With an innovative gameplay that provides players with a high degree of nonlinear play and spectacular fighting, an intriguing setting that skilfully fuses reality with fiction, and charismatic personalities like Desmond, Altaïr and Ezio, Assassin's Creed® quickly earned a place in the hearts and minds of 38 million fans as an epic adventure that has pushed the limits of gaming.

History as the playing field

The Assassin's Creed® series takes place in singular locations at key moments in human history. Throughout their quest, players are free to roam cities such as Damascus and Jerusalem during the third crusade in Assassin's Creed® I, Florence, Venice and Rome during the time of the Renaissance in Assassin's Creed® II and Assassin's Creed® Brotherhood, and Constantinople in Assassin's Creed® Revelations.

These highly symbolic locations are recreated in Assassin's Creed® at an astonishing level of detail, providing gamers with a truly immersive environment and setting Assassin's Creed® apart from any other franchise.

"The truth is written in blood"

As 25-year-old American Desmond Miles, players are transported back in time and thrust into the heart of a war that has been raging between the Templars and the Assassins for millennia. Unfolding in the greatest secrecy, this historic conflict has influenced the fate of the world as we know it today. In a race against time, Desmond will have to relive the memories of his ancestor Assassins to discover the truth.

Throughout their adventure, players encounter personalities who have made their mark on humanity, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Catherine Sforza and Nicolas Machiavelli. They learn to master the weapons and secret techniques of an Assassin.

Pushing the limits of gaming

The depth and breadth of the Assassin's Creed® world has pushed the limits of gaming. The brand is featured in film shorts (Assassin's Creed® Lineage) as well as animated shorts (Assassin's Creed®: Ascendance, Assassin's Creed®: Embers), comic books (Assassin's Creed® The Fall), and novels (Assassin's Creed®: Renaissance, Assassin's Creed®: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed®: The Secret Crusade). Some of the most beautiful works and lithographs drawn from the world of Assassin's Creed® were presented in a traveling exhibition which made stops in Montreal, Paris, Munich and Tokyo.

The world of Assassin's Creed® and the quest of the Assassins still has much to offer and promises fans of the series many surprises yet to come!