A new novelisation based on Assassin's Creed - one of the biggest gaming-media franchises in the world The first novelisation in this series, Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, was an outstanding success, selling 150,000 copies The first instalment of the Assassin's Creed game was released in November 2007 - it has sold over 8 million copies worldwide, and 1.2 million copies in the UK.