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#ubisoft Sony's PlayStation Plus service moves firmly toward "worth it" today, now that Ubisoft has extended the beta program for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood from "select" subscribers to "every" subscriber. More »

If you're a PlayStation Plus member, you can get into the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood beta now! Originally available to pre-orderers and "select" PlayStation Plus subscribers, Sony and Ubisoft have opened up the beta to all those who have paid their dues to Plus. So now the service is good for Hulu Plus, discounts on Cho Aniki ... and this.

We say you can get in "now," but the beta client is a 2,806 MB download, so you can start the process of getting in now, and actually play the game some time tomorrow.

We've discovered the foundational rules guiding Ezio's life in Rome, and they're hot off the stone tablets.

Hello again PlayStation Assassins! It’s Gabe Graziani, your Community Developer on Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, back this week to announce that the Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Beta is in full swing! This Beta is exclusive to PlayStation 3 and available to PlayStation Plus members, as well as those who pre-ordered from participating retailers.

If you are playing in the Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Beta, I invite you to submit your feedback on our forums.

The Brotherhood Diaries

Surely you have seen our series of developer diaries called Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Diaries. Well, we are planning on releasing another episode this week that you won’t want to miss. Entitled “The Perfect Nemesis,” this new instalment in the Brotherhood Diaries discusses the increasing hostilities between Ezio and Cesare Borgia. Powerful, ruthless and well-defended, Cesare Borgia wields tremendous might as the ersatz ruler of Rome. Cesare may even have swayed some of Ezio’s former allies to his side!

Fear not, dedicated Assassins, because Ezio has some new tricks up his sleeve as well!

You can check out all of the Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Diaries here.

Multiplayer Character Reveals on Facebook

In case you haven’t seen them yet, be sure to head over to our Assassin’s Creed Facebook page for our fan-exclusive Multiplayer Character Reveals! All you have to do is click that little button called “Like” and you will get access to a special tab on our Facebook page set up to deliver exclusive content to our most dedicated fans!

So be sure to head over to our Facebook page and become a fan!

Developer Blog on Official Assassin’s Creed Website

We’ve been publishing a series of written developer blogs on our Official Assassin’s Creed Websites for a couple of weeks now… so, be sure to stop by and check them out! The initial entries are designed to catch you up on where we are in the story behind Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, but with that out of the way we are going to start digging into more specific game-related information about ACB.

These blogs are published in the News section of the site, so head on over and look at our latest offerings here.

See you in the Beta!

Gabe
PSN ID: UbiGabe

#clips Follow along an entire stealth mission in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood with this developer video Ubisoft just released. It gives a glimpse of some of Ezio's new means of dispatching foes, and hints at other items you'll unlock elsewhere in the game. More »

This Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood trailer depicts a happy reunion between Leonardo and Ezio, and then walks us through a mission ... featuring Ezio's more aggressive homicide techniques. We're pretty sure he's a robot fueled by human blood. Yep, totally a murder machine.

Leading the charge of what Ubisoft is calling "companion games," Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy will launch on Facebook tomorrow, October 1. The strategy title, described as being similar to Mafia Wars, will "unlock extra content" in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which hits on November 16, in addition to providing a way to gain bonus XP in the console game.

On the flipside, playing Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood will "unlock up to 25 exclusive missions" in the Facebook game, as well as experience and in-game currency. It's what Ubisoft is calling a "virtuous cycle." Hey -- isn't that what Big Boss went on in Snake Eater? Oh. Guess not.

Parisian gallery Arludik will feature concept art created for the Assassin's Creed series during the month of October. "Assassin's Creed L'Exposition" will run from October 5-30 and features 35 pieces of original concept art. Ubisoft claims the canvases have been appraised between €600 ($820) and €2,000 ($2,725).

If you'd like to own a piece of the exhibit, two pieces were selected to have a limited run of 149 lithograph prints. Those will go on sale, likely in the limited edition section of the gallery's website, for €80 ($110). Those pieces will come with a certificate of authenticity and will be hand-signed by Ubi's graphic art director. Proceeds from the sales will be donated to MO5, an organization seeking to preserve the history of video games.

Xbox Live Marketplace has gone assassin crazy today, throwing Assassin's Creed 2 onto Games on Demand and tossing a gondola-load of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood items onto the Avatar Marketplace. The game will run you $40, and the Avatar outfits aren't exactly cheap, weighing in at $5 each.

The PS3 beta for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is finally set to go live next week and if this video is any indication, the global murder rate is likely to shoot up about 1,000 percent come October 4. What ever happened to talking out our problems?

#clips Here is a look at what fans can look forward to when the PlayStation 3 multiplayer beta for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood kicks off on October 4. Did the Doctor just punch that woman in the face? More »

This time out you're the hunted. Check out a report from inside the beta.

When the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood beta launches October 4, who will you play? The corrupt doctor? The deceptive courtesan? The always terrifying jester (it's so much like a clown!)? Ubisoft revealed this morning that you'll be able to choose from nine different characters across two modes and three maps in the forthcoming PS3 pre-order exclusive beta.

