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[UPDATE]: Is This Assassin's Creed III? Nope...

rumor

by Jeff Marchiafava on April 05, 2011 at 06:30 PM

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[UPDATE]: GI reader revistinha1 managed to dig up a link to the original Deviantart post of the clever mockup, which we missed during our search of the social network site yesterday.

Deviantart user boup0quod is the talented artist responsible for the image, which is just one of many professional-looking posters he has done for movies and video games.

Thanks again to revisitinha1 for the tip!

[ORIGINAL STORY]: A provocative new image has popped up on the Internet, and rumors are already claiming that it's from Assassin's Creed III. However, critics are already calling the shot a fake. So which is it? You be the judge...

VGHQ posted the image, which the site says was sent to them by a tipster. Readers in the post's comments section claim that it's a fake taken from Deviantart, but it's an exciting possibility nonetheless. Here's the full image:

What do you think? Could it be legit, or is it just the wishful thinking of a talented fan?

Thanks to Kyle Sondergaard for the news tip!

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Filed under: News, Rumor, assassin's creed iii

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by Alphonsus Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:41 PM

This would be a very interesting setting for the third game, but it looks highly unlikely. I wonder how the assassin can work in the American Revolution?
by Elfstrum Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:42 PM

If fake, that is a good looking fake.

But AC3 in Revolutionary France is a great idea (especially for French Canadan Ubisoft)
by John Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:42 PM

I don't want to play as just another white dude. I was really excited about the possibility of playing as a Mayan. I really hope this is fake, which I'm sure it is.
by Koob24 Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:43 PM

If this is real, it might be the greatest plot ever!
by The Masked Marauder Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:43 PM

It would be awesome if it was real. But who knows?
by firepawl23 Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:44 PM

This better be fake cause i do not want the next AC game to take place in Europe because we already had 2 AC games in Europe
by firepawl23 Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:44 PM

This better be fake cause i do not want the next AC game to take place in Europe because we already had 2 AC games in Europe
by dillon Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:46 PM

Thats actually really cool and id love it but I don't think its real
by TreBl Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:53 PM

I thought that Assassin's Creed III was about a Russian? Was I wrong? And this is almost undoubtedly a fake. Thanks Marchiafava.
by Nate77 Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:55 PM

Looks sick!!!
by Keiji Auditore Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:55 PM

I think after Desilets left and stole the talent Ubisoft got setback a little with AC. Even though they wanted this to be a yearly series I doubt there will be one by the end of this year. Probably 2012 and I doubt it will be the French Revolution... At least I hope not. I rather it be somewhere cooler.
by MrYoungzman Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:56 PM

I'm calling fake, Assassin's Creed never do this. For AC2,they came up out of nowhere ^_^.
by alan Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:56 PM

It's one of those things that you know are fake, but secretly hoping is real. P.s. if AC 3 really is France then every time you tried to assassinate someone they would just give up.
by revistinha1 Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 06:58 PM

http://boup0quod.deviantart.com/art/Assassin-s-Creed-3-Poster-198599750 here, this is the original image , not Assassins creed 3 and gameinformer knows that ;)
by Thomas Elliott Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 07:00 PM

The French revolution would be a pretty good fit for the series, so I hope this is real. At least, it seems entirely possible that it's real
by Arthur Edwards Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 07:01 PM

As interesting as that setting is, we should not discount the possibility of this being not some enterprising fan's mock-up, but something Ubisoft let loose in an analogy of WW2's Operation Mincemeat. It wouldn't be that hard - or costly - to have some of the art guys gun up a few things like this and then slip them quietly into the wild and let the 'tipsters' go nuts.
by Forsberg Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 07:04 PM

Fake
by DonegalExpress Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 07:05 PM

I want it to be real sooooooooo bad!
by DonegalExpress Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 07:06 PM

I want it to be real sooooooooo bad!
by Jason Spencer Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 07:08 PM

I don't know...the French Revolution is a strange place for an assassin---there was blood being spilt everywhere! I was thinking an American Revolution storyline that would somehow tie in the assassins' way of thinking with the establishment of the republic.