Assassin’s Creed game could be used to restore Notre Dame

Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Picture: Eric Feferburg/AFP/Getty Images

placeholder image — Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Picture: Eric Feferburg/AFP/Getty Images

The company behind the Assassin’s Creed video games has pledged €500,000 (£434,000) to help restore Notre Dame Cathedral.

French publisher Ubisoft featured a painstaking recreation of the landmark in its 2014 game Assassin’s Creed Unity, which is set in Paris during the French Revolution.

Now, after fire ripped through the 850-year-old building earlier this week, the company is vowing to help with its reconstruction.

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Unity will be available for free to PC users for the next week in a move Ubisoft says will “give everyone the chance to experience the majesty and beauty of Notre Dame”.

“Video games can enable us to explore places in ways we never could have otherwise imagined,” Ubisoft said. “We hope, with this small gesture, we can provide everyone an opportunity to appreciate our virtual homage to this monumental piece of architecture.”

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