Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines announced for PSP. Release date is November 10, 2009

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines PSP gameplay screenshot
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines is the upcoming all-new Assassin’s Creed PSP game whose storyline will bridge the gap between Assassins Creed 1 and Assasins Creed 2. The game will be released this November 10th.

As you can see in the screenshot above, the game looks to be a miniatured version of the console Assassin’s Creed game, with a fully explorable wide-open city and gameplay mechanics that will look familiar to those who have played the first game. Although naturally the cities, and graphics, are somewhat downgraded to fit the less powerful PSP hardware. But it will be fully 3D unlike previous Assassin’s Creed handheld titles like the DS’ Assassin’s Creed: Altair Chronicles.

In the game players will once again assume the role of Altaïr (full name Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad) and the game will explain the link between him, Desmond Miles and Assassin’s Creed 2’s hero Ezio (full name: Ezio Auditore de Firenze).