Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia

by Ubisoft, Ubisoft Entertainment

Assassin’s Creed The Encyclopedia: Second Edition is the definitive guide to a universe that spans over many different platforms and media. A must-have for fans new to the game world as well as those who have been fascinated with the series since day one.This encyclopedia features new information and amazing artwork, updated content from the upcoming monster Assassin’s Creed III game and upcoming graphic novel Assassin’s Creed: The Chain.

Initially intended as an art book, the project gathered so much material that Ubiworkshop decided to expand it into an encyclopedia.

Artists like Craig Mullins, Tavis Coburn, 123Klan, Gabz, James NG, David Alvarez and many others were given free reign to draw an Assassin from the period and style of their choice, of which the artworks were included in the Encyclopedia. There was also a "cartes blanches" section that featured artwork by other professional artists and fans of the series.

A Black Edition was released with the Animus Edition of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

A White Edition was released through UbiWorkshop and with the Ultimate Edition of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

A Second Edition was released in October 2012 to coincide with the release of Assassin's Creed III. The Second Edition features 120 new pages of content that include information on Assassin's Creed III, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation and Assassin's Creed: The Chain along with new cartes blanches.

A Third Edition was released in October 2013 to coincide with the release of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. The Third Edition contains over 390 pages of content revised and updated with information from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed: Brahman.

The Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia is divided into four sections:

1) Factions
2) Story
3) Characters
4) Places

Genres: Art, Games

384 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2011

About the author

Ubisoft Entertainment SA (/ˈjuːbisɒft, -sɔːft/; French: [ybisɔft]; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game company headquartered in Montreuil with several development studios across the world. It is known for publishing games for several acclaimed video game franchises, including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Just Dance, Prince of Persia, Rayman, Raving Rabbids, and Tom Clancy's. As of March 2018, Ubisoft is the fourth largest publicly-traded game company in the Americas and Europe after Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, and Take-Two Interactive in terms of revenue and market capitalisation.

Reviews

[Thomas O'Brien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty much a history of the world (of assassins creed) up to the point of the game: revelations. (In this version). Bit more in depth material on characters. But the big draw card is the amazing artwork throughout. Great look in for any fan of the series. Good for referencing plot points. Hope they do one when the series ends. Or at a later point.

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent enough read for fans of the game series. Anybody who doesn't like or has never played the games will be best steering clear though.

[Carlyna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Took forever to finish because it was so repetitive and dull.

[Regan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit repetitive (very repetitive actually) but otherwise an interesting read for fans of the series

[Owldaughter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the third edition.