Assassins Creed has been shrouded in secrecy ever since it was introduced as Project Assassin way back at X05. Too add insult to injury, Ubisoft kept playing these cat and mouse games with us, teasing and tantalizing us with tit bits of information that lead to us asking even more questions. Would the game be a PS3 exclusive? Would it come to the Xbox 360 or the PC? Will there be any difference in content across different platforms? Am I asking too many questions?

Fortunately a lot of those questions were answered at X05 where we learnt that the game would be coming to the 360; in fact we caught a glimpse of the game (live in-game footage baby) running on the 360 for the first time. We also know that Assassins Creed will be a part of a trilogy, the details of which are extremely hush hush, but before I get into the thick of things, here’s a slight summary for the uninitiated. It’s the year 1191 AD; the land’s been thrown into turmoil and the only people who can do something about it are a sect of people called the Assassins, (think of these dudes as medieval hitmen) and that, ladies and gentlemen is where you come in. You’ll play as an Assassin called Altair (which means Flying Eagle in Arabic) and it’ll be upto you to liberate the land from all these problems using any mean necessary (and we all know it’s going to be force).