'Assassin's Creed' Promo Invites Fans to Become Immortalized in Parisian Painting

Ubisoft, makers of the historical action-adventure video game franchise Assassin’s Creed, have created a decidedly artistic and original campaign, titled “Defy History“, to promote the next installment of its popular series — Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag.

Playing off the game’s historical setting and furthering the concept of video games as art, the promo urges fans to “become part of a masterpiece” by digitally placing their own faces in a painting crafted by artists from L’Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris.

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