Assassin's Creed (series)

The Assassin's Creed series is an award-winning video game series that currently consists of six main games, fifteen 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 mainly by Ubisoft Montreal and published by 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, a company owned by Ubisoft.

The series has made appearances on the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360. The Wii U and other platforms are slated to be added in the future. 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.

Main games

 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Freedom Cry (2013)

Spin-offs/other games

 * Assassin's Creed (mobile game) (2007)
 * Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles (2008)
 * Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (2009)
 * Assassin's Creed II (mobile game) (2009)
 * Assassin's Creed II: Discovery (2009)
 * Assassin's Creed II: Multiplayer (2009)
 * Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (2010)
 * Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (mobile game) (2010)
 * Assassin's Creed: Multiplayer Rearmed (2011)
 * Assassin's Creed: Revelations (mobile game) (2011)
 * Assassin's Creed: Recollection
 * Assassin's Creed III (mobile game) (2012)  
 * Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (2012)
 * Assassin's Creed: Pirates (2013)
 * Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD (2014)

Films

 * Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009)
 * Assassin's Creed: Ascendance (2010)
 * Assassin's Creed: Embers (2011)
 * Assassin's Creed (2015)

Books

 * Assassin's Creed: Limited Edition Art Book (2007)
 * Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide (2007)
 * Assassin's Creed II: Collector's Edition Official Game Guide (2009)
 * Assassin's Creed: Renaissance (2009)
 * Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Collector's Edition Official Game Guide (2010)
 * Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
 * Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade (2011)
 * Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia (2011)
 * Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011)
 * Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide (2011)
 * Assassin's Creed: Forsaken (2012)
 * The Art of Assassin's Creed III (2012)
 * Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (2013)
 * The Art of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)

Comics

 * Assassin's Creed (comic) (2007)
 * Assassin's Creed (Penny Arcade webcomic) (2007)
 * Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond (2009)
 * Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus (2010)
 * Assassin's Creed: The Fall (2010–2011)
 * Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter (2011)
 * Assassin's Creed: The Chain (2012)
 * Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk (2012)
 * Assassin's Creed: Brahman (2013)

Future of the series
Ubisoft has made several statements about future installments, such as settings like World War II, and Egypt are not likely to be featured as they are considered "boring" and unoriginal for Assassin's Creed, and that they would refrain from creating trilogies for one single protagonist like they did with Ezio Auditore.

It has been revealed that Ubisoft has partnered with two French government research organizations in order to help them with an upcoming installment. They have started development for the game in January 2013 in France.