Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood PC- shipping dates, special editions and system specs

Ubi soft have just announced a truck load of information on the PC version of their critically acclaimed game, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. The game will be available in retail stores and online for digital downloads on March 18th.

The game will come in four different editions-

STANDARD EDITION (RETAIL AND DIGITAL)

Main game + Abstergo Project Update 1.0 and 2.0 and The Da Vinci Disappearance

CODEX EDITION:

This Limited and Exclusive Collector’s Edition of Assassin’s Creed^® Brotherhood will include a beautiful and detailed Renaissance style chest containing:

o    Main game + Abstergo Project Update 1.0 and 2.0 and The Da Vinci Disappearance

o    The Original Codex written by the hand of Altaïr: a quality 60 pages book revealing all the history of the Assassins and presenting the artworks of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood.

o    A detailed map of ROME

o    Multiplayer Characters Collectible Cards: a set of trade cards presenting all the characters of Assassin’s Creed^® Brotherhood Multiplayer, their kill moves and biography

o    Assassin’s Creed^® Lineage DVD: discover the story of Giovanni Auditore, Ezio’s father, by watching this three episodes short movie.

o    An exclusive Bonus DVD containing the Assassin’s Creed^® Brotherhood original soundtrack, galleries…

o    Exclusive unlockable content:

• One Multiplayer Character: The Harlequin, a deadly assassin lying behind a gaudy costume and a twisted smiling mask
• One Multiplayer Character: The Officer, a stealthy assassin who can assassinate his targets with a swift and powerful attack
• One exclusive single player indoor map: The Trajan Market
• One exclusive single player outdoor map:  The Aqueducts map
• Ezio “Drachen Armor”

SPECIAL EDITION

This Special Edition comes in an exclusive Cold Foil Packaging and contains:

o    Main game + Abstergo Project Update 1.0 and 2.0 and The Da Vinci Disappearance

o    Exclusive unlockable content:

• One Multiplayer Character: The Officer, a stealthy assassin who can assassinate his targets with a swift and powerful attack
• One exclusive single player indoor map: The Trajan Market

DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION

• Main game + Abstergo Project Update 1.0 and 2.0 and The Da Vinci Disappearance

o    Assassin’s Creed^® Lineage: discover the story of Giovanni Auditore, Ezio’s father, by watching this three episodes short movie.

o    Exclusive additional content featuring the Assassin’s Creed^® Brotherhood original soundtrack, galleries, Making-of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood…

o    Exclusive unlockable content:

• One Multiplayer Character: The Harlequin, a deadly assassin lying behind a gaudy costume and a twisted smiling mask
• One Multiplayer Character: The Officer, a stealthy assassin who can assassinate his targets with a swift and powerful attack
• One exclusive single player indoor map: The Trajan Market
• One exclusive single player outdoor map:  The Aqueducts map
• Ezio “Drachen Armor”

Here are the system requirements exactly as given out by Ubi Soft.

Minimum Configuration:

SUPPORTED OS: Windows® XP (32 or 64 bit) /Windows Vista®(32 or 64 bit)/Windows 7® (32 or 64 bit)

Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ

RAM: 1.5 GB  Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® – Windows 7®

Video Card: 256 MB DirectX®  9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)

Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 –compliant sound card

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0

DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive

Hard Drive Space: 8 GB

Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional gamepad

* This product does not support Windows® 98/ME/2000/NT

Recommended Configuration:

Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better

Video Card: GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700  or better

Sound: 5.1 sound card

Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse, joystick optional (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended)

Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:

ATI® RADEON®  X1950, HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 series

NVIDIA GeForce® 7/8/9/100/200 series

Stay tuned for more info.

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