User blog comment:Assassin75ibn/Assassin's Creed Lawsuit Voluntarily Dropped./@comment-1818887-20120602040802/@comment-4013467-20120606173824

Actually the idea of Assassins Creed is EXTREMELY similar to the idea of the 1988 game Exile

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_(1988_video_game_series)

The animus seems legit their idea though.