6 years ago Patrice Désilets (creator of Assassins Creed) left Ubisoft to make his own game with THQ. 1666 Amsterdam was similar to the AC series, with the exception that you play an evil sorcerer who utilizes black magic to control animals. Here's some awesome unreleased game footage coming to us this morning via Reddit...

Pretty awesome right? Désilets just won back the rights to the game after Ubisoft claimed it in their acquisition of THQ! I'm really hoping we can see an updated version of this game!