The game was first released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November and December 2010 and was later made available on Microsoft Windows in March and June 2011.

It is the third major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and the second chapter in the 'Ezio Trilogy', as a direct sequel to 2009's Assassin's Creed II. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a 2010 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.