Assassin's Creed II

Assassin's Creed II is a third person action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The sequel to Assassin's Creed, it was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2009. A Windows version is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2010.

For most of the game, the player assumes the role of a young nobleman-turned-assassin named Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Like Altaïr in the first game, Ezio is an ancestor of Desmond Miles, the modern day bartender who was captured by Abstergo, with Ezio himself being a descendant of Altaïr.

The game picks up immediately after the events of Assassin's Creed in the real world. Events from the past take place in late 15th century and early 16th century in Italy during the Renaissance, approximately 300 years after the first game took place. Like Assassin's Creed, characters based on historical figures are present in the game, including Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, Caterina Sforza, Lorenzo de' Medici, the Pazzi Family, and Pope Alexander VI.

Locations included in the game include Venice, Florence, Rome, the Tuscan countryside, San Gimignano and Forlì. Specific landmarks include St Mark's Basilica, the Grand Canal, the Little Canal, the Rialto Bridge, Santa Maria del Fiore, Santa Croce, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio and Santa Maria Novella.