Assassin’s Creed Novel Trilogy Canceled
Published by Dark Drakan on November 3, 2007
In his blog, Steven Barnes, the intended author of the Assassin’s Creed novels, has announced that they have been canceled.
I was asked about “Assassin’s Creed” and I’ve got bad news: the book isn’t going to be published. No, there was nothing wrong with it: Marco Palmieri at Pocket Books was perfectly happy with it. But it seems that the video company got visits from descendants of the ORIGINAL ASSASSINS, members of the Ismaeli sect currently led by the Agha Khan in India. They…suggested that Ubisoft, the game company, show more respect for their ancestors, and Ubisoft went all pitter-patter. Next thing we knew, they wanted to remove all religious references from the book. I guess the Crusades were about shoe size or something. Then they hired an expert to vet the book. Curious that they hadn’t thought about that before, eh? And finally, they wanted to send the book to the Agha Khan’s people for their suggestions. By this time, Marco was thoroughly disenchanted. The book was turning into puree of bat ****, and I was no longer amused. The whole three-book project died.
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At present, a total of 6 comments have been posted.
replied on November 3, 2007 at 12:04 pm (#426)
Oh, man. That sucks. Me and Sharon were actually really looking forward to checking out the Assassin’s Creed novels, too…
replied on November 5, 2007 at 9:16 pm (#438)
That just typical…. typical 21st century pickyness that ruins projects and companies alike.
replied on November 6, 2007 at 2:08 am (#443)
oh wow….. The books would have been something good to read when ur turning on ur assassins creed game for the first time but it doesnt really matter as long as the game comes out
replied on November 12, 2007 at 4:40 am (#584)
bullshit. I was looking forward to reading them. there’s always people to piss and moan. be more sensitive to their ancestors? I say grow the fuck up.
my 2cents
replied on November 17, 2007 at 6:10 pm (#707)
so by “suggested” did they….we will kill you…..good to know that the ubisoft is close to the facts so to speak…
replied on December 10, 2007 at 11:12 am (#852)
ok so these guys led by Agha Khan in India are pissed off because their decendants of 900 years ago are slightly portreyed as evil to fit the storyline. i mean “Ive never Heard of these guys!” some bloodline group of indians, personally i am disgusted as a Top range quality game worht millions, is going to be ruined as the Games Novel and Lore are killed off making the game a less enjoyable experience, anyone that has played “Assassin’s Creed” will know that the constant supply of knowledge to this spine gripping story line is essensial. ask yourself this… with any outside source of Knowledge from the game, would you have know what each and every blood symbol there was painted on the walls and floor of the last scene of the game meant??. Personally: Ubisoft keep up the good work and make the game, they probably dont even have Xboxs or PS3’s and they are complaining of ancestrial right for over 900 years.