Assassin's Creed and Sid Lee Defy History

Sid Lee Paris and game company Ubisoft has brought the age of piracy to life in this new online campaign for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag. The two comapnies have collaborated to ”Defy History”, and allow fans to become part of a true historical painting that will be displayed in Le Musée de la Marine.

Available to view here, the 2,30m x 4,60m painting crafted by young artists from L’école Nationale des Beaux Arts de Paris, recreates an epic naval battle. The goal of the project is to create a real painting for famous national museums, inspired by the historical reality of the Age of Piracy, and to allow fans of Assassin’s Creed, to participate and be immortalised in the painting.

Users will be able to place their faces on characters from the painting, by using their webcam. Each character in the painting can be impersonated, be it a captain on a galleon bow, a dying soldier, or a sailor trying to escape the madness of the battle. By using a like-button, the visitors vote for their favorite faces with the most popular faces will be immortalised in the painting.

The campaign will continue throughout the summer and after the best faces have been found, the visitors will be able to see the evolution of the painting as the winners are painted into the picture. The final painting will then be showcased in September on the website as well as in different cultural institutions such as Musée de la Marine in Paris from November 5 to December 3.