Assassins Creed DS officially official

Finally, Ubisoft have come out and said what we have "known" for some time - Assassins Creed is coming to a DS near you soon.

No big surprises on what the gameplay entails - It's the console version shrunk for the DS. I think that's a good thing though, and am looking forward to playing the game some time next month (still no official release date, a far as I can tell).

Assassin's Creed Altaïr's Chronicles is the direct prequel of the critically acclaimed console title Assassin's Creed™, where players discover more about the protagonist Altaïr and his deep history. The game features a fully realized 3D world in which players will travel and battle through four cities of the Crusade's Middle East, using acrobatic moves and exhilarating combo attacks that mix sword skills and high-flying kicks.

Along with the announcement we have proper screenshots - considerably better than the boxart scan from the other day - and they look really nice. Especially when you consider the console they are from is known for being less than stella in the performance stakes.