Assassin's Creed (series)

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The Assassin's Creed series is an award-winning video game series that currently consists of ten 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 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, Assassin's Creed Chronicles by Climax Studios, and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate by Ubisoft Québec.

The series has made appearances on the following video game platforms: iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Windows Phone, iPad, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Wii U. 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 September, 2016, the series has sold over 100 million copies.

Series

• 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)
    • The Infamy
    • The Betrayal
    • The Redemption
• 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)
    • Fields of Elysium
    • Torment of Hades
    • Judgment of Atlantis

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)
• Assassin's Creed: Memories (2014)
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles:
  • Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China (2015)
  • Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (2016)
  • Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (2016)
• Assassin's Creed: Identity (2016)
• Assassin's Creed: Rebellion (2018)
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodsail (TBA)
• Assassin's Creed Online: Alliance (TBA)
• Assassin's Creed Unity: Arnos Chronicles (TBA)

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)

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)
• Assassin's Creed TV 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)
• The Art of Assassin's Creed II (2009)
• Assassin's Creed II: Conspiracy Book (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)
• 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)
• Assassin's Creed: Into the Animus (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: Graphics (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)

Fiction

• Assassin's Creed: Renaissance (2009)
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
• Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade (2011)
• Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia (2011 – 2013)
• 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: Last Descendants (2016)
  • Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants - Tomb of the Khan (2016)
  • Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants - Fate of the Gods (2017)
• Assassin's Creed: Heresy (2016)
• Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization (2016)
• Assassin's Creed: Desert Oath (2017)
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018)
• Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm (2019)

Comics

• Assassin's Creed (2007)
• Assassin's Creed webcomic (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: Conspiracies - Volume 1: Die Glocke (2016)
  • Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies - Volume 2: Project Rainbow (2017)
• Assassin's Creed: Uprising (2017 – 2018)
• Assassin's Creed: Reflections (2017)
• Assassin's Creed: Origins (2018)
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone (2019)
• Assassin's Creed: China (2019)

Compilations

• Assassin's Creed: Subject Four (2012)
• Assassin's Creed – The Ankh of Isis Trilogy (2013)
• Assassin's Creed – The Hawk Trilogy (2016)
• 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: 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: Awakening - Volume 1 (2017)
• Assassin's Creed: Reflections (2017)
• Assassin's Creed: Awakening - Volume 2 (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: Awakening – Omnibus (2019)

Magazines

• Assassin's Creed: The Official Collection (2017 – ongoing)

Board games

• Assassin's Creed: Arena (2014)
• Assassin's Creed: Monopoly (2014)
• Assassin's Creed: Vendetta (2017)
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice (2020)

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. 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. Following Unity, Darby McDevitt spoke of the company's intention to bring more focus back onto the series' modern-day storyline for future titles.