We've had a lot of info about Assassin's Creed II's new lead Ezio since April, but you gotta hear it from the Ubisoft devs themselves, including how our new hero got his new name and how you pronounce it (although the pronunciation part is easy enough to figure out). For the first part of the Assassin's Creed II (PS3, Xbox 360) dev diary, I give you "The Eagle" Ezio Auditore de Firenze.

Sounds like his background will have a lot to do with the plot. No surprises there, but it certainly adds to the mystique under his hood.

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Read more about Ezio:

• A look at Assassin's Creed 2's new lead, Ezio
• Ladies' man, swimmer, authentic Italian, noble fashion: more on Assassin's Creed 2