GAME · 2009
Assassin's Creed II
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, macOS
16 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
12 Facts From the Development of Assassin's Creed II
- #001
In an interview in May 2009, Sebastien Puel stated that the Assassin's Creed II development team had grown to 450 members, triple the size of the team for the first game.
- #002
Ubisoft released a new four-minute cinematic trailer for Assassin's Creed II at E3 on June 1, 2009.
- #003
Ubisoft unveiled the first live gameplay demo for Assassin's Creed II, lasting six minutes, at the Sony Press Conference on June 2, 2009.
- #004
GameTrailers featured an exclusive developer walkthrough of Assassin's Creed II from E3 2009.
- #006
At the Assassin's Creed panel at Comic-Con 2009, a three-episode live-action mini-series titled Assassin's Creed: Lineage was announced, depicting events leading up to Assassin's Creed II and the history of Ezio and his father Giovanni.
- #009
Assassin's Creed II was initially planned for a simultaneous release across all three platforms. On September 24, 2009, Ubisoft announced that the PC version would be pushed to the first quarter of 2010, citing the need for the development team to have more time to deliver the best quality game.
- #010
Assassin's Creed II was included in The Ezio Collection, a compilation that also contained Brotherhood and Revelations.
- #011
The Ezio Collection, featuring remastered versions of Assassin's Creed II, launched for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 15, 2016.
- #012
A remastered version of Assassin's Creed II arrived on the Nintendo Switch as part of The Ezio Collection on February 17, 2022.
- #013
Jesper Kyd composed the score for Assassin's Creed II. The music was recorded at Capitol Records using a 35-piece string ensemble and a 13-person choir, with Melissa Kaplan contributing featured vocals.
- #014
A downloadable soundtrack for Assassin's Creed II was released on November 16, 2009.
- #015
The special pre-order Black edition of Assassin's Creed II included a game disc carrying 14 tracks from the soundtrack.
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