Assassin's Creed II first released in 2009.
Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed II for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2009, with a Windows version following in March 2010. It introduced Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who became one of the franchise's most prominent protagonists.
The game moves through Renaissance Italy and follows Ezio's transformation from a young Florentine nobleman into an Assassin. Its locations include Florence, Venice, Forlì, and the Tuscan countryside, while Leonardo da Vinci provides inventions and technical assistance.
The date is often confused with 2007, the launch year of the original Assassin's Creed, or 2010, the year of the Windows release and the follow-up Brotherhood's release. The answer 2009 refers to Assassin's Creed II's first console launch.