Ubisoft's Assassins Creed 2 Page now offers a patch to update the Windows edition of Assassin's Creed II to version 1.01, a patch that's mirrored on WorthPlaying. If you're thinking this sounds premature, that's because the PC edition of the stealth/action sequel is not expected for anouther couple of weeks. Looking at the patch notes, we have what seems a logical theory for issuing the patch prior to the game, which is to mitigate concerns spurred by reports that progress in the single player game could be lost to the behavior of Ubisoft's new online digital rights management (DRM) scheme. Here's the first item in the patch notes: "Game can now be continued from the exact same point when connection is restored."