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While Ubisoft announced earlier this year its plans to release a comic book mini-series based on its Assassin's Creed action game franchise, there was no word on who would actually be publishing the comic. Now DC Comics' Wildstorm division has been confirmed as the publisher for the comic which is now titled Assassin's Creed: The Fall.

As previously revealed the three issue comic will be co-written and co-drawn by comic book veterans Karl Kerschl and Cameron Stewart and focuses on Russian assassin Nikolai Orelov in 19th century Russia (with a modern day connection as well). The mini-series begins in November which is also the same month that Ubisoft's game Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is scheduled to be released.

Last week Ubisoft teased us about their plans to release a comic book based on the Assassin's Creed game franchise. Today comic book web sites like Comic Book Resources and Newsarama have more info about the upcoming three issue mini series which will be released in "late 2010".

The series will focus on a Russian assassin, Nikolai Orelov, with each issue focusing on a period of time in his life (Issue 1 - apprentice, Issue 2 - main assassin, Issue 3 - old veteran). Most of the comic takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, in the early days of the 20th century with the fall of the Czars and the rise of Communism. The series is co-written and drawn by comic book veterans Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl. According to an Ubisoft rep the comic book story is set firmly within the developer's Assassins's Creed universe and hints that a game based on the new Russian Assassin could be made in the future.

As we predicted last month, a "secret project" that was related to Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed game series has now been officially revealed as a comic book project set for release sometime this fall. The series will be created by comic book veterans Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl.

What's more interesting is the setting for the comic book series. The press release and the symbol you see to the right would seem to indicate that the comic book takes place in Russia, perhaps during the Soviet Union time period. Indeed Stewart and Kerschl did a research trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia for the project. More info about the comic will be revealed during the Assassins Creed Brotherhood panel next Thursday at the San Diego Comic-Con.