Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles was a surprisingly good adventure title for the Nintendo DS. It's existence, however, was shrouded in mystery, with Ubisoft denying its development up until its launch. Now, with history repeating itself, Gamestop has added Assassin's Creed II for the DS to their calender with a November 17th release.

This means Ubisoft is preparing to ship the game, day and date, alongside its next-gen counterparts. Assassin's Creed for the PSP has already been announced, so this shouldn't really come as a shock to anyone, but it's still interesting that Ubisoft declined to make any announcement during E3. God knows their press conference could have used a little bit of excitement.

Odds are it will star Ezio in some sort of a spin-off adventure, but that's nothing more than speculation. We've reached out to Ubisoft for an official response, and will be sure to post any updates.