<s>
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
Identity	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
Blue	O
Byte	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
takes	O
place	O
alongside	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Brotherhood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
25	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
on	O
18	O
May	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
during	O
the	O
Italian	O
Renaissance	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
16th	O
century	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
locations	O
from	O
both	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
Brotherhood	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Rome	O
,	O
Florence	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Monteriggioni	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forlì	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
a	O
chapter	O
released	O
separately	O
as	O
DLC	B-Protocol
on	O
18	O
May	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
opens	O
in	O
Florence	B-Application
in	O
1501	O
as	O
Lo	O
Sparviero	O
escapes	O
from	O
the	O
city	O
guards	O
after	O
carrying	O
out	O
an	O
assassination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1506	O
,	O
Lo	O
Sparviero	O
stops	O
a	O
man	O
wearing	O
black-feathered	O
armor	O
from	O
killing	O
the	O
Assassins	O
 '	O
ally	O
,	O
Leonardo	B-Application
da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
train	O
the	O
Crows	O
,	O
Cesare	O
used	O
his	O
contacts	O
to	O
trick	O
a	O
Spanish	O
Assassin	O
named	O
Raphael	B-Application
Sánchez	I-Application
into	O
thinking	O
he	O
was	O
helping	O
the	B-Application
Brotherhood	I-Application
,	O
when	O
in	O
reality	O
he	O
taught	O
Cesare	O
's	O
recruits	O
how	O
to	O
replicate	O
the	O
Assasssins	O
 '	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
Identity	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Blue	O
Byte	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
soft-launched	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
Australia	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
general	O
worldwide	O
release	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
25	O
February	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
18	O
May	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
Identity	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
