If you’re striving for 100% completion on Assassin’s Creed II you’ll have to carry out dozens of Assassination contracts that can be found by visiting pigeon coops dotted around the various locations. Check out our complete guide to Assassination...

If you're striving for 100% completion on Assassin's Creed II you'll have to carry out dozens of Assassination contracts that can be found by visiting pigeon coops dotted around the various locations. Check out our complete guide to Assassination...

Tombs are littered throughout the world of Assassin’s Creed II, in which you’ll find hidden treasures and tasks/puzzles that require you to break the tomb seals. In the first part of our guide are the locations to all of the hidden...

There are many logical challenges that you'll have to solve during Assassin's Creed II, from deciphering passwords to picture identification puzzles. Check out Part One of our guide to solving every puzzle in the game. Spoiler Warning! 11. The...

There are many logical challenges that you'll have to solve during Assassin's Creed II, from deciphering passwords to picture identification puzzles. Check out Part One of our guide to solving every puzzle in the game. Spoiler Warning! We kick off with...

It can take a lot of searching around to find the 20 glyph locations scattered throughout Rennaissance Italy. Check out the second of our guides to pinpoint the exact locations of Glyphs. This time we take a look at Venice. San Giacomo Di Rialto Head...

It can take a lot of searching around to find the 20 glyph locations scattered throughout Rennaissance Italy. Check out the second of our guides to pinpoint the exact locations of Glyphs. This time we take a look at Tuscany and...

It can take a lot of searching around to find the 20 glyph locations scattered throughout Rennaissance Italy. Check out the first of our guides to finding the exact locations of Glyphs. First up, we start out in Florence. La Rosa Colta Right at the...

Once you’ve learnt how to execute defensive blocks, instant kills and combos effectively, there are only a few more moves left to master in order for you to become a skilled assassin. In Part Three of The Art of Combat we take a look at fist-fights,...

At first glance, there's not much to  the combat in Assassin's Creed, but combined with clever use of defence, which we covered in Part One of The Art Of Combat , it can be very satisfying pulling off combos and slicing and dicing multiple opponent's...

You’ll get yourself into a fair few scrapes with sword-wielding guards throughout your travels in the wonderful world of Assassin’s Creed 2, but if you hope to come out of a fight unscathed, defence is a key strategy in the art of combat. Part one of...

Whilst playing as Altair in Desmond's dream, you will eventually have to climb a tower to follow your target. Once you've climbed the tower halfway you will reach a  balcony where you can see a ledge, but if you try to jump...

1) Don't kill the Borgia messenger. If you tackle him you get lots of money and you don't become notorious. If you kill him you become notorious. 2) Try not to kill soldiers in high profile mode as this will...

It's going to take a lot of hard work and dedication to unlock all 1000 Achievement Points in Assassin's Creed II, but this should get you started nicely.  Here are 100 easy points to unlock that shouldn't require too much effort at all. The Birth...

Here's a small tip to help you find those last few feathers, go into the DNA strand section in the pause menu.  And in there you will find a section at the end of the strand where secret items and feathers are located. If you...

Here's a complete list of the 50 Achievements you must achieve and unlock on the Xbox 360 version to get a total of 1,000 Gamerscore points. [caption id="attachment_774" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Can you get all the achievements in the...