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New title coming this November.

Are you anxious to get back into the Animus and step in the shoes of everyone's favorite paisano assassin, Ezio Auditore da Firenze? Ubisoft has announced Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's release date: November 16. The news was slapped on the end of the game's E3 trailer, which emerged on YouTube earlier today. You can watch it past the break.

Taking place years after the events of Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood tasks players with revitalizing Rome, circa 1503. Oh, and killing lots of dudes. It wouldn't be an Assassin's Creed game otherwise, right?

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Patrice Désilets, who is credited as creative director on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, both Assassin's Creed titles and a handful of other Ubisoft Montreal projects, has left the company for a "creative break from the industry," Ubisoft confirmed yesterday. The publisher explained to Game Informer that Désilets' role as creative lead on Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is "essentially done," and that he's no longer involved with the completion of the game.

The factors which contributed to Désilets' departure are still largely unknown. We'll try to find answers when we get some facetime with Ubisoft later this week at E3.

Buy early and get swag.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed during the Q&A section of the publisher's recent financial earnings call that the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the first game to add a multiplayer component to the series, would undergo a period of beta testing. "We have not announced exactly the date yet," he said, "but yes, we will have a beta test."

Guillemot promised that more specifics would be announced at E3. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is scheduled to arrive during Holiday 2010.

"Yes, we'll also have a beta test," Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed during the Q&A section of the publisher's recent financial earnings call regarding Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. "We have not announced exactly the date yet," he continued, "but yes, we will have a beta test."

Guillemot promised that we would know more about the specifics of the beta come E3.

Ubisoft allowing fans to play the game early.

The description of the "GameStop exclusive" Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood pre-order bonus seems apt for the terrifying Harlequin character: "Behind the gaudy costume and twisted smile lies the soul of a merciless assassin. You call yourself the Harlequin. Your victims will call you a walking nightmare." Presumably the whole "walking nightmare" thing is because you're a "merciless assassin," but for us, the clown makeup is sufficiently horrifying in its own way.

No details have been provided on what other retailers might give to pre-order customers, but if past Assassin's Creed "retailer exclusive" bonuses are any indication, the Harlequin will be available for all to play eventually (presumably for a few virtual bucks). We've dropped an additional image of the terrifying multiplayer character in our gallery below, should you be so inclined. Oh, and you can pre-order the game right here.
[Via IGN]

Take a gander at a very creepy assassin.

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Get ready to switch character classes and storm The Coliseum.

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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.

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As promised, Ubisoft has started its marketing efforts for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. An e-mail from the game's Abstergo Industries barely attempts to extend the fiction into reality, linking to a Flash-filled Ubisoft promotional website. Presumably, the teaser site provides insight into some of the weapons that may be used in the sequel's new multiplayer component, including an axe, fan, syringe, dagger and claw. (Solve the puzzle on the website to unveil yet another weapon: the switch blade.)

Some concept art (placed after the break) is buried in the site, possibly offering a clue as to how the story of Brotherhood will unfold. We're pretty certain these are rows of Animus machines waiting to be activated, but perhaps you can provide your own conspiracy theories.

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