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Assassin's Creed: Lineage episodes 2 and 3 sneak into view [update]
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.
First Assassin's Creed: Lineage episode is surprisingly great
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.
