Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia documents history of stabbing

Assassin's Creed lore lovers will be thrilled by the Assassin's Creed Enyclopedia, a 256-page tome dedicated to Ubisoft's murder simulator series. Everyone else, well, let's nod, smile, and be happy for the poor souls.

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Video game lore: love it or loathe it, you have to admit there are people tedious enough to obsess over the minutiae of unspectacular stories. The latest monument to lore is the 256-page Assassin's Creed Encylopedia but fear not, gentle reader, it does also cover actual history too, and has plenty of pretty pictures to look at.

The softcover Encyclopedia covers the characters, world and plot of the numerous Assassin's Creed games, storybooks, short films, and comics, perfect if you can't tell your Borgias from your Baroncellis. It'll cover Assassin's Creed Revelations too, so you'll want to play that before reading.

As well as contributions from the folks who built the world, the Encyclopedia features the work of those who love it, as five fans were hired from the Assassin's Creed community to help out.

The Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia is included in the European special Animus Edition of Assassin's Creed Revelations, but North Americans will have to buy it separately for $34.95. You can pre-order it from Ubisoft at the discounted price of $29.95, though. Revelations is slated to arrive for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 15.

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    August 31, 2011 9:00 PM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia documents history of stabbing.

    Assassin's Creed lore lovers will be thrilled by the Assassin's Creed Enyclopedia, a 256-page tome dedicated to Ubisoft's murder simulator series. Everyone else, well, let's nod, smile, and be happy for the poor souls.

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      August 31, 2011 9:03 PM

      So I guess this will be nicknamed "The AssPedia"?

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      August 31, 2011 9:06 PM

      Assyclocreedia, more like.

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      August 31, 2011 9:56 PM

      Shipping on this is rediculous. $21 minimum to ship to the states as it comes out of canada.

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      September 1, 2011 8:00 AM

      AssCreed had very interesting costume design. That's all I can really think of when it comes to what makes the world of Assassin's Creed appealing enough for a book.




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      September 1, 2011 8:07 AM

      oooohhhhh neato. the real locations are so lovingly represented in the game. it's chilling. :D

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      September 1, 2011 8:26 AM

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      September 1, 2011 8:32 AM

      This game cannot get here soon enough ... this series is soooo good ... I just replayed 2 and Bro

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      September 1, 2011 9:23 AM

      It bugs me there is no Animus Edition for N.A. It's a Canadian made game, wtf?

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        September 1, 2011 4:01 PM

        Yep... We get the lame figure... that by the way, doesn't look half as good as the one from ACII...

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      September 1, 2011 12:13 PM

      Jesus Alice no need for the patronizing tone, I mean you write blog posts for a video game website.

      Sure it isnt some great piece of literature but the AC stories are quite good and worthy of print. I will probably buy this after I beat Revelations.

      It would be cool if a similar book was created for the Dues Ex universe.

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