Next week sees the release of Assassins Creed Altaïr’s Chronicles on the Nintendo DS.

A direct prequel to the much-lorded game, Assassin’s Creed; Assassins Creed Altaïr’s Chronicles will afford players a better insight into the game’s protagonist, Altaïr, and will reveal much more about his history.

With a full 3D world players are able to travel through, and battle, in four different cities in the Middle East as part of the Crusades. Players will use acrobatic moves matched with exciting swordplay to defeat the enemies within the game.

John Parkes, EMEA Marketing Director at Ubisoft says about Assassins Creed:

“The success of Assassin’s Creed worldwide has been incredible and we’re excited to delve deeper into the story and bring it to the Nintendo DS”.

With Assassins Creed Altaïr’s Chronicles being released this marks the perfect time to pick up a Nintendo DS Lite if you don’t have one already.