The first Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood info has gone live and we’re suprised. We were expecting Assassin’s Creed 2.5, but it looks like were wrong.

The game will come with with a new 15 hour single player campaign. Ezio will recuit allies and lead a ‘brotherhood’ against the Templar Order in Rome.

Leonardo Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Caterina Sforza will be at hand to provide a bunch secret weapons such as poison darts, parachutes and flying machines.

Don’t forget, this will be the first Assassin’s Creed to include online multiplayer. You will utilize Abstergo to train in Assassination with other characters that each have their own “signature weapons and assassination techniques”, and match your newly honed skills against other players in different a number of unspecified game modes.

We are very eagar to learn more about this. E3 can’t happen sooner.

Here’s the press info:

UBISOFT® UNMASKS FIRST DETAILS FOR ASSASSIN’S CREED® BROTHERHOOD

The Next Iteration of Assassin’s Creed Will Continue The Legend of Ezio as He Takes on Rome While Adding a Multiplayer Component to the Series For the First Time Ever

Today Ubisoft® announces new product details for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, the next iteration of the critically acclaimed, multi-million unit selling franchise. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood will ship late 2010 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and the PC. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is a worldwide production effort led by the Ubisoft Montreal Studio in collaboration with Ubisoft studios in Singapore, Bucharest, Québec City and Annecy (known for developing Splinter Cell Chaos Theory’s Multiplayer).

The critically acclaimed single player experience of Assassin’s Creed is back and better than ever as Ezio returns in a powerful struggle against the powerful Templar Order. Now a legendary Master Assassin, he must journey to Rome, center of power, greed and corruption to strike at the heart of the enemy. Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands an entire Brotherhood that will rally to his side.  Only by working together can the Assassins defeat their mortal enemies.

And for the first time, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood offers a never-before-seen multiplayer layer.  Players can help the Templars by using Abstergo to train in the art of Assassination to eliminate the Assassins once and for all. Players can choose from a wide range of unique characters, each with their own signature weapons and assassination techniques, and match their skills against other players from all over the world in different game modes.

For more information on Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, please visit: http://www.assassinscreed.com.