A post over on the Ubisoft forums announces that Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood will go into multiplayer beta on October 4th.
The beta will be available to those who pre-order the PS3 version, although whether this applies to local pre-orders is unclear.
“In the Multiplayer beta, players will have the opportunity to choose from nine different characters such as the doctor, the priest, the executioner or the courtesan, try their unique deadly weapons and discover their signature moves.”
Perhaps more importantly, the post also states the following:
“Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is scheduled to release on November 18th 2010 on Xbox 360 and PS3. It will be available on PC in Q1 2011.”