Assassin's Creed Mirage has just released for iOS to huge fanfare But did you know that there was another, unique take on the series as far back as 2007? This is the Gameloft Assassin's Creed series, a side-scrolling take on assassination It’s a big year for Assassin’s Creed with building up hype for a new setting and style of gameplay, Assassin’s Creed Jade waiting in the wings, and of course, the hotly-anticipated release of and select iPads. Yes, the emergence of a mainline Assassin’s Creed, open world and graphical fidelity untouched, is big news, and perhaps the biggest example of the series on mobile so far. Of course, Jade is shaping up to be a worthy entry on its own, and Assassin’s Creed Rebellion is a perfectly serviceable if far different entry for AC superfans.
But did you know that from the very beginning, this series has had a major presence on mobile? Yes, we’re not kidding. This is the (virtually) untold story of Gameloft’s Assassin’s Creed series. But Assassin’s Creed was far from that.
A side-scrolling platformer that takes you through the main plot points of the mainline version, albeit in a much briefer fashion, it has all the iconic features of the original, like free-running, assassinations, and the hidden blade. Released for early touchscreen and keypad phones (back in the day mobile phones had to have actual , shocking we know) the Assassin’s Creed games were an attempt to translate the experience to mobile. And while, as we noted, .
