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Why Friday the 13th was bad luck for the Knights Templar and their legacy

In Ridley Scott’s 2005 epic Kingdom of Heaven, The Knights Templar are portrayed as violent extremists. The film is about a crusader, Balian of Ibelin, who is fighting to defend the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem from the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, Saladin.

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Assassin's Creed devs say they'll be getting around to the whole Assassins vs Templars and modern setting stuff 'at some point, in some fashion'

Totally eventually possibly.

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Assassin's Creed has gone a bit off the rails, but Ubisoft says it hasn't forgotten about the whole Assassins versus Templars thing, with a "deep dive" on the conflict coming "in the near future"

Now eventually you do plan to have Templars in your Assassins versus Templars game, right?

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Hear power metal wardogs Sabaton dive into mediaeval history with new song Templars

The armour-plated Swedes have signed to Better Noise Music and are readying their next album

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Assassin's Creed Shadows is the closest we've been to Ezio's timeline since Revelations, and that could be huge for Codename Hexe

Opinion | The Templars are back in AC Shadows, bringing the RPG back to its roots

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Wyrdsong, the RPG from ex-Bethesda talent, isn't dead—but it's no longer an open world: 'We're down to a skeleton crew'

The next game from the project lead of Fallout 76 has been scaled back amid rough industry seas.

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2 knights, 1 horse − how a legendary Knights Templar symbol has puzzled and fascinated since the Middle Ages

The Knights Templar, a legendary monastic military order forged in the fires of the Crusades, continue to enthrall 21st-century audiences.

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How Star Wars' Jedi were inspired by the Knights Templar

Star Wars is once again in the spotlight and pulling on nostalgic heartstrings in the new Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen. The series follows members of the knightly order of Jedi as they are persecuted across the galaxy. What many might not know is…

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