Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Getting the Pre-Order Bonus Treatment at GameStop

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Richard Walker

Those in the know - that is the good people that keep it locked to this here site - will already know that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is on the cards for release just in time for the annual pre-Christmas games rush that we all love, but our wallets hate.

Taking the rich and evocative setting that served Assassin's Creed II so well, Brotherhood also sees the return of Ezio in a new multiplayer adventure filled with a menagerie of weird and wonderful assassins in Renaissance Rome.

None look more weird than the GameStop bonus character available with pre-orders though. Harlequin, as he's known, is a multiplayer character exclusive to GameStop when you put in your pre-order for the game, and he looks pretty scary in a freakish, clown kind of way.

Sporting a grinning mask, Harlequin might be the last thing you want to see as he bludgeons you to death with an immovable smile on his face. Brrr! Nasty.

GameStop is also listing the game for release on November 1st 2010, but that has yet to be confirmed.

Comments
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  • Assassin's Creed multiplayer just doesn't sound too appealing to me. That costume is SICK though haha
  • @1 I was thinking the exact same thing. Assassin's Creed is just so perfect as a solo adventure. But that costume is wicked.
  • Interesting costume. I agree with #1. What kind of multiplayer can the game get?
  • The graphics in this game looks kinda cartoonish when you look at the screenshots :O
  • Competitive Meh. Co-Op?
  • I think that multiplayer will make me addicated to this game.
  • MP will prolly dumb the single player down like it did with Bioshock 2. Unless the game is Multiplayer only.
  • The verdict is still out on the whole competitive multiplayer thing IMO... I'll wait until I see more. I did like the Splinter Cell MP, so maybe this could be pretty good.
  • I bet the multi player is going to be awesome. Were all here saying it's going to be bad. But that's what we thought about the Uncharted 2 multi player and look at that success.
  • I loved AC2 so this may be a rarity in which I pre-order a game.
  • "for the first time, introducing a never-before-seen multiplayer layer that allows you to choose from a wide range of Assassin characters, each with their own unique weapons and assassination techniques, and match your skills against other Assassins from around the world." Taken directly from the gamestop Website.... I think it may be competitive MP =[
  • Cant Wait :)
  • Gr8 game. I wonder what multiplayer will be like. Beaten all AC games (Yes, 5 games!), and can't wait beating another.
  • Did anyone else instantly think "Harley Quinn" when they saw that there was a clown called "Harlequin"? Now to see what they do for the pre-order bonus for Arkham Asylum 2. Assassin's Creed map pack?
  • The term "Harlequin" has been around for hundreds of years. Doubt there is any relevence between AC and Batman.
  • Announcing DLC before release date, hmm. Is this a common practice?
  • Harley Quinn's name is a play on the word harlequin and short for her real name.
  • so i can play as the joker? jk.... :P
  • Sorry, forgot the ":P XD" What, you thought I was serious?
  • How on earth can 3 people already own it???? Also multiplayer awesome Shame no co-op I hope my friends get it or it wil be just like a boring multiplayer when nobody is ever on!
  • why so serious!
  • @20 They're from the future obviously. That clown bothers me.
  • holy shit people are fucking idiots when they say multiplayer ruins the game....
  • Visualizing what this game is gonna be like and I just don't get it. I feel like its gonna be camper friendly cause your probably going to have to wait for the opponent to give his position away or the sword fighting is going to be rediculously exploited since brotherhood is going to be competitive.
  • There taking a risk if you ask me. Like to see co-op tho but dont know how competetive would work due to the combat system from the previous titles. Maybe a co-op surival mode that would be sick to so how long you and 3 others can last.
  • ^so^ *to see how long you and 3 others last* lol
  • @16 DUH!!!
  • @ #23, that's why Bioshock 2 was sub par compared to Bioshock 1 right?
  • blergh i doubt competetive will be that good tbh, but a co op would be epic :O
  • i feel like ill say this again for the hell of it i actually like DM-styled fighting.. as long as they restrict certain weapons/manouvers in the "big fights" - although #19 has a point; the term "brotherhood" plus the new demo boxart refers to a possible co-op. It never mentioned ONLINE multiplayer, did it? That would mean at least TWO guys playing the storyline, which eliminates another hinderence of gameplay.
  • Well i hope in the future Assassin's creed 3, i want to be co-op that great, i don't like multiplayer so boring, like Splinter Cell
  • i wonder in Assassin's creed 2 i never seen, Complete DNA Sequence 12 & 13, so in Assassins creed 3 having that Complete DNA Sequence
  • some miss DNA sequence 12 and 13
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