Ubisoft have sent through a trailer, new screens and release and pricing information for the forthcoming debut of Assassin's Creed 2 DLC, which will feature 2 new Memory Sequences, Battle of Forli ($5.30) and Bonfire of the Vanities ($6.60).

Sequence 12: Battle of Forli - Available end of Jan
Assassin's Creed II Sequence 12: Battle of Forli expands the Assassin's Creed II experience by delivering a missing piece of the storyline. Join Machiavelli and Caterina Sforza to defend Forli from the Orsi Brothers. Accomplish a daring rescue and prevent the Piece of Eden from falling into the hands of the Templars. Uncover new depths to the historical conspiracy by gaining access to six challenging new memories. Pilot Leonardo's flying machine across Romagna.

Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities - Available end of Feb
A must for Assassin's fans, Assassin's Creed II Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities continues to expand the addictive AC2 universe. Work with Machiavelli to free the city of Florence from the grip of the mad monk Savonarola by targeting influential citizens under his control. Battle, sneak and free-run your way through more than ten challenging new memories. Discover a new district of Florence, and utilize Ezio's brand new move: the spring-jump.

We have the new trailer available for you to check out right here, while the new screens can be viewed directly below (click each for a larger view).

Ubisoft have announced the first downloadable content batch for Assassin's Creed 2 - though it's really more of a confirmation of it's impending existence, as there's not a lot of information available yet:

The First DLC, entitled “Battle of Forli” launches in January and the second DLC, entitled “Bonfire of the Vanities” in February.

Players must own a disc copy of Assassin’s Creed™ II on PlayStation 3™ or Xbox 360™, have an Internet connection to download the additional content and a minimum of 1.0 GB of memory available for each DLC.

More information will be made available in late December. Stay tuned!

In follow-up to our extensive preview of Assassin's Creed 2 posted yesterday, we also have our promised video interview with Associate Producer, Vincent Pontbriand, which reveals heaps of information about the game.

How you'll be travelling between areas, the size of areas, which renaissance areas you'll be visiting as well as information on the all-new dynamic AI system, mission-structures, the new character, Ezio, the old character, Desmond Miles and whether the older avatar, Altair, of the first game will have an impact on the game and Ezio are all touched upon, as well as so much more.

You can view the video interview here, and as usual, there's also a full interview transcript available right here.

Assassin's Creed II was easily one of our most anticipated titles at this year's E3. Not because we loved the first game (though we did, issues and all), but because Ubi had openly promised to approach all of the problems punters had with Assassin's Creed, and we think any developer willing to admit they screwed up the first time, deserves a second chance.

So we sat through a controlled hands-off demo of the game which definitely got us all warm and fuzzy inside. We also grilled Ubisoft in a full video interview which we'll be posting up shortly, so stay tuned.

Hit this link for the full preview. For more info, art and screens, check out our game page, too.