Sun Nov 15, 6:25 PM ET

An Ubisoft employee works at Ubisoft company headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois, outside Paris, in 2007. "Assassin's Creed 2," a new videogame from Ubisoft, hits stores on Tuesday in a hotly anticipated swirl of treachery, swordplay, history, and artistry set in scenic Renaissance Italy. (AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)

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