Assassin’s Creed II is the follow-up to the title that became the fastest-selling new IP in video game history. The highly anticipated title features a new hero, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a young Italian noble, and a new era, the Renaissance.

Assassin’s Creed II retains the core game play experience that made the first opus a resounding success and features new experiences that will surprise and challenge players.

Assassin’s Creed II is an epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. Ezio befriends Leonardo da Vinci, takes on Florence’s most powerful families and ventures throughout the canals of Venice where he learns to become a master assassin.

Ubisoft’s ambitious stealth sandbox series moves to the 15th century, giving players a newfound sense of freedom in renaissance Italy.

The original Assassin’s Creed was a brave step forward for adventure games, taking players away from the comforts of contemporary-set action and placing them into the brutality of the Holy Lands as part of the Third Crusade. Although a direct sequel to the first in the series, Assassin’s Creed II moves forward to 15th century Italy, letting players explore the renaissance cities of Florence and Venice. Learning of his assassin pedigree after his family is betrayed, players take control of young Italian noble, Auditore da Firenze, during his quest for vengeance.

With Assassin’s Creed II’s new storyline comes a greater emphasis on perfecting skills. Learning the ways of the assassin from the ground up, players can now use new weaponry and stealth moves to engage enemies, ripping weapons from their hands to use against them. A greater level of freedom allows players to tackle assassin missions when they choose, with a far more varied selection ensuring gameplay never grows stale.

Assassin’s Creed II expands on the original’s grand scope, giving players more freedom to explore detailed Italian cities and tackle the varied missions when ready.

Publisher:

UBISOFT

Platform:

PS3

Genre:

Action/Adventure

"...one of the most compelling games of the year..." - GamesMaster, page 79 (09 November 2009)

EZIO, A NEW ASSASSIN FOR A NEW ERA
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a young Italian noble who will learn the ways of the assassins after his family was betrayed and he looks to seek vengeance. He is a lady’s man, a free soul with panache yet has a very human side to his personality.

RENAISSANCE ITALY
Italy in the XVth century was less a country and more a collection of city-states where families with political and economic strength began to take leadership roles in cities like Florence and Venice. This journey through some of the most beautiful cities in the world takes place in a time in history where culture and art were born alongside some of the most auspicious stories of corruption, greed and murder

A NEW-FOUND FREEDOM
You will be able to perform missions when and how you want in this open-ended world that brings back free-running and adds elements such as swimming and even flying to the adventure. The variety in game play adds another layer for you to truly play through the game any way you choose

DYNAMIC CROWD
Discover a living breathing world where every character is an opportunity for the player. Blending in with the crowd is easier, working with in-game characters provide ample rewards but can also lead to surprising consequences

BECOME A MASTER ASSASSIN
Perfect your skills to become a master assassin where you brandish new weapons, learn to disarm enemies, use their weapons against them and assassinate enemies using both hidden blades

2009 VGAs: Best Action Adventure Game (Winner)

2009 Golden Joystick Awards: One to Watch (Nominee)

2009 VGAs: Best Original Score (Nominee)

2009 VGAs: Game of the Year (Nominee)

2010 BAFTA Awards: GAME Award of 2009 (Winner)

2010 Golden Joystick Awards: Action/Adventure Game of the Year (Winner)

2010 BAFTA Awards: Action & Adventure (Nominee)

2010 BAFTA Awards: Artistic Achievement (Nominee)

2010 BAFTA Awards: Best Game (Nominee)

2010 BAFTA Awards: Gameplay (Nominee)

2010 BAFTA Awards: Original Score (Nominee)

2010 BAFTA Awards: Story & Character (Nominee)

2010 Game Developer Choice Awards: Best Game Design (Nominee)

2010 Game Developer Choice Awards: Best Technology (Nominee)

2010 Game Developer Choice Awards: Best Visual Art (Nominee)

2010 Game Developer Choice Awards: Game of the Year (Nominee)