Lilith Games and Ubisoft today announce a new official partnership which sees Ezio from Assassin’s Creed make a leap of faith into the fantasy RPG realm of Lilith Games mobile mega-hit, AFK Arena. Ezio will appear as a playable hero in AFK Arena from today.

. Alongside today's announcement came a live-action trailer that you can check out below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFuWXJwwSxU

Ezio is arguably the series' most popular protagonist to date and has starred in three separate AC games: Assassins' Creed 2, Brotherhood, and Revelations.

“We’re excited to see AFK Arena’s core audience continuing to explode across the globe and we’re thrilled to add Ezio from Assassin’s Creed to our hero line up from today,” commented Xiao Dong, Producer of AFK Arena, Lilith Games.

Ezio's arrival is very welcome indeed, and you can grab him now for free until next Thursday, August 20th. After then, he'll become a paid character. AFK Arena is available for download now as a free-to-play game from over on the App Store and Google Play.

AFK Arena celebrated its first birthday in June this year and has been downloaded over 40 million times to date achieving the mythical feat of attaining a dedicated legion of casual mobile players from both Western and Eastern audiences. The game was nominated for Google Play’s Best of 2019 Users’ Choice Best Game Award and continues to be a mobile fan favorite.