Assassin's Creed: Memories
{{Infobox video game
| title = Assassin's Creed: Memories
| image = Assassin's Creed Memories cover.webp
| developer = {{plainlist|
- Ubisoft
- PlayNext
- GREE
}}
| publisher = Ubisoft
| series = Assassin's Creed
| released = August 21, 2014
| genre = Role-playing
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platform = iOS
}}
Assassin's Creed: Memories was a mobile game developed by Ubisoft along with PlayNext and GREE. It was released on iOS devices on August 21, 2014,{{cite web |last=Cowan |first=Danny |date=August 21, 2014 |title=Assassin's Creed Memories out now on iOS |url=https://money.yahoo.com/2014-08-21-assassins-creed-memories-out-now-on-ios.html |access-date=October 5, 2024 |work=Yahoo! |publisher=}} and combines card collection and battling, target chasing, and strategy elements, along with the option of competitive multiplayer.{{cite web |url=https://www.imore.com/assassins-creed-memories-offers-stabby-guild-based-card-battling |title=Assassin's Creed Memories offers stabby guild-based card battling |first=Simon |last=Sage |date=August 21, 2014 |access-date=February 28, 2019 |work=iMore |publisher=Mobile Nations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065741/https://www.imore.com/assassins-creed-memories-offers-stabby-guild-based-card-battling |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |url-status=dead }} Additional multiplayer options include allowing players to join a guild and engage in 20 vs. 20 guild combat scenarios. Set in the Assassin's Creed universe, the game features different historical eras, including the Third Crusade, the Golden Age of Piracy, feudal Japan, and the Mongolian Empire.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/08/21/new-assassin-s-creed-mobile-game-launches.aspx |title=Assassin's Creed Memories Launches On iOS |last=Miller |first=Matt |publisher=GameStop |magazine=Game Informer |date=21 August 2014 |access-date=22 August 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822010524/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/08/21/new-assassin-s-creed-mobile-game-launches.aspx |archive-date=22 August 2014}} The game was shut down and delisted on March 13, 2015.{{Cite web |last=Kurokawa |first=Ao |date=15 February 2015 |title=Assassin's Creed: Memories to be Closed at March 13 |url=https://thegoldenfriendshipaoiedogawa.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/assassins-creed-memories-to-be-closed-at-march-13/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819004333/https://thegoldenfriendshipaoiedogawa.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/assassins-creed-memories-to-be-closed-at-march-13/ |archive-date=19 August 2016 |access-date=27 June 2020 |work=The Golden Friendship Aoiedogawa}}
Development
Assassin's Creed: Memories was announced by Ubisoft on July 17, 2014, as a collaboration between Ubisoft, GREE, and PlayNext.{{Cite web |url=http://blog.ubi.com/assassins-creed-memories-announced |title=Assassin's Creed Memories Announced |first=Anne |last=Lewis |work=UbiBlog |date=17 July 2014 |access-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721034934/http://blog.ubi.com/assassins-creed-memories-announced/ |archive-date=21 July 2014}} It was quietly soft-launched in the Oceania region beforehand on July 7 as version 1.0,{{cite web |url=https://apptopia.com/ios/app/885419846/about |work=Apptopia |title=Assassin's Creed Memories |access-date=27 June 2020}} and officially released worldwide on August 21 as version 1.1.{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/8/21/6053353/assassins-creed-memories-ios |title=Assassin's Creed Memories is available for iOS now |first=Megan |last=Farokhmanesh |work=Polygon |date=21 August 2014 |access-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823164714/https://www.polygon.com/2014/8/21/6053353/assassins-creed-memories-ios |archive-date=23 August 2014}} The game received no further updates until 15 February 2015. PlayNext issued a statement in which Assassin's Creed: Memories would be shutting down. Microtransactions were disabled on February 16, and the final campaign and tournament occurred on February 23. The app itself was delisted from all digital storefronts on March 13.