Assassin's Creed 2 for "holiday 2009"

By Tom Bramwell Published 17 April, 2009

All current-gen formats, new teaser.

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed 2 will be released on "all current-generation platforms" during this "holiday", which usually means the period leading up to Christmas, as opposed to, say, that week I've booked off in May.

The publisher also released a teaser trailer, which shows nothing of the game itself but announces via hammy voiceover that things are not what they seem in Renaissance Italy.

Which, of course, we already knew, because everyone gutted the Game Informer preview earlier this week, revealing that the game takes in the cities of Venice and Florence, gives you control of a young noble turned assassin called Ezio, and includes real-life figures like Leonardo da Vinci as your mate.

It also aims to improve on the first game's free-running, combat, openworld, mission structure, AI and pretty much everything else, which is very promising. There's no word on what's happened to Desmond though.

"Our creative team is working hard to top the experience of Assassin's Creed," said Patrice Desilets, creative director at Ubisoft, as the publisher reminded us that the first game sold over 8 million copies.

"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."

Check out our original Assassin's Creed review to see what Ubisoft's trying to top.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • bad09 #1 3 years ago

    I looked last night but couldn't find one. Tonight I'm hunting down AC and playing it this weekend!

  • muscleblade #2 3 years ago

    "all current-generation platforms"

    So its coming to the Wii as well then. Hmmm. I think they should focus on the 360 version. The PC and PS3 versions wasnt up to par with
    the 360 version for some reason either.
    Edited by 1 at 17/04/09 @ 08:42

  • Mooks #3 3 years ago

    I loved the first game, ok it was buggy in places but the atmosphere and immersion was fantastic, cant wait :D

  • JahB #4 3 years ago

    So its coming to the Wii as well then.

    i don't think so, since the Wii is technically not a current-gen platform, and mature games don't sell well on it either. plus, AC on DS flopped badly, so 360/PS3 and a PC port a few months later (just like last time round) would be my bet.

  • asphaltcowboy #5 3 years ago

    woo!

  • space_ace #6 3 years ago

    "current-generation platforms"

    ha, i missed the moment when they stopped calling them "next-gen" - nice! :)

    so, making improvements to an 8m selling game, why? not that i'll complain if it's true :)

  • Eraysor #7 3 years ago

    The original was far better than all the reviews suggest, providing you don't pay £40 for the game. Can't wait to find out more about those pieces of Eden.

  • KillallHippies #8 3 years ago

    Hopefully this time it won't become unbearably shit after the first hour.
    And assassinating people will be fun. It's a core issue if assassinations are dull in assassins creed. Hate to say it, but there's a lot it can learn from Tenchu.

  • Gazza_UK #9 3 years ago

    Those data collecting missions have gone from only 4 types to over 20 i think.. and they've got rid of the nonsensical flag gathering missions .. things are already looking up :)

    I really liked the first one but (as everyone knows) it became repetitive and too easy i thought, in the end i only ran away for amusement rather than the need to survive.

  • bad09 #10 3 years ago

    \o/

    My lovely Mrs read my post this morning and got me AC while I was working late! Too tired to play tonight now though!

    / hugs Mrs and thanks his lucky stars she is so cool (just in case she's reading!)

  • Vandit96 #11 3 years ago

    yuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :D
    Can't wait!

  • bookworm8at #12 3 years ago

    "all current-generation platforms"

    Does this mean "all current-generation proprietary gaming hardware appliances", or will this be running on Windows, Android, GNU/Linux, BSD, OSX and Open Solaris?

    "since the Wii is technically not a current-gen platform"

    http://en.wik ipedia.org/wiki/Generation is in no way related to the technology in the device. The Wii replaced its predecessor, the game cube, making it part of the current generation of game consoles.

    /being-a-smart-ass