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The fundamentals of gameplay were completed within nine to twelve months, and another year was spent improving it before they presented the game to Ubisoft's executives in Paris. [12] Jade Raymond was brought in in late 2004 to serve as the game's producer, helping with the team's growth and the game's direction. [12] [19] From late 2005 to early 2006, following nearly two years of development, the concept for Prince of Persia: Assassins had the game's titular prince AI-controlled, watched over by the player-controlled Assassin that served as the Prince's bodyguard and rescued the Prince from various situations. [11] Ubisoft's management and the development had debates on this direction; Ubisoft's management wanted another game in the Prince of Persia franchise and was not keen on releasing a game with that name where the Prince was not the lead character. The development team counters that with a new generation of consoles, they could potentially make it a new intellectual property. [13] [12] Near the 2006 Game Developers Conference, Ubisoft's marketing team came up with the idea of naming the game Assassin's Creed, which Désilets recognized fit in perfectly with the themes they had been working on, including tying into the creed of the Assassins that "nothing is true; everything is permitted". [12] The prince character was dropped, and the game focused solely on the assassin as the playable character. [12] [13] GameTrailers Assassin's Creed Video Review". GameTrailers. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009 . Retrieved October 6, 2014. D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 13, 2016). " 'Rogue One' Will Reign At Christmas Box Office; Do Other Movies Have A Shot?". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020 . Retrieved March 31, 2017. Assassin's Creed Mirage: The Poet Arib is Resting in the Eastern Outer Courtyard". itemlevel.net. October 10, 2023.Bradshaw, Peter (December 19, 2016). "Assassin's Creed review – Michael Fassbender game movie achieves transcendental boredom". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016 . Retrieved December 29, 2016. a b c Sinclair, Brendan (March 6, 2008). "Ubisoft sues over Assassin's Creed leak". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009 . Retrieved August 7, 2008. Carpenter, Nicole (September 10, 2022). " Assassin's Creed Mirage sets up Basim's origins in Baghdad, decades before Valhalla". Polygon. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022 . Retrieved September 11, 2022. Mirage has been described as a smaller Assassin's Creed title, with the main campaign lasting around 15–20 hours, similar to older games in the franchise. It was designed to celebrate the series' 15th anniversary, in which the developers used the technology built for Valhalla to create a game that pays tribute to the first Assassin's Creed. [15]

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