Assassins Creed II: Game of The Year - Platinum Edition (PS3)

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Polybren (August 4, 2009). "Assassin's Creed II limited edition detailed— GameSpot News Blog— Gaming News and Videos". Gamespot.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2009 . Retrieved August 8, 2009. a b c "Assassin's Creed II Artwork, Q&A & Screenshots". IGN. August 20, 2009. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009 . Retrieved August 21, 2009. Assassin's Creed: Lineage is a 36-minute film made to promote Assassin's Creed II. [154] The film, released in three parts on YouTube across 2009, was the first step by Ubisoft into the film industry. [155] Lineage serves as a prequel to Assassin's Creed II, exploring the life of Ezio's father Giovanni Auditore and his career as an Assassin in 15th-century Italy. Following the mysterious assassination of Duke of Milan, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, in 1476, Giovanni sets out to find those responsible, leading him to uncover a larger conspiracy masterminded by the Templars and their Grand Master, Rodrigo Borgia. [156] Animated short films Assassin's Creed: Ascendance

After the events of the first game, Desmond Miles ( Nolan North) is rescued from Abstergo by undercover Assassin Lucy Stillman ( Kristen Bell) and taken to a safehouse, where he meets her team, consisting of historian and analyst Shaun Hastings ( Danny Wallace) and technician Rebecca Crane ( Eliza Schneider). They have constructed their own Animus, which they intend to use to train Desmond as an Assassin through the "bleeding effect," which allows the user to learn their ancestor's skills at a rapid pace. Desmond is instructed to relive the memories of Ezio Auditore da Firenze ( Roger Craig Smith), born into a wealthy Florentine family in 1459, during the Italian Renaissance. McElroy, Griffin (November 12, 2009). "DJ Hero and Assassin's Creed 2 Avatar items added to Marketplace". Joystiq. Archived from the original on November 18, 2011 . Retrieved November 18, 2009.

Assassin's Creed II Game of the Year Edition

In November 2016, it was announced that Ubisoft and Netflix started talks regarding how to develop an Assassin's Creed series. [131] In July 2017, Adi Shankar revealed he would be creating the series, which would be in the anime format. [132] The series, which will feature an original story from Shankar, will share the same universe as the other media of the franchise. [133]

Development of Assassin's Creed Unity began shortly after the completion of Brotherhood in 2010, [7] with the core development team splitting off during the early stages of development on Assassin's Creed III. [8] As the first game in the series to be released exclusively for the eighth generation of video game consoles, Unity featured a graphical and gameplay overhaul. The setting chosen for the game was Paris during the early years of the French Revolution, with players taking control of a new Assassin named Arno Dorian. [7] [8] After Unity, Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed Syndicate in 2015. [6] Period two for instance for ACII TMAE I wrote "In the US the Master Assassin's Edition is only available through GameStop stores." Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a young Italian noble who will learn the ways of the assassins after his family was betrayed and he looks to seek vengeance. He is a lady’s man, a free soul with panache yet has a very human side to his personality. These artifacts are remnants of an ancient species pre-dating humanity called the Isu, or Precursors, which created humanity to live in peace alongside them. The Isu ensured humans could not rise against them by creating the Pieces of Eden to control them. When the first hybrid Isu-human beings emerged, named Adam and Eve, they were immune to the effects of the Pieces of Eden. They stole the Pieces of Eden, which led to a great war that ended when a massive solar flare devastated the surface of the Earth. The Isu began to die out while humanity thrived. Three Isu—Minerva, Juno, and Jupiter—attempted to prepare humanity for a solar flare they knew would come centuries later. Minerva and Jupiter prepared vaults from which humanity could activate a protective shield around Earth with the Pieces of Eden and the Eye, a means to communicate how to find and use these vaults; however, Juno saw humanity as a threat and attempted to sabotage Minerva and Jupiter's plan. Minerva and Jupiter were forced to destroy Juno, unaware she had hidden her consciousness to wake upon activation of the Eye. All that remained of the Isu were the traces of their memories in the world's mythologies, and religions, while the Pieces of Eden were lost to time. [19]

Assassin's Creed 2 Debut trailer Video". 1up. April 6, 2009. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011 . Retrieved April 11, 2009. Andrew Burnes (June 14, 2010). "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood E3 2010 CG Trailer Released; November 16th Release Date Announced". Voodoo Extreme. Archived from the original on June 22, 2010 . Retrieved July 11, 2010. There is now a broader array of methods for hiding or blending in the area. One can dive underwater to break guards' line of sight, and blending may be performed with any group of people, rather than only a specific type (as in the first Assassin's Creed). [2] The game features a notoriety system, with guards more alert to Ezio's presence depending on his behavior, location, and current mission. This infamy can be reduced through bribery, removing wanted posters, or assassinating corrupt officials. [2] Assassin's Creed II Video Game, Visions Of Venice Trailer | Video Clip | Game Trailers & Videos". GameTrailers.com. September 3, 2009. Archived from the original on May 20, 2010 . Retrieved August 24, 2010.