Ubisoft not planning to release Assassin’s Creed 2 demo

Much like that other highly anticipated Q4 blockbuster, it seems Assassin’s Creed 2 won’t receive a pre-launch playable preview. According to Connected Consoles, a Ubisoft representative recently confirmed at the Eurogamer Expo that the company has no plans for a demo. We’ve contacted Ubisoft to try and corroborate this report, and to see if the company has a good reason for not putting out a sneak preview of the title. You know, a reason better than “you guys already know what stabbing people is like.”

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