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May 5, 2010 - Ubisoft has confirmed to IGN the title of the next Assassin's Creed game.

A purported GameStop reservation placeholder card for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has been leaked early by an employee. Ubisoft said the image below is authentic and that they'll have more information next week.

The game will be released this fall for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The details listed on the back of the card align with what Ubisoft has already confirmed, such as the inclusion of Ezio and the location, Rome.

"Live and breathe as Ezio, now a legendary master assassin, in his struggle against the Templar order. Lead your own brotherhood of Assassins and strike at the heart of the enemy. Rome," the card says, according to Kotaku.

"And for the first time, take part in an innovative multiplayer layer allowing you to embody an assassin of your choosing and define their killing style. A never-before-seen online multiplayer experience. Lead your own brotherhood of assassins, as Ezio, and conquer Rome."

Pre-ordering the game at GameStop will give you an exclusive multiplayer character. No details on who that might be. It's expected Ubisoft will announce its fiscal quarterly results later this month.

With a 15 hour long single player adventure, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is far more than a multiplayer side story in the Assassin's Creed universe. It's time to join the Brotherhood, as Ubisoft details Ezio's continuing adventures.

So far the buzz about Assassin's Creed Brotherhood has been all about the multiplayer, and the game does indeed feature a deep multiplayer experience. While the production is being led by Ubisoft Montreal, work is also being done at Ubisoft studios in Singapore, Bucharest, Québec City and Annecy, with Annecy being the developer behind the excellent multiplayer side of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Players will be able to choose between multiple character classes with signature weapons and killing moves, competing against online friends in a wide variety of unique multiplayer modes. The fact sheet boasts "you'll never fight the same way twice."

It sounds pretty amazing, but is Ubisoft neglecting the single player experience in favor of multiplayer? It sure doesn't look like it.

Ezio, now a Master Assassin, travels to the "living, breathing" city of Rome to experience more than 15 hours of single-player game play. While he's there he'll hob nob with famous historical figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Caterina Sforza, while recruiting and training a Brotherhood of young assassins, deploying them in the city or calling on them to aid in your quest to strike at the heart of the Templar order.

Ezio will have plenty of equipment to help get the job done as well, including poison darts, hidden blades and guns, an advanced version of the flying machine seen in Assassin's Creed 2, and a parachute, just 'cause.

It sounds like the villa management from AC2 returns as well, only on a much larger scale, as Ezio spends his wealth to revitalize the crumbling city of Rome, unlocking new factions and missions along the way.

It also bears noting that Ubisoft Singapore is the team behind the excellent "secret location" platforming stages in ACII. More of those would be quite welcome.

That should assuage any fears that this will be a strictly multiplayer affair with a throwaway single player element. It might not be called Assassin's Creed III, but Brotherhood looks to be every bit the full sequel to Assassin's Creed II.

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is due out during the 2010 holiday season.