SANTA MONICA, Calif. - November 16, 2009 - GameTrailers.com (GT), the premier provider of video for gamers and a division of Viacom Inc.’s (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) MTV Networks Entertainment Group, announced today that Ubisoft’s highly anticipated sequel Assassin’s Creed® II has earned the coveted GameTrailers Diamond Award for exceeding an astounding 10 million video views. This marks the second GT Diamond Award for the Assassin’s Creed® series, and the third overall for Ubisoft.
Assassin’s Creed II allows players to delve deeper into the secret society of assassins, but this time they will take on the role of Ezio, an assassin of Renaissance Italy. In an epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Venice and Florence, players will once again learn to become a master assassin, this time with the help of a new friend - Leonardo da Vinci. This action-adventure game retains the core gameplay that stemmed the blockbusters success of Assassin’s Creed, but with added challenges to surprise players.
“The support for Assassin’s Creed II from the GameTrailers community has been awesome,” said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft. “We look forward to seeing the response to the game once it hits store shelves on November 17.”
“The original Assassin’s Creed was one of the first games to ever receive a GameTrailers Diamond Award, so it comes as little surprise that the sequel would follow suit,” said Shane Satterfield, editor-in-chief of GameTrailers.com. “Ubisoft has crafted an extremely unique franchise and it shows in the response it’s received from our users. We applaud the publisher for pushing the envelope and not just maintaining the status quo.”
The figures for the GameTrailers Diamond Award were compiled by Stream Stats, a proprietary tool that gives gaming industry professionals insight into which games the GT audience is interacting with the most in order to anticipate upcoming sales and analyze post-release performance. To learn more, visit http://stats.gametrailers.com.
About Assassin’s Creed II
Assassin’s Creed® II is the follow-up to the title that became the fastest-selling new IP in video game history. The highly anticipated title features a new hero, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a young Italian noble, and a new era, the Renaissance. Assassin’s Creed II is an epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. Ezio befriends Leonardo da Vinci, takes on Florence’s most powerful families and ventures throughout the canals of Venice where he learns to become a master assassin.
About Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft is present in 28 countries and has sales in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2008-09 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of 1.058 billion euros. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.
About GameTrailers
GameTrailers (GT) is the premier video destination for gaming entertainment and information. GT delivers timely, high-resolution broadband video content for gamers that includes original shows, video reviews, game trailers and comprehensive video coverage of gaming events from around the world. GT also has a robust community that features user-generated content, a community marketplace and a variety of communication tools so gamers can talk to friends and share media such as fan movies, machinima and daily blogs. GT has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York and is a division of Viacom Inc.’s (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) MTV Networks Entertainment Group.
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