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Ubi teases new Assassin's Creed

Trailer and weapons on countdown site.

Ubisoft has popped up a teaser website for its next Assassin's Creed title featuring Dr Warren Vidic banging on about the Templars.

The new game, pretty much confirmed as Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, is apparently due out this autumn.

"The destiny of man rests in our grasps. We will lead their hearts and minds to absolute peace," Vidic dramatically intones on the teaser site.

"Those who deny us fight for the wrong side of history and will not survive. Behold now the promise of victory in the visions of the Animus. Join us! The future awaits! The Templars await!"

Once Vidic's finished you can spin through a selection of weapons - an axe, fan, syringe, dagger and claw - and then if you click some symbols in a particular order you can unlock a sixth and a downloadable Abstergo wallpaper.

"You're a quick thinker! You'll be handy with this weapon," Vidic says in response to your display of wits. "Now commit as a Templar and end this war once and for all."

There's also a countdown timer on the site, which hit zero about a quarter of an hour ago, but nothing appears to have changed yet. Unless you can see something?

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood teaser video.