Assassin's Creed 2 officially slated for winter 2009 release
- April 17, 2009 13:44 PM PST
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New assassin Ezio will begin tearing apart Italy this winter in Assassin's Creed 2, according to Ubisoft.
Ubisoft's stealthy adventure series will continue on this winter (which goes against what Ubisoft overlord Yves Guillemot said earlier this year) with Assassin's Creed 2, and it's apparently coming along swimmingly. New assassin Ezio (pictured above), a noble from Renaissance-era Italy, will carry the torch left by Altair in the first game, and Ubisoft has high hopes for the upcoming game. "We've made improvements to every aspect of the game," states Patrice Desilets, creative director at Ubisoft. "We've plunged ourselves into the stunning history of the Italian Renaissance so that we can offer fans a unique, varied and innovative Assassin's Creed experience." Though nothing new has been posted to the teaser site, we'll continue to check for new information.
See below for the recently unveiled teaser trailer and the full press release. Look for Assassin's Creed 2 this winter.
UBISOFT UNVEILS ASSASSIN'S CREED II
SAN FRANCISCO - April 16, 2009 - Today Ubisoft announced that Ubisoft Montreal is developing Assassin's Creed II on all current-generation platforms for a scheduled Holiday 2009 release. The initial installment of Assassin's Creed? was released in November 2007 to popular and critical success, selling 8 million copies worldwide and garnering awards such as Best Action Game 2007 from 1UP and Outstanding Achievement in Animation from the AIAS.
Assassin's Creed II is the product of over two years of intensive development by the original creative team behind the Assassin's Creed brand. In a vast open world environment, the game invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy. Ezio's subsequent quest for vengeance plunges players into a captivating and epic story that offers more variety in missions, surprising and engaging new gameplay elements, diverse weapons and a profound character progression that will appeal to fans of the original Assassin's Creed as well as entice players new to the brand.
"Our creative team is working hard to top the experience of Assassin's Creed," said Patrice Desilets, creative director at Ubisoft. "We've made improvements to every aspect of the game. We've plunged ourselves into the stunning history of the Italian Renaissance so that we can offer fans a unique, varied and innovative Assassin's Creed experience."
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- Apr 16 2009 at 12:32:29:PM PST
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enzio looks pretty bad ass even for an assassin he looks awesome i cant wait for this game to come out
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.....now he looks like something that was taken straight from a Castlevania game.......cool still....
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am flipping pumped for this game. Enzio sounds and looks almost like a Zorro character(AKA amazing). And Italian Renaissance will be the perfect setting for Assassin's Creed 2.
PS - Dual blades? I think so!
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Um..
You guys kinda spelled "Altier" wrong. Its Altair.
Man this comment sounds snotty. (not trying to be)
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I'm still skeptical about this. I didn't like the first game because of the repetition.
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FETALJUICE wrote:
I'm still skeptical about this. I didn't like the first game because of the repetition.
they did say improvements
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