That’s right, ladies and male persons – the hype train starts a-rolling down the tracks next week. Today, Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed 2 will get its own three-part mini-series. Okay, so it’s not quite an HBO Special, but the first instalment will be released on YouTube a week today – that’s Tuesday 27th October, to you and me.
Combining live action and this new-fangled thing called CGI wizardry, the three episodes will revolve around Ezio’s father, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, and develop the game’s history. Entitled Assassin’s Creed: Lineage, the series will expand on friends and foes alike. One of the characters to be fleshed out will include Lorenzo de Medici, the Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance period.
If you ask me, this seems like a splendid idea to enrich the story surrounding Assassin’s Creed 2, and could really tap into the beautiful atmosphere of the period. Let’s hope the three short films match the promise of the concept.
Assassin’s Creed 2 is out on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC later this year.
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