Assassin's Creed Brotherhood first launched in 2010. Ubisoft Montreal developed the game, which continued Ezio Auditore's story after Assassin's Creed II and was initially released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2010.
Brotherhood is primarily set in Rome, where Ezio works to weaken the Borgia power structure and rebuild the Assassin Brotherhood. Its title refers directly to the recruitment and management of fellow Assassins, a system that lets players assign recruits to missions and call trained allies during gameplay.
The game also introduced a major competitive multiplayer mode to the series. Its historical storyline features Cesare Borgia, a real Renaissance military leader and political figure, though the game uses fictionalized events and characters alongside documented history. Assassin's Creed Revelations followed in 2011 and concluded the main arc of Ezio's story.