In what I think is a surprising announcement on behalf of Ubisoft, the publisher have confirmed that they will be doing a standalone single-player release of Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry. This digital-download exclusive release will be available for both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on the 19th February 2014 as well as the PC on the 25th February 2014.
Freedom Cry was originally only released a couple of months ago as a bonus DLC chapter for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, thus has left me wondering the justification for this decision – especially considering this release is digital-only just as the original source DLC content was.
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Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry tells the story of Adewale, a man born into slavery. Once a pirate and now a trained Assassin, Adewale is shipwrecked in 18th-century Haiti, home to the most brutal slavery in the West Indies. In an effort to get back to the sea, Adewale assists the locals in exchange for a crew and a ship. The more he fights for freedom from slavery, however, the more he is drawn into the Maroon slave community, forcing him to face his vicious past. In the game, Adewale will take his new crew and set of weapons, including a machete and a blunderbuss, to assassinate enemies and free slaves, delivering merciless justice in plantations and cities alike. No stranger to the sea, Adewale will command a fearsome brig to take down slave owners in the Caribbean.
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