For those of you whom did not attend one of the many midnight launches for the game or otherwise haven’t picked it up from stores this morning – Assassin’s Creed III is now available in stores for the Playstation 3 and XBox360 video game consoles.
As it has with the previous two sets of games, with the addition of an extra I to the title, it means we see a brand new setting and a brand new main character. Assassin’s Creed III takes you on a journey from the vibrant cities of Colonial America, across the expansive and perilous frontier to the unforgiving stormy seas and blood-soaked battlefields.
In addition, Playstation Vita console owners may want to check out Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, which offers a unique experience exclusively for the console with the same sort of setting but a completely different protagonist.
Yves Guillemot | Chief Executive Officer of Ubisoft
Assassin’s Creed III is Ubisoft’s biggest launch ever and the most ambitious game in our history. Today, we delivered on the vision the team had three years ago thanks to the tremendous talent and hard work of the many Ubisoft studios involved. They have refined the core tenets of the franchise while also implementing brand new experiences, such as naval combat, that will captivate returning fans and newcomers to the Assassin’s Creed universe.
Wii U and PC fans can expect to see the game released on their consoles from the 30th and 22nd November respectively.
The latest offerings from the Assassin’s Creed universe give gamers two different ways to experience the games and 18th century America. Assassin’s Creed III (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Windows PC), the first game to take advantage of the new Ubisoft-AnvilNext game engine, is set against the backdrop of the American Revolution in the late 18th century and introduces a new hero, Ratonhnhaké:ton, of Native American and English heritage. Adopting the name Connor, he becomes the new voice for justice in the ancient war between the Assassins and Templars. Gamers become an Assassin in the war for liberty against ruthless tyranny in the most stylized and fluid combat experiences in the franchise to date. Assassin’s Creed III features unprecedented scope and scale. Additionally, PlayStation 3 owners will enjoy four exclusive missions related to Benedict Arnold.
In Assassin’s Creed III Liberation (PlayStation Vita system), gamers play as the series’ first female protagonist, Aveline. A woman of conviction, Aveline is fighting for freedom in 18th-century New Orleans – a city on the brink of a rebellion as the Spanish Empire imposes its new rule. PlayStation® fans who pick up both Assassin’s Creed III Liberation for the PS Vita system and Assassin’s Creed III for the PS3 will receive exclusive content, including a mission where gamers play as Connor, an in-game version of Connor’s tomahawk, an exclusive character skin, a multiplayer character and a complete upgrade of all ammunition pouches.
Ubisoft has also announced the Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass, featuring “The Tyranny of King Washington,” an all-new single-player campaign told through three episodic content packs that lets gamers experience an alternate history of the events following the American Revolution. In addition to this all-new single player experience, Assassin’s Creed III downloadable content will feature new maps and characters for an even more expansive multiplayer experience as well as other single-player missions.
The Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass provides gamers with all five forthcoming DLCs, scheduled for release within six months after the game launch, for $49.95 on PlayStation Store or 2400 Microsoft Points. The Season Pass is now available for purchase on PlayStation 3 in EB Games stores and on the PlayStation Store, and from October 31 on Xbox360 and from November 22 for PCs.
