First, a little story…

It’s Christmas Eve 2007. I’m 17 and I’m so excited to play the new Assassin’s Creed game that I break all the Christmas present rules. I unwrap the game from its cellophane and play the game for a few hours before sneaking it back to where I found it. To this day, my parents are none the wiser.

Such is my enduring obsession with Assassin’s Creed, its ability to take us back in time and its immersive worlds, that I am now so excited that my favourite period of history is finally part of it all.

Ancient Egypt

As a child my favourite period of history was always Ancient Egypt. I had books, fold out life-size mummies, drew pyramids and palm trees along the winding Nile and went on museum tours with my older sisters just to see the Egyptian exhibits. I even wrote bizarre Michael Jordan and Tutankhamun crossover stories when I was around 7 years old. Well, Space Jam was all the rage back then.

Assassin’s Creed

The series has taken us through many periods of history, all as interesting as the last and all stunningly recreated.

Now they have taken the series into my favourite period of history, and it was worth the wait. It looks gorgeous on the current generation of consoles and PC. What excited me most about this game was getting to explore places lost to the sands of time.