Netflix announces new series based on one of the biggest video games of all time

Netflix has officially announced the go-ahead for a live-action series adaptation of the massively popular Assassin's Creed video games.

After five years of anticipation, whispers of the series began when Netflix inked a deal with Ubisoft, the game's developer, in 2020.

The streaming giant has now confirmed that the project is set to embark on its journey, with Emmy-nominated scribes Roberto Patino (known for Westworld and Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Halo) at the helm as creators, showrunners, and executive producers.

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Drawing from one of the most successful gaming franchises ever, which boasts over 200 million copies sold, each instalment of the game series introduces a protagonist who accesses their ancestors' memories, all members of a clandestine order of assassins entwined with historical events.

The logline for the forthcoming Netflix series reads: "Assassin's Creed is a high-octane thriller centered on the secret war between two shadowy factions - one set on determining mankind's future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will", reports the Express.

"The series follows its characters across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity's destiny."

Patino and Wiener expressed their enthusiasm, stating jointly: "We've been fans of Assassin's Creed since its release in 2007.

"Every day we work on this show, we come away excited and humbled by the possibilities that Assassin's Creed opens to us.

"Beneath the scope, the spectacle, the parkour and the thrills is a baseline for the most essential kind of human story - about people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith.

"It is about power and violence and sex and greed and vengeance.

"But more than anything, this is a show about the value of human connection, across cultures, across time.

"And it's about what we stand to lose as a species, when those connections break. We've got an amazing team behind us with the folks at Ubisoft and our champions at Netflix, and we're committed to creating something undeniable for fans all over the planet."

Netflix has previously struck gold adapting beloved gaming franchises, with animated hits including Castlevania, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Arcane - the latter being inspired by the popular online title League of Legends.

The streaming giant also transformed the horror series Resident Evil into a live-action offering back in 2022.

Netflix's upcoming Assassin's Creed series comes after the widely criticised 2016 cinema adaptation featuring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.

Assassin's Creed does not yet have a release date.