In many ways, Victorian England was the birthplace of the modern criminal. As the Industrial Revolution chugged on, workers flocked to England's growing cities, living in slums and working for paltry wages. Faced with dangerous working conditions and struggling to feed hungry families, many Victorians turned to crime to make ends meet, instead. Gangs ruled the streets. Prisons overflowed
Victorian London might not have been very nice place to live, but it makes a great setting for a video game.
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"London was the first city to experience suburbanization, and one of the first cities to change because of the impacts of the Industrial Revolution," says Jean-Vincent Roy, Ubisoft Quebec's resident historian. "To us, this made the city exceedingly interesting to explore and represent in an Assassin's Creed game." Read more...
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