Assassin’s Creed II is coming to the PC on March 16th, Ubisoft announced today. Priced at $59.99, the 2009 blockbuster action title will ship to North American PCs packaged with DLC packs the Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanities.

A special “Black Edition” will also ship for $5 extra, bringing with it “additional features.”  Just what it will entail is not clear yet.  The European Black Edition reported on during the summer listed 3 bonus quests, an Ezio action figure, the game’s soundtrack, a hardcover book, and a couple behind-the-scene interviews with the devs at Ubisoft.  The PC Black Edition is a digital download only, no hard copies, so don’t expect any hardcover parchment books or dolls.  According to a Ubisoft rep the company can’t confirm the full contents of this PC special edition just yet, but our best bet is that extra missions are part of it.

Enough good things have been said about Assassin’s Creed II, I don’t have to tell you again how much I enjoyed it.  I also don’t have to mention again how it was granted the distringuished honor of being named my favorite title of 2009, a title which means…absolutely nothing.

The point is that we all know how much this game rocks.  Well except for PC gamers.  But Ubisoft is out to fix that this March.  To see if your rig can run AC2, peep the system requirements below.

Minimum Configuration:
SUPPORTED OS: Windows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits)/Windows 7® (32-64 bits)
Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ
RAM: 1.5 GB  Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® – Windows 7®
Video Card: 256 MB DirectX®  9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 –compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller
* This product does not support Windows® 98/ME/2000/NT

Recommended Configuration:
Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better
Video Card: GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700  or better
Sound: 5.1 sound card
Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse, joystick optional (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended)

Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
ATI® RADEON®  X1950, HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 series
NVIDIA GeForce® 7/8/9/100/200 series

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