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[Wix]

PRESS RELEASE

Ubisoft® Ignites the American Revolution with Assassin’s Creed® III

Paris, France — March 5, 2012 — Assassin’s Creed® III will hit store shelves on October 31, 2012, encouraging gamers to experience the American Revolutionary War not written about in history books. The largest project in Ubisoft’s history also introduces a new hero for the ages.

With a development cycle of over three years and twice the production capacity of any previous Ubisoft game, Assassin’s Creed III is set to release on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Windows PC and is also in development for Wii U™ from Nintendo. Assassin’s Creed III is developed by Ubisoft Montreal in collaboration with six other Ubisoft studios.

Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution in the late 18th century, Assassin’s Creed III introduces a new hero, Ratohnhaké: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. Players 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 spans the Revolutionary War, taking gamers from the vibrant, untamed frontier to bustling colonial towns and the intense, chaotic battlefields where George Washington’s Continental Army clashed with the imposing British Army.

Assassin’s Creed III is powered by Ubisoft-AnvilNext, a revolutionary new game engine that delivers breakthroughs in visual quality, character models and artificial intelligence. Assassin’s Creed III will feature a ground-breaking level of stunning graphics that bring Colonial America to life.

“Assassin’s Creed III features the franchise’s most expansive setting so far, along with an exciting new hero and exponentially more gameplay,” said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft. “Whether you’re a longtime fan of Assassin’s Creed or if you’re new to the franchise, you’re going to be blown away by the scale and marvel of Assassin’s Creed III.”

Assassin’s Creed III also can be pre-ordered at UBIShop® by visiting: http://shop.ubi.com/assassinscreed3

New artwork from Assassin’s Creed III also will be featured in Assassin’s Creed Recollection, the real-time board game for the iPad.

For more information on Assassin’s Creed, please visit the Assassin’s Creed Official Website (www.assassinscreed.com) and facebook.com/assassinscreed.

About Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 26 countries and has sales in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2010-11 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of € 1.039 billion. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

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PLEASE USE SPOILER TAGS, EVEN WHEN DISCUSSING PREVIOUS ASSASSIN'S CREED GAMES.

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Title: Assassin's Creed III

Platforms: XBOX 360, Playstation 3, PC, Wii U

Developer: Ubisoft Montreal, additional work by Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Massive, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Bucharest

Publisher: Ubisoft

Release date: 31st October 2012 (EU), 30th October (NA)

Players: TBA

Online: Yes

Co-op: Yes (rumored)

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- New hero called Connor/Ratohnhake:ton (pronounced Ra-doon-ha-gay-doo). He has an English father and Native American mother.

- A new traversal approach that has players leaping and climbing trees and mountain cliffs.

- Uses a new version of the Anvil engine that can "depict thousands of troops engaged in bloody battle" along with highly detailed face close-ups.

- Combat is focused on putting you on the offensive and based on speed/momentum.

- The main character has thousands of new and unique animations (no carry over from other titles) to support the new combat system.

- There will be all sorts of wilderness in the game referred to as the Frontier.

- The map of the Frontier is 1.5 times bigger than the entire map of Brotherhood.

- You can hunt animals for resources, and how you kill them effects your reward. A one hit kill on a bear gets you a much more valuable pelt than stabbing it eight times.

- The wilderness traversal plays a big part in the gameplay in the Frontier, allowing you to use trees, cliffs, ledges, and more to set up kills and combat.

- The world changes as time passes, so a field where a battle happened in one year may just be a series of empty encampments a few months later.

- The entire world will change with seasons, so the cities and the wilderness will all exist in both Summer and Winter settings. In the winter, soldiers will move slowly and stumble about in the snow, and lakes and

rivers will freeze over allowing you new terrain to work with. This gives Connor an extra advantage since he can still use the trees and wilderness pretty effectively during this time of year.

- There are all sorts of clubs and groups who want you to join and give you quests. These are separate from the mission system. These clubs will contact you based on what you do in the game. For example, hunting a lot will get you an invitation to the hunting society.

- There will be a goods based economy, a new property system, and more Desmond stuff.

- There's a new GUI known as Animus 3.0.

- There's a new Animus database written by Shaun Hastings, who makes snarky comments about the British perspective of the war.

- Full synchronization returns, but with major tweaks. Missions have checkpoints, You also get significant rewards for doing these tasks instead of a 100%. "Imagine a leveling system in an RPG, except there's a finite amount of XP to find. The more in-sync you get, the more you fill your sync bar. Within each mission, each activity you complete has a value". You can replay everything to increase your score.

- Aligned groups are gone, but something new is replacing them in regards to factions. They don't say what.

- There's a new notoriety system that is more hidden and doesn't penalize you for exploring risky areas.

- The game has fast travel because the game has more traveling.

- Tower Defense is gone (thanks Ubi!)

- You can upgrade Connor's gear and costume as the game goes on in an attempt to make it feel more authentic.

- The cities have a lot more subtle detail now in terms of ambient things that happen.

- You can now leap over wagons or slide under obstacles, including navigating over and around moving objects. The free running stuff also has you jumping through windows to trees and then on top of church roofs. Basically, expect the free running stuff, but more fluid and presumably generally closer to the ground.

- Connor enters battle with two weapons. The game uses the same controls in and out of battle.

- The tomahawk and knife are a "constant presence" in battle. They also let you do double counters and multiple takedowns, and you can chain kills.

- There's no more target locking, it just automatically detects your target. Counter/defense are the same button to prevent turtling.

- You can use human shields and other context sensitive