Assassinations in Fiction - Video Games

Video Games

• Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (1983) — Adventure game focusing on a murder case in Kobe, Japan.
• Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode (1988) and Golgo 13: The Mafat Conspiracy (1990) — two NES games based on the Anime/Manga.
• Grand Theft Auto series (1997–2008) — features numerous missions which involve assassination.
• Tenchu (1998–2008) — Same as above, the originator of the next-generation ninja subterfuge gaming genre. Released earlier, more story-driven and somewhat less political, assassination is a trademark feature of the series.
• Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) — Tactical stealth game which involves the assassination of various targets. It was followed by a number of sequels.
• Ragnarok Online (2001) — An MMORPG where the player can choose to become an assassin as a second job class.
• Splinter Cell (2002) — Stealth action game which ends with an assassination of a powerful political leader.
• Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002) — role-playing video game with numerous assassinations and even a guild dedicated to assassinations called the Morag Tong.
• XIII (2003) — about an amnesiac and the assassination of a US President.
• Grand Chase (2003) — Lass, the Thief and the fourth character, is an assassin as a second job using a curved sword called Scimitar.
• JFK: Reloaded (2004) — The game's sole objective is to recreate the John F. Kennedy assassination.
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004) — Several assignments (some mandatory, some optional) involving assassination are included in this game, and the endgame involves the player deciding whether to assassinate one or both of the game's vampire clan leader antagonists.
• Shinobido (2005) — Heavily stealth-based video game centred around feudal-era Japan and its inhabitants. The protagonist is a ninja, who is given contact killing missons among others, and becomes a politically heavily involved reconnaissance agent, thief and mostly, assassin.
• Total War (2006) — a strategy game series where the player can send assassins against opponents.
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) — role-playing video game in which one may join an assassins' guild, the Dark Brotherhood. Also, the main storyline opens with an emperor being assassinated; the entire game hinges on this event.
• The Godfather: The Game (2006) — the game features several missions with the goal to assassinating high-ranking members of the Five Families, including the Dons.
• Assassin's Creed (2007) — Game in which one plays a member of the Hashshashin sect during the Third Crusade.
• Team Fortress 2 (2007) — features one class, the spy, whose purpose is to assassinate other players. He features a knife among his weaponry that will kill instantly if it is a stab to the back of a character.
• No More Heroes (2007) — The player is an assassin called Travis Touchdown who is the 11th ranked assassin of an organization called the UAA. The game leads the player to fight against the top 10 assassins of the UAA.
• Call of Duty 4 (2007) — In two missions, the player plays as a sniper on a failed assassination attempt.
• Star Wars: Force Unleashed (2008) — The four first levels are a mission where the player attempts to assassinate Jedi masters.
• Fable II (2008) — This player can be an assassin.
• Call of Duty: World at War (2008) — In the first level of the Russian campaign, the player participates in the assassination of a Nazi general responsible for Stalingrad atrocities.
• MadWorld (2009) — The gameplay revolves around how creatively you murder other contestants in a game called "Deathwatch".
• Assassin's Creed II (2009) — The player assumes the role of a young nobleman-turned-assassin named Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The plot takes place in Renaissance Italy.
• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (2010) — Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze returns.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) — Operatives Mason and Woods are sent to Cuba to assassinate Fidel Castro, but later find out that he had a look-alike. Another instance is when the player finds out that Mason was a conspirator in the John F. Kennedy assassination at the end of the game.
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011) — Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze returns for the final time.
• Batman: Arkham City (2011) — The secondary mission "Shot In The Dark" involves contract killings. The League Of Assassins are also part of the main plot.
• Assassin's Creed III (2012) — A new Assassin arises to the creed.