Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood announced and detailed by Ubisoft
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This morning, Ubisoft officially revealed the upcoming addition to Ezio's piece of the Assassin's Creed franchise, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Though the game was outed and cursorily detailed in some placeholder box art last week, the game's official press release locks down a 15-hour time allotment for the game's single player story ("set in the living, breathing, unpredictable city of Rome") and has Ezio recruiting/training "promising young Assassins" for deployment across the historical capital or for assistance on missions (no word on co-op, but it seems like a no-brainer, right folks?).
Rather than using money earned to bolster a villa, this time around the money will go to fixing up Rome itself, which affects how citizens interact with Ezio as well as unlocking missions and currying favor with various factions. The release also promises collaboration with Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Caterina Sforza, while employing new "secret weapons" (ranging from poison darts to parachutes to hidden blades and guns, not to mention an "advanced flying machine" -- presumably useful in more than a single mission this time). Multiplayer is said to feature "multiple authentic character classes" (presumably the characters seen above) who each have "signature weapons and killing moves." We'll look for more details and a more specific release date than "Holiday 2010" at E3, perhaps on a giant advertisement emblazoned on the side of the convention center.
This morning, Ubisoft officially revealed the upcoming addition to Ezio's piece of the Assassin's Creed franchise, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Though the game was outed and cursorily detailed in some placeholder box art last week, the game's official press release locks down a 15-hour time allotment for the game's single player story ("set in the living, breathing, unpredictable city of Rome") and has Ezio recruiting/training "promising young Assassins" for deployment across the historical capital or for assistance on missions (no word on co-op, but it seems like a no-brainer, right folks?).
Rather than using money earned to bolster a villa, this time around the money will go to fixing up Rome itself, which affects how citizens interact with Ezio as well as unlocking missions and currying favor with various factions. The release also promises collaboration with Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Caterina Sforza, while employing new "secret weapons" (ranging from poison darts to parachutes to hidden blades and guns, not to mention an "advanced flying machine" -- presumably useful in more than a single mission this time). Multiplayer is said to feature "multiple authentic character classes" (presumably the characters seen above) who each have "signature weapons and killing moves." We'll look for more details and a more specific release date than "Holiday 2010" at E3, perhaps on a giant advertisement emblazoned on the side of the convention center.
