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I know right! The guy who's getting stabbed also had a mask, in a larger image you see it fell off his face.
But Ezio should wear a mask and a costume, too!
And we should totally be able to pick from 89317409749028473 different costumes to ensure he looks better than everyone else.

Creative Director Partice Desilets about the highly anticipated sequel to Assassin's Creed.
Click here for the video.

Thanks for all the info RuYi!

qouted from the sneak peak internview
"Will Ezio the Nobleman and Ezio the Assassin be anything like Bruce Wayne and his alter ego Batman? Is being an assassin his “secret identity” in some way?
I would rather compare Ezio’s fate to the Count of Monte Cristo as him and his family are betrayed by some of the powerful people of Italy. Ezio is at first on a quest for vengeance to make the responsible pay for this treason. He will discover that there is a much bigger conspiracy behind all of this that threatens the world itself."

*Threatens the world itself? o.o
The story line might actually be enough to hold me to the game,
and his belt buckle.. woah.. pure illuminaiti propoganda, pyrimid with the all seeing eye,
thanks Ruyi for scanning all those magazine articles, Brillaint thread.

*Edit
Even more amazing story plot from the magazine scan
Behind it all 2 forces vie for the Hearts and minds of people, Continuing a conflict that stretches back into history, from the fields of the crusades 300 years earlier to a mysterious future of consipirocy and secrets,

Dayum , i wana see how they tie the past and future together in the story !

Ubisoft have announced that, in the UK at least, the official Assassin’s Creed 2 announcements will arrive via four magazines.


I love how 3 of them say World Exclusive.

None of the magazines are sold here, unfortunately.
So if any of you guys has a subscription on any of these, plus a working scanner...

Assassin's Creed 2 budget to be bigger than the original's

Ubisoft is laying down some big money on Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360). During their year-end results call to analyst, company CEO Yves Guillemot revealed that they're increasing the production budget for it to make the game bigger and better, quality-wise.

According to Guillemot, the Assassin's Creed sequel will have a budget roughly 20 percent bigger than the original game. With a production budget well beyond US$ 20 million, Assassin's Creed (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) used to be the biggest-budgeted game that Ubisoft ever made.

Assassin's Creed 2 will is currently scheduled to come out around Q4 2009.

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Ubisoft advertises in French for a Japanese magazine:

lol
This seems much more mysterious, these masks are giving a good psychedelic feeling to it. Like there is more then it seems, idk. Either way, hope the 'extra budget' will be worth it.

Someone uploaded this from Ubisoft's FTP server.

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Unavailable, they took it down. :/

Found a new, still working one. Looks pretty cool, guess we'll get to see a trailer of some sort at the E3.



Alternative link in case this one is taken down.

The official site had an update.

The exclusive pre-order is revealed!
This ultimate edition includes all Assassin's Creed II rarest premiums, including 3 in-game bonus quests, exclusive development team insight in the Conspiracy.
The limited collectable figurine of Ezio wears an upgraded cloak. This is something Ezio only has access to in the advanced stages of the game.

Features:

• Rare "Master Assassin" upgrade Ezio figurine.
  - This highly collectible figurine produced in limited quantities introduces a unique and powerful design of upgraded Assassin cloak that Ezio will only access in the advanced stages of the adventure.
• 3 in-game bonus quests: Enter & explore the most prestigious moments of the Renaissance. Reveal mysterious unique artifacts hidden within their walls.
  - Palazzo Medicis in Florence.
  - Santa Maria Dei Frari In Venice.
  - Arsenal Shipyard Warehouse In Venice.
• Conspiracy book: this unique piece of art brings together exclusive insights on the game art, story and background direct from the developers of Assassin's Creed II. Secret faces are also revealed from the game's overarching conspiracy. The 64 page book comes with a finely crafted leather style hardcover and parchment finish pages.
• Game Soundtrack by Jesper Kyd (British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominee for "2009 Best original score in a game").
• All videos, behind-the-scene interviews and e-goodies about Assassin's Creed II.
• Collectible black packaging featured with unique authentic holographic signature.

Also, there is a new puzzle at the widget site.

EDIT: Solved it!