The first mode, "Wanted," is the scenario we previewed in June -- you're tasked with assassinating one of the other players, assigned as your target, before you're eliminated by the player hunting you. The second, "Alliance," pits three teams of two players against each other in a similar fashion (instead of individual targets, you and a partner work to take down the other teams). Both modes can be played on the beta's two initial maps, Rome and Castel Gandolfo; though when the beta launches, only Wanted will be available. Alliance and a third map, Siena, will be unlocked by the community by as yet unspecified means.

Perhaps the previous Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood footage you've seen was lacking in the "music that makes you wanna assassinate fools" department? This latest one certainly has plenty of that! "Burn My Shadow" by Unkle features prominently, as you'll find out past the break.

#assassinscreed With the game out soon (November!), it's nice to finally see a proper trailer devoted to its singleplayer campaign. More »

There are no doubt some distraught PS3 gamers wondering where their promised Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood beta is today. Sorry, it's not coming: An Ubisoft representative has confirmed with Joystiq that the beta has been pushed back, though the company couldn't offer us an exact date for when it'd be available. More info is supposedly coming "later this week."

With the European date for the beta being October 4, it's likely Ubisoft will announce the beta is worldwide, instead of regional. Who's taking bets?

[Thanks, Eric]

Seriously, Ubisoft. You guys are absolutely killing it with this series of dev diaries for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the second installment of which is posted below. One part gameplay clips, one part backstory, one part insight and then -- to top it all off -- one part cosplay? We approve.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood for PC is tapping the snooze button until Q1 2011. Ubisoft made the announcement this morning, along with confirmation of an October 4 start date for the European multiplayer beta on PS3 -- the North American beta begins on September 13.

PC Assassins are probably noticing an emerging conspiracy (by the Templars, perhaps?). The series never seems to make it out on the same day as consoles. Both Assassin's Creed and its sequel came out on PC a few months after their console counterparts -- with some extra DRM drama tossed in for good measure. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is still expected for Xbox 360 and PS3 on November 16 and 18 in North America and Europe, respectively.

#clips You read about the demonstration of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood's single player I saw at Gamescom, now see the demonstration for yourself. More »

Here we were, thinking -- foolishly, might we add -- that this holiday season might not be packed to the gills with games we're way excited for. And then Ubisoft dropped this walkthrough of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from Gamescom, reminding us that there's one more game to be crazy excited about.

Did someone say "war horse?" Yep, the narrator of the walkthrough certainly did. In addition to all the other new stuff Ezio can do in Brotherhood, he's able to hop from his horse to others -- including the war horse, one of several new horse types. If that doesn't get your pulse going, you may have already been assassinated. Head past the break for the entire video.

Here we were, thinking -- foolishly, might we add -- that this holiday season might not be packed to the gills with games we're way excited for. And then Ubisoft dropped this walkthrough of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from Gamescom, reminding us that there's one more game to be crazy excited about.

Did someone say "war horse?" Yep, the narrator of the walkthrough certainly did, and he's talking about that brutal looking dark horse seen around one and a half minutes in. In addition to all the other new stuff Ezio can do in Brotherhood, he's able to hop from his horse to others -- including the war horse, one of several new horse types. If that doesn't get your pulse going, you may have already been assassinated. Head past the break for the entire video.

#gamescom2010 A strong focus on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood's multiplayer has left many details of the single-player campaign hiding in the shadows, until now. More »

#impressions Assassin's Creed Brotherhood doesn't come out until mid November, but you may have already played the multiplayer, or a form of it. More »

Fresh from Germany.

Details on managing your brotherhood, toppling Borgia towers, and using your mini-hang glider.

The Assassin's Creed comic project revealed last month now has an official release date. WildStorm's Assassin's Creed: The Fall will land in a pile of hay on store shelves starting November 10, just a few days before the retail debut of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. The Fall takes place in late 19th century Russia and follows the exploits of the assassin Nikolai Orelov as he seeks to snatch "an artifact of immense power" from the Templars. It also promises a "climactic and violent showdown with the ruthless Tsar Alexander III aboard a speeding train!" Exciting!

#ubisoft The Assassin's Creed Brotherhood team are either immersing themselves in the game's fiction or preparing to film a gothic metal video in the first installment of the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Diaries. More »

Are you wearing your hooded cloak and and trying your best to look inconspicuous? Good, then you're ready to watch the first developer diary for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. (That, or you just really want to be ready for your office's next Halloween costume contest.)

In the video you'll find after the break, the game's key staffers provide a brief story primer and tease a pretty epic-sounding tale that begins immediately where Assassin's Creed 2 ended. They also discuss Brotherhood's recruitment system, which totally sounds like Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's. Oh, and there are some live-action bits that look nowhere near as good as this. (And we bet your costume looks way better than theirs!)

Catch up with the killers of Ubisoft's mini-sequel.

Catch up with the killers of Ubisoft's mini-sequel.