When Notre Dame caught fire in 2019, many feared that every detail of the centuries-old cathedral would be lost to history and that any effort to restore the building would fail to capture the many unique features that fascinate people. million visitors each year.

The story goes that an improbable helping hand came to the rescue: Ubisoft, the French company video game studio behind the dazzling success story that is the Assassin’s Creed series. Each incarnation of the game takes place in a different historical world, allowing players to explore everywhere from ancient Egypt to Renaissance Italy. The anthology has won millions of fans around the world thanks in large part to the incredibly accurate and realistic replicas of real-world buildings, allowing players to climb above the pyramids of Giza, the Bank of England in London and the Uffizi in Florence. Gallery.