It doesn't seem quite finished, though. I fear the solution was a little early. The "Trailer Song 2009" doesn't seem to play, so I think we'll have to check back later.

that trailer was awesome....ugh i want this already. Nice of you to keep updating everyone with this. And I'll have to speak to Ezio. That upgraded cloak is what I wear all the time. He stole my clothes.

It's terrible, but if you drag him to court and he goes to jail we won't get to play Assassin's Creed II. And I just managed to find another store that sold the AC2: Black Edition pre-order. :(

Anyway, I dug up more footage.
Omg. More. Yes.
You never seen enough of Assassin's Creed II.

The puzzle I mentioned in my previous post, if you solve it, you could listen to "Trailer Music 2009", which didn't work yesterday.
It now is working and - in my opinion - it's really beautiful.


Ubisoft showed some gameplay during Sony's Press Conference.
If you buy Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines for the PSP, you can unlock stuff for Assassin's Creed II on your PS3.
I love the idea of using the hot air from fire for speed and altitude.



EDIT: I got the theme myself, so I took some photo's.

Im kind off worried that it will be the same as the first one, at least it looks the same.

meh fine. i'll let him go about my clothes. as long i star in AC3.


but anywho. i think the lighting at night from the torches on him is just amazing...and...yea. Everything is just awesome. I really cant wait!

The first one was great but it became repetitive, and i think they're doing what they can to bring more to the game which they've so far succeeded in my opinion. If a sequel is too much like the first one people dont like it, and if its too different from the first one people dont like it. Poor Developers.

If its fun, I'm happy. It looks amazing so far and looks to be entertaining, looks like they put work into it and didnt just put a 2 in the title and try to resell the same game.

I'm so gonna play this. And it makes me want to install AC1 again.

Flying machines, Leanardo da Vinci, double hidden blades, various weapons.... I CAN NOT WAIT!

Ubisoft will show more of Assassin's Creed II today at 4.30 PM, LA time.


Most certainly.
You'll be known as Hitokeke, the Guy Who Gets Thrown Off a High Building.

-_-

I so want the LE Can't wait for this game

Go get it while they still got it.

That's the problem, I don't have 90 euro to spend on it atm xD

AC3 should be ninja tiem.

*Nevermind*

Fapworthy stuff OMG *dies till Nov*

I think I'll sell some stuff to get the LE hahahaha, on the other hand...If it gets released in Nov isn't pre-ordering now not kinda early.

I just hope Bol doesn't screw up. In the past people pre-ordered some game, and half of them got the game for a console they didn't own. And they ran out of pre-order copies.

Here's more:

Besides the Limited Black Edition, there's also a Limited White Edition for Assassin's Creed II.
This one includes a white collectable Ezio figurine, Assassin's Creed hooded shirt, collectible white packaging and Bonus in-game content. Couldn't find an image, sadly.

Speaking of the Black Edition, I found more images of the figurine on the Assassin's Creed Facebook:



On a side note, I added photo's of the new Assassin's Creed II theme, in case the video wasn't detailed enough.

Some images of the E3:


More video's:

• E3 09: Producer and Director Interview - Jade Raymond and Patrice Desilets sit down to answer questions from the community about Assassin's Creed II.
• E3 09: Exclusive Developer Walkthrough HD
• E3 2009: Video Interview with Patrice Désilets
• Assassin's Creed 2 Stage Demo
• GameReactor: Developer Interview with Creative Director Patrice Désilets. Part 1 Part 2
• Assassin's Creed II: Hands On interview: About the 5 million hidden flags ACII will contain. *serious face*

Grrr, which one to buy o.O

And that pic on that building is fcking awesome!

*Orders one for my room*

It seems to me that the Black Edition has more stuff, I don't know how much you care about goodies lol. The ingame bonus content might be the same as the Black Edition, though I'm not sure. The hoodie is cool but I'd drown in it anyway.

LOL go ask them if you can have that poster, you could cover everything, the walls, ceiling, floor and you'd still have enough to wrap your furniture in it lol.
Even better, wrap it around your house and show the world you are a true Assassin's Creed fan! Just don't forget to leave a spot open for the door. And send us pictures so we can admire your complete house make over.

ugh i want that shirt. the back of it is just indescribably bad ass.

that figure looks really cool, hope it's actually that detailed for the real thing. unfortunately, it seems that most non-anime figurines (or any figurine made outside of japan) are crappy.