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Assassin's Creed: Lineage is a live action film that sets the back story for Assassin's Creed 2. Originally presented as a series of short films, they've been compiled into a single feature and can be viewed or downloaded here. Altogether, the film is just over 30 minutes long.

"Developed by Ubisoft's Hybride Technologies, the visual effects studio behind 300 and Sin City, Assassin's Creed: Lineage combines live action and computer generated imagery (CGI) to explore the events that happen just before the Assassin's Creed II game starts. The short films revolve around Ezio's father, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, and give insight on the game's back story and universe."

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As promised, Ubisoft has released the first of three short films under the umbrella title of Assassin's Creed: Lineage. The live action short movies with lots of green screen effects are designed to be a prequel to the events in Assassin's Creed 2 which is due out for the PC in the first quarter of 2010. The movie has Giovanni Auditore da Firenze as the central character; he's the father of Assassin's Creed 2's "star" Ezio.

The movie, created by Hybride Studios (which Ubisoft bought last year), is several notches above the usual viral marketing live action short that game companies sometime crank out to promote a game. This video looks and feels more like a serious production rather than a simple marketing scheme. The other two parts of the series should be released sometime in November.

This trailer is for a series of short live action films called Assassin's Creed: Lineage, which will premiere on YouTube on October 27th. These films are created by combining live action Ubisoft's Hybride Technologies, the same special effects studio behind movies like Sin City. Assassin's Creed: Lineage takes place right before Assassin's Creed 2 starts and revolves around Ezio's father, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, giving insight into the world players will be jumping into. On the set photos from the making of the films can be seen in the gallery.

Assassin's Creed 2 is scheduled to release on consoles in November and for the PC in 2010.

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