Assassin's Creed Revelations: Athletes and Assassins

By Stephen Douglas

Sponsored By Ubisoft

Before the Vikings lost 45-7 to the Packers on Monday night in Week 10, Ubisoft sent advance copies to Peterson and Packers monster lineman, B.J. Raji. Peterson, along with Chris Kluwe and Joe Webb beat the Packers’ team of assassins “convincingly.” Riding high off a victory in Revelations, Peterson was hopeful about using the game in trash talk during the Monday night match-up.

From ESPN: “Oh yeah, you know I’ll find  a way to bring it up,” says Peterson. “It’s us competing against each other in a different form, but if I get the opportunity on the field,  I’ll bring it up.”

The question is, when Peterson slashed through the Packers line for Minnesota’s lone touchdown that night, did he scream, “I have wounded your defense worse than that time I stuck Vlad The Impaler’s sword through the stomach of a Templar!” Or did he just jog back to the sideline because his team was still down 17 at the time?

B.J. Penn also has some time to sit around and work with Ezio. Coming off a tough loss to Nick Diaz in October, Penn is taking some time off before training again. Penn may have been the best fit for the game’s advertisement since the skills in his sport are the closest to that of an assassin. Maybe the game’s creators should have made Ezio lick his victims blood off his hands the way that B.J. has been known to do inside the Octagon.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. Available Now.