Ubi plans Assassin's Creed encyclopedia

By Fred Dutton Published 25 March, 2011

Will pay eloquent superfan to write it.

Ubisoft has put a recruiting call for an Assassin's Creed buff to help pen a forthcoming franchise encyclopedia.

"As the more faithful among you know by now, we are working on an Assassin's Creed encyclopedia (well my human colleagues are, I mostly make sure they do it right). A huge task by all means," read a post on the UbiWorkshop site, spotted by CVG.

"So, we need somebody to help them advance the project. Make no mistake, this is a job offer, not some petty human crowdsourcing trick."

Applicants will need "excellent English writing skills", "an accurate knowledge of the Assassin's Creed universe" and "sharp organizational skills (the amount of information to collect and sort out is enormous)".

"Beginners can apply," insisted the listing, "we wouldn't want to miss out on someone passionate and talented just because he or she doesn't have a five-year experience."

To be in with a shot you'll need to send your particulars to volt@ubisoft.com, along with sample encyclopedia entries detailing two of the following: a main character of your choice, a secondary character of your choice, The Animus or an overview of a major historical event featured in the franchise.

There's plenty of material to draw from. As well as the three main titles and their DLC, there's also a number of handheld spin-offs, Facebook tie-ins, graphic novels, smartphone games and an animated short to consider. Best get thee to Wikipedia.

However, before you rush over to your bureau and dust off your letter writing kit, know this: the listing states that applicants who live in or near Montreal, Canada will have a headstart, although it hasn't ruled out the possibility of remote work.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • TeeHee #1 1 year ago


    Templars are evil, Desmond is Adam and Aliums did it.

    when do i start?

  • the_dudefather #2 1 year ago

    I know that the liberation of Roma has begun

  • GooseUK #3 1 year ago

    Well i would have actually applied for this... then i read the last line and thought... oh well

  • the_merchant #4 1 year ago

    Sounds like an awful lot of work and since I'm not a super passionate fan of this franchise, this is not a job I'd want to do. I do like the fact that they're looking for people from the gaming community though. This should happen more often. Like what Media Molecule does when they offer jobs to the best Little Big Planet level designers.

  • the_merchant #5 1 year ago

    Sounds like an awful lot of work and since I'm not a super passionate fan of this franchise, this is not a job I'd want to do. I do like the fact that they're looking for people from the gaming community though. This should happen more often. Like what Media Molecule does when they offer jobs to the best Little Big Planet level designers.

  • kitsuneyo #6 1 year ago

    What makes Ubi think anyone with a brain could be passionate about that shitty, terribly written, ultra dull game? (The first one I mean, haven't played the second.)

  • callum9999 #7 1 year ago

    Well out of the 4 people who commented, at least 1 wanted to do it...

    I can't see them having an issues filling the role with ease.
    Edited by callum9999 at 25/03/11 @ 23:20

  • 8bitMofo #8 1 year ago

    An Opus for a video game?

    Do I sense a Super-special, black, ultimate collector edition for Assassins Creed 3?

    £299.99?

  • Razorus #9 1 year ago

    What annoys me about this is that they will write the Encyclopedia which will include everything we know so far, but not Assassin's Creed 3, which will undoubtedly spin off it's own mini universe like AC2 has done. Then they will release another version of the Encyclopedia with retconned information and all the AC3 stuff.
    It's like with the Halo one I have. It's great, but doesn't take into account Halo Reach, the book Cryptum, or the new Fall of Reach re-release (which retcons several facts) and any other upcoming comics.
    Note to developers/publishers: FINISH your franchise first, THEN make the encyclopedia.

  • darkmorgado #10 1 year ago

    @Razorus

    There's a revised edition of the Halo encyclopaedia due out in September I think.

  • Optyk #11 1 year ago

    I'm sure theres probably already an AC Wiki out there thats done all this.

  • Sodding_Gamer #12 1 year ago

    There actually is an Assassins creed Wiki already out there. Along with a million of other unofficial game wikis out there!