Assassin's Creed 2 teaser site launches, includes severed arm [update]

by Xav de Matos on Apr 6th 2009 3:15PM

It appears that the ANIMUS has been fired up once again. A teaser site has appeared for Assassin's Creed 2, along with a host of clues about the future of the franchise. While the teaser leaves a lot to the imagination, it does feature Leonardo da Vinci's famous Vitruvian Man quite prominently, lending credence to the rumor that the sequel is set in the Renaissance era.

Beyond snippets of 15th century artwork, the teaser site doesn't reveal any other details for the Assassin's second outing. The website does, however, include an interesting bonus: Printing off a logo of an artifact that displays at the end of the teaser video and holding it up to a web cam while on a special section of the website reveals a 3D model of Altair's hidden blade weapon -- which appears to be one of five images available. Spooky ... but, hey, marketing team! Wasn't Altair (and the rest of his assassin brethren) missing a finger?

Update: Thanks to our commenters who pointed out a backwards message that says "Game Informer 04.16.09." Expect more Assassin's Creed 2 news soon!

Assassin's Creed 2 - Teaser Site

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I wonder whether the 2nd part will have an actual ending

Think i remember readng this was going to be a trilogy so i doubt it but ..... YES i am so ready for some more creed action

Yeah they said from the start it was going to be a trilogy. I remember because they were announcing a bunch of trilogies at the time (Mass Effect comes to mind)

Did anyone elese noticed the pic of the assassin blade... the dude still has all his fingers! IMPOSTOR!

Its obvious to me that the game is set in the Renaissance Era since the picture of the body is from Leonardo Da Vinci. idk.

Can't wait. Hope to see it at E3. Also Jade presenting it..... in a bikini.

I have considered your idea and discovered that suddenly my pants don't fit so well.

Assassin's Creed was a mixed bag, I loved the incredibly detailed cities and the controls.

I HATED the repetitive quests.

I mean why render a spot-on version of Jerusalem, and then have the character only do 3 things, over and over and over?

And I hope they let the game speak for itself instead of parading Jade Raymond everywhere.

I hope they do both.

They should add some unique multi-step missions involving actual characters with branching dialog (i.e. Oblivion, Mass Effect), maybe some instanced interior areas, perhaps a little bit of Tomb Raider-esque puzzle platforming, there are sooo many ways to improve this game. Also no more flag collection, or if they must then keep it reasonable: 20 flags in highly visible areas throughout the city.

I tried sending a tip about this but I kept getting an error message: at the end of the video it says "Game Informer 4.16.09" in reversed text.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2zozu5x.jpg

Is it me, or is the fact that the Vitruvian Man missing his dong a bit obvious? Like someone took an eraser to it or something...

Now, I imagine they erased it as a matter of prudence, but... what if it tied into the story somehow? Oh god, make it stop...

"but, hey, marketing team! Wasn't Altair (and the rest of his assassin brethren) missing a finger?"

Hmm... that counts as a finger in a certain manner anti...

my god... all assassins (including Altair) were castrated and/or neutered!

The third hidden image has the same image (with added hidden blade) and a dong for all your dong loving needs.

Is this The Da Vinci Code sequel?

I hope the game is actually worth playing to the end. I loved the style of the game and the story line but hated playing it.

I want to finish the game but I can't ever seem to put the disc back in my console.

Hopefully the many flaws with the first game will be corrected.

Now here's what I call a decent teaser.

If it means any kind of closure at all from the first game, I'll probably have to get it. The first game wasn't even a cliffhanger – it literally had no ending.

Well, the overarching story didn't end, but Altair's involvement (which constitutes the vast majority of the game) definitely had an ending. Everything after that was an epilogue, really.

True, true... it did technically have an ending (a culmination of events, boss fight, etc.), but after all that I just kinda wandered around. It took me a few minutes to realize that there was actually no more game left. It felt cheap.

I eventually went back and played the game some more, though. And I've got 1,000 Achievement points to show for it. :D

Can't wait for this

Soooo... I suppose another one of Desmond's decendents is fighting off the Spanish Inquisition?

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Oh damn! I can't say it - you'll have to say it

Ancestor, you mean...
Desmond's descendants will be doing what he is, in the future :)

My precioussss.....

