualim, who wanted to keep the treasure for himself and therefore sent out Altair to kill the others. Back at the Fortress, where Al-Mualim had taken over the minds of the people inside, Altair manages to defeat and kill him in a duel. The memory Abstergo was searching for, which located the Piece of Eden, shows a map that has over fifteen different pieces scattered across the world.

Back in 2012, Abstergo sends a team to recover as many Pieces as possible. Deciding they don't need him anymore, they give orders to kill Desmond. Lucy Stillman, an Abstergo employee who revealed herself to be an assassin, convinces them not to kill Desmond until they recover the Pieces, buying him time. Desmond is left alone in the Animus room, and by the use of Eagle Vision sees many symbols drawn on the wall and floor.

The next chronological story happens in Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, which bridges the gap between Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II. Not much else is known of this yet except Altaïr will again be the playable assassin and it will be through Desmond's memories in the Animus machine.

Assassin's Creed II picks up with Desmond again being put in the Animus 2.0 to relive another assassin ancestor's memories. This time the assassin is Ezio Auditore di Firenze, a nobleman in 1486 Florence, Italy. Ezio becomes an assassin after his father, Giovanni , is killed by a rival family which he intends to take revenge on. Lucy Stillman will return to play a bigger role in Desmond's story.

Due to questions at E3 2009, Patrice Desilets revealed that Assassin's Creed II would end with a cliffhanger that would lead into Assassin's Creed III. He also mentioned that the series was always meant to be a trilogy, which meant that Assassin's Creed III would be the final installment in the series.

A new title, called Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, was unveiled at Steve Jobs keynote speech on September 9. Details have not been revealed yet, but the game is expected to release on the iPhone OS and Nintendo DS.

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An Assassin's Creed novel, The Invisible Imam, was supposedly going to be the first in a trilogy, but was cancelled. However, a novel called Assassin's Creed: Renaissance is to be released in the UK and Australia on November 26, 2009 ^[2].

A short film, Assassin's Creed: Lineage, is a prequel taking place before the events in Assassin's Creed II. The first part to the film was released on YouTube on October 26, 2009.

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