The prequel focuses on following Altair around as opposed to the futuristic character. The game will elaborate on Altair’s back story and use the touch screen to do many of the tasks simply assigned to buttons in the 360 version like pick-pocketing. The developer for the game is going to be GameLoft and not Ubisoft Montreal, the original developers of Assassin’s Creed for Xbox 360. They developed the cell phone version of the game, but who knows how it will turn out. The release of this game cover basically just confirms the game after it was featured on numerous Nintendo 2008 release lists. Get excited…kinda.

via [GameSpot]