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Assassin's Creed: Lineage propagates to DVD and Blu-Ray November 15

JC Fletcher — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:00:00 EST

Want a copy of the Assassin's Creed: Lineage short film to keep for your very own? Amazon listings reveal that the 2009 release will be out on Blu-Ray and DVD on November 15. Not like Assassin's Creed fans have anything else to buy on that date.

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Assassin's Creed: Lineage episodes 2 and 3 sneak into view [update]

David Hinkle — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST

Update: Ubisoft has turned off embedding on the videos, so we've taken them out of this post. To watch all three episodes, you'll need to hit up the official YouTube page.

The first episode of Assassin's Creed: Lineage came as quite the surprise and the two chapters that conclude the backstory for Assassin's Creed II don't come any differently. There's more bloodshed, more plotting in the dark (the most sinister kind of plotting!) and a bit of our old elementary school pastime, note shuffling. It's like passing around a note, but nobody reads it and it's super secretive.

~~Head past the break to check out the last two Assassin's Creed: Lineage shorts.~~

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First Assassin's Creed: Lineage episode is surprisingly great

Griffin McElroy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:27:00 EST

We weren't surprised when the first of three episodes in the Assassin's Creed: Lineage miniseries, created by Hybride Studios, exceeded our expectations. These folks did the effects for 300 and Sin City -- so of course we knew it would look great. Our surprise simply came from the fact that Lineage is a promotional, game-based short film; and nearly all of the words in that phrase seem contrary to high quality. Share in our surprise by watching the first Lineage installment after the jump.

If you'd like a bit of behind-the-scenes info into how the film was created, check out this GamesIndustry.biz interview with Ubisoft UK marketing director Murray Pannel. He does a good job of clearly explaining the game and movie industry synergy -- you know, what James Cameron alluded to during his fateful, four-week-long E3 2009 speech.

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First Assassin's Creed: Lineage episode debuts Oct. 27

David Hinkle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:04:00 EST

It's hard out there for an assassin. It was hard for Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, anyway; father of Assassin's Creed II protagonist Ezio. As you can see in the teaser for Assassin's Creed: Lineage above, the dude had a lot on his plate -- and good thing he had a sharp knife, too, to handle all that meat carving. According to Ubisoft, you'll get to see how it went down when the first of three Lineage short films, introducing plot elements leading up to Assassin's Creed II, debuts on YouTube on October 27.

What we really want to know is: How did Giovanni manage to keep his whites so white? With all of that blood flying around, it must have been one helluva laundry day for the 15th century assassin.

Gallery: Assassin's Creed: Lineage (behind the scenes)

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See stills from Assassin's Creed 2: Lineage short film

Ben Gilbert — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:58:00 EST

We kinda lied to you in that headline -- how do you feel about just one still from the three, upcoming live-action Assasin's Creed short films? The LA Times got a shot from the in-production Assassin's Creed II: Lineage just before some of the developers working on AC2 (the game) sat down for a panel at this week's San Diego Comic-Con.

Ubisoft said in the past that the upcoming PSP Assassin's Creed iteration, titled Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, would be the only "game" to tie together the story from the first one to its sequel. Clearly those words were chosen carefully, as these films are intended to "focus on the story of Ezio's father, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze" and delve into the history of "the Assassin's Creed 2 storyline and characters" when they release this winter.

Us? We're just hoping someone will explain all that crazy writing on the walls from the first game.

[Via Big Download]

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