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Debut live performance of Jesper Kyd's thrilling score at Palais des Congres on Saturday, November 21st, 2009.

See the bonus area explored.

Make the killing easier with our combat and resource starter tips!

Our honesty is more brutal that a notched cinquedea.

Help celebrate the launch of of the Assassins' second outing from Ubisoft's launch party!

With the launch of Assassin's Creed 2 today, Ubisoft has officially lifted the veil on its Achievement/Trophy-like "Uplay" program. First revealed at E3 (though minimally detailed), Ubisoft claims it to be an "online destination where gamers are at the center of a connected gaming universe," intended to link all Ubisoft titles across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Players can access the Uplay portal through the web or in-game, with AC2 being the first title to include the still-in-beta service. Of the "four primary services" Uplay includes - titled "Win," "Help," "Share" and "shop" - only Uplay Win is currently available in the beta. Ubisoft explains Uplay Win as "[enabling] players to collect units based on their actions in the games and exchange them for rewards such as exclusive in-game content or digital items," the first of which are an Altaïr outfit and "access to the Auditore Family Crypt" (among other things). We've yet to fully plunge the depths of Uplay's offerings in Assassin's Creed 2, but if there's anything really exciting, we'll be sure to let you know all about it. Keep it locked!

We visually catalogue Ezio's implements of death.

Players earn in-game rewards for completing specific tasks.

This is one assassin you don't want to cross.

Grand Theft Gondola.

The significantly improved sequel takes on a bloody romp through Renaissance Italy.

A renaissance in more ways than one.

A sequel that triumphs over the original in every possible way.

Move over Altair--Ezio's here.

Find out when we'll deliver our verdict on the sequel.

Revisit the history of the Assassin's Creed sequel.

See exactly how this game plays in this lenghty walkthrough of a full mission.

Five minutes of a never-before-seen mission to tide you over before the launch.

Ubisoft discusses how it's making the upcoming sequel as close to history as possible.

IGN AU puts the stunts of Assassin's Creed II to the real-world test.

IGN AU puts the stunts of Assassin's Creed II to the real-world test.

We show you Ezio's best kills in Italy's most beautiful city.

UFC fighters live by a code--just like assassins.

Experience the dramatic feel that the music creates this time around.

Like so many fancy Italian citizens in the Renaissance, Assassin's Creed 2's Ezio Auditore di Firenze has a sweet villa in the country to run off to whenever he's feeling overburdened by his ... ahem ... work. In this latest (and final) developer diary for next week's big game, we are introduced to the quaint villa where Ezio holds a vacation house. A perfect place to store weapons, explore family relics, and think about the world - a place where he can improve the economy to his own benefit and make life easier for himself. We picture the villa as a fully realized (and mid-1400s-styled) version of GTAIV's many save houses, but, ya know, with assassin stuff instead of gangster stuff. But then again, being an assassin is pretty gangster. Uh oh, this is way too confusing - we'll have to get back to you after Assassin's Creed 2 comes out next week.

Tied into next week's Assassin's Creed II, Ubisoft is looking to expand Ezio Auditore da Firenze's 15th-Century Italian playground through a new book titled Assassin's Creed: Renaissance. Written by Oliver Bowden and set to be published by Penguin books on November 26, the novel will follow the formative years of Ezio and -- along with the Lineage short films -- build upon the game's universe, the Guardian reports. If you're looking for a sneak peek before the book clambers, dives and stabs its way to retail, the Guardian has put up a fairly long bit of prose from the upcoming tie-in. It deals with Ezio's mother and some paintings she commissioned from a rather famous painter. There's possible spoilers involved, so click over at your own risk. Source - Book announcement Source - A lengthy excerpt from the book

Get ready for an incredible journey into the past.

Join the developers for an incredible journey.

Ubisoft discusses how the voice actors help breathe life into the upcoming sequel.

The sequel beats the hell out of the first game. Here's why.