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Adds new story and multiplayer.

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood will ship on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in late 2010.

This is the episodic instalment that brings multiplayer to the series.

The single-player story follows ACII hero Ezio in another battle with the Templar Order. He'll begin as a Master Assassin, command the entire Brotherhood and take the fight to Rome, where Pope Roland Ratzinger lives.

Multiplayer reverses roles and has us control Templars via the regression chair at fictional baddie-company Abstergo. You'll be able to choose from a variety of characters, each with their own signature weapon and techniques.

Ubisoft promises different game modes, but doesn't go into detail.

"Shadows and dust, Maximus!" Er wait hold on.

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bad09 #1 2 years ago

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Hopefully next week Ubiscum will reveal big losses on quarter 4 and scrap the silly DRM by the end of the year so I can buy this...and AC2....SH5....and SP:C....and Ghost Recon....etc etc...
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M_of_the_sys #2 2 years ago

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I still don't see how multiplayer will work. I'd be all for co-op but head to head doesn't seem to suit this kind of game.
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FreakyZoid #3 2 years ago

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Presumably the multiplayer will be deliberately non-symmetrical like the spy vs merc stuff in Splinter Cell? Slow moving but powerful Templar team vs fast but weak Assassin team.
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M_of_the_sys #4 2 years ago

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@FreakyZoid

I don't see how the current combat system will work though. Will it just be a case of two people constantly countering attacks? Will it be stealth kills only? I guess we will have to wait and see but, personally, I don't think the current combat system would work in MP.
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ianegg #5 2 years ago

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@M_of_the_sys

Maybe adding faking to the combat would go towards countering the counters. I don't think it would be too hard to broaden the combat system into something passable for versus play. Making it actually good may be more challenging.

Edited by ianegg at 12/05/10 @ 09:38
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FreakyZoid #6 2 years ago

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Early on in the 1st one it was very hard to fight the templar kinghts. In Splinter Cell you played "standard" echelon spies, not Sam Fisher level ones. There's no reason to think the assassin players would be as invincible as the single player characters are by midway through the games.
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MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #7 2 years ago

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I think you'll find I called this yesterday.
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PYF #8 2 years ago

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Rome? I thought Roland Rat lived under Kings Cross Station.

Yeeeaaahhhh.
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alfr #9 2 years ago

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I loved AC2 (I got my first 'Completed' game status on Xbox 360), but I'm not interested in multiplayer stuff at all, so hopefully there will be enough single player stuff too.
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Dave_McCoy #10 2 years ago

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I'm hoping that they're working on AC3 as well as this. While I hope this game will be decent I'd rather them crack on with the story.
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cianchristopher #11 2 years ago

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Can't wait for the announcement that the PC version will be delayed until next year, for polishing...
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kangarootoo #12 2 years ago

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No mention of co-op is a shame.
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makeamazing #13 2 years ago

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PatAu the DLC has already been released?

I cant wait for this, but i hope that its not a limited single player and MP (MP trophies).
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trubadman #14 2 years ago

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episodic instalment - I assume that means that this will be available by PSN
edit: oh and xbox live!!

Edited by trubadman at 12/05/10 @ 13:52
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MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #15 2 years ago

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-6 for making an accurate prediction? Is there some sort of witch hunt on? Can I expect Derren Brown to come round and make a documentary about me?
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Starkillah_79 #16 2 years ago

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soundz nice, especially the mp part - looking forward to it @E3! And Ubi, please come up with some real trailer ...
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Trafford #17 2 years ago

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Roland Ratzinger,your having a laugh Ubi.Didn't he play for Germany?
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Ducklord #18 2 years ago

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What I'd reaaaallllly like to see for any multiplayer is more than 'kill each other!!!!111', and perhaps more scenario based- like 'templars defend this person, assassins kill him' etc. Too much to ask?
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