For 'Assassin's Creed' creator, new game ends a 'very personal' battle

An action-adventure game developed with a team of about 70, 1666: Amsterdam puts players in control of a witch and can play in different eras – 1666, 1999 and the present. — Panache Digital Games

COLOGNE: More than 15 years, a legal clash and a bankruptcy later, Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Desilets is looking to the future with another game that returns to the past, 1666: Amsterdam.

Set during the European witch hunts, the game was warmly received when presented at the Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles in June, and Desilets said he was almost overcome with emotion shortly before taking the stage.