Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, and PC) has been given the M rating by the ESRB. Their justification for it: "sexual overtones" and "seduction mini-games" are included in the program.

Said the ESRB:

The game contains strong sexual overtones. During one 'seduction mini-game', players are able to press buttons to kiss a woman and remove her dress, with the woman's back facing the camera, the two characters lower to bed and blow out a candle.

Furthermore, they also had some tsk-tsking to do with the dialogue:

Some scenes take place inside brothels, though no nudity or sexual acts are depicted. The dialogue contains the following sexual references: 'So the whip or the paddle today?' and 'Does your wife know about your page-boy fantasies, Captain?' Character backstories, narrated through still-frame vignettes, explain how villains and historical figures achieved their notoriety; some biographies include references to adultery, sodomy, prostitution and rape...

And it goes on. If you want to read the rest of ESRB's description, head over to the source link below.

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