Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Griptonite Games and published by Ubisoft. It is the second spin-off installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise, and acts as a direct sequel to Assassin's Creed (2007). Beginning shortly after that game's events, Bloodlines follows Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad as he travels to Cyprus to eliminate the last remnants of the Templar Order and learn more about their plans. The game also explores Altaïr's relationship with Maria Thorpe, a Templar agent whose life he spared in the first game and who would eventually become his wife.
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| Developer(s) | Griptonite Games |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Producer(s) | Dan McAuliffe Shawn Mulanix Merric Shank |
| Designer(s) | Shawn Truesdell |
| Programmer(s) | Eli Ford Scott Perras |
| Artist(s) | Jack Scott Hill Michael Wilcox |
| Writer(s) | Darby McDevitt |
| Series | Assassin's Creed |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, stealth |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The game was announced by Sony at the E3 Conference in June 2009 as a new title for their PlayStation Portable console. Bloodlines was released in November 2009, concurrently with Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, and received mixed reviews from critics. The next spin-off in the series, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, was released in October 2012.