DO WANT!

I did, apparently.

And, yeah, I understood that that was a Monty Python quote.

Looks like this wide knife blade comes out underneath the palm of the hand; hence no missing finger.

is allways did ...... he just closed his hand round it ........ so erm yeah that doesnt mean anything for sure

I guess you are right: http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons

I am guessing that is not a model of Altair's hidden blade, but the new model used in the time period contemporary of the second game. No missing finger = much more hidden.

I dunno what model you had but I believe you should be safe with a Falcon or Jasper, my Arcade Falcon has been working just fine since May 2008, only complaint is the loud DVD drive.

I hope the dude can actually swim right now....its lame that he would drown in Assassin's Creed.....and hopefully they add more stuff

Have you ever worn a shirt of mail? Chain mail drags you straight down when you hit water... Made perfect sense that he couldn't swim considering he had knives, swords, and even light armor...

@ StarTrekNubian

I bought the Resident Evil bundle with the jasper chip after my elite got the e-74 error two weeks ago. It's quiet while playing game from disc, but when you install the game to hard drive you can't even hear it.

ok soo, Da Vinci style sketches, this is so going to be medieval, but no dragons and shit, but i think he may be able to fly due to the wing like structures on near the man and an updated knife?

Renaissance =/= Medieval times

The high middle ages began transitioning to the renaissance roundabout the late 1300s to early 1400s. This coincides with the Medici family's rise to power, controlling much of the money in Florence, the heart of the Italian renaissance. This was allowed to happen because the Church began throwing its money into fighting the Crusades during the so called "dark ages" which is where the first Assassin's Creed takes place.

Plus, Da Vinci was born around the 1450s, so any of his contribution to the renaissance wasn't until much later, so if the Da Vinci sketches are any clue as to the time period, I would place it in mid-renaissance somewhere around 1500.

There's your history lesson for the day.

I think the flying thing would be sick, i mean think about how cool it was to jump out of a plane and sky dive in san andreas. i think the wings would be a good way to escape off a rooftop. no more leaps of faith, instead you could just glide to safety. it gives a whole base jumping feel. and it works in the time frame that they want. how cool would it be if they linked da vinci and many other inventors and philosophers to the assassins. think about how many weapons da vinci invented, including the army tank. and shoes that could make you walk on water. i think it would be awesome and i wish people would stop downing the flying wings idea and give ubisoft a break.

Actually, IIRC, only Altair was missing a finger.

I like that the site uses your webcam... cool stuff... now show me some game play please.

I know I have a Elite Zephyr, it's fine when it has installs.. My brother either has a late Pro Falcon, or Jasper as it's dead quiet to me, though he hears it - it was running Tiger Woods 09 uninstalled, then here we have a L.E. Red Elite, definatly a Jasper.. I was stood next to 10 minutes til I noticed I couldn't here it.. I could swear it's quieter than my Wii.. on the dash, it's not been on Live yet for NXE..

haha sprinkles, the irony is delicious.

Better variety and gameplay please. Otherwise it was an interesting game, and they definitely worked hard with the detail of the cities. Particularly Jerusalem.

Renaissance era is going to be bloody epic.

Didn't see that original ending/non ending coming. . . looking forward to this though

I loved Assassin's Creed - But the lack of variety stopped it from being a classic. Hopefully they'll redeem that with the sequel.

Can't wait to see more, i'm REALLY hyped for this.

Can't wait to hear more from this game, i really liked the first one but i hated the repetitiveness of it...

The webcam easter egg isn't working for me via iPhone like the image in the gallery.

It's worth noting that each of the nonsense words can be "decoded" by changing the letters to the one previous-- B becomes A, G becomes F, etcetera.

Efbui, Ifsp, Vqhsbef, Bobupns, Gmz;
Death, Hero, Upgrade, Anatomy, Fly

We've seen what happens with "Death" (the pictures show a five-fingered killin' stick?); my webcams all screwed up at the moment, but think anyone can try fiddling around with the others? Vitruvian Man might work for Anatomy, but I'm at a loss for all the other ones.

I sent them this tip did anyone else get the same email?

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