Ubisoft have announced today that, in the UK at least, the official Assassin’s Creed 2 announcements will arrive via four magazines.

The latest issues of Play, 360, Total PC Gaming and gamesTM include the official UK-exclusive announcements of the forthcoming sequel.

But how can you get your hands on the news right now?

It was only yesterday that we brought you greetings from Venice in the form of a postcard hinting Assassin’s Creed 2. Today, we have more information regarding the game shrouded in mystery.
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It is not often that we receive something in the post that leaves us mildly baffled, but this morning was one of those times.

A postcard arrived with a picture of Venice on the front. The rear of the postcard contains none of the usual ‘wish you were here’ drivel that most postcards around the world carry; in fact it carries no text at all. The postmark is clearly from Central Milan, not Venice.

Then we started to notice something recognisable within the picture that gave the game away…

Stepping out from the shadows, Assassin’s Creed II details have surfaced in the latest edition of GameInformer and, thanks to the guys over at C&VG, we can reproduce them for you here.

After months of speculation, endless hours of heated debate and innumerable arguments both for and against the concept of Assassin’s Creed leaving the setting of the Holy Land (not to mention the odd fiery flag discussion), the teaser of the sequel arrives and … we get nothing.

That’s not entirely true of course, as what we do get is a (mostly empty) new site along with some intriguing footage that lends some credence of Altair (or maybe the Son of Altair) moving out of the dust bowl of Jerusalem next time around.

Ubisoft have a sales call and announce Assassin’s Creed 2, Ghost Recon sequel and more. Check out the full article for what Ubisoft has planned in 2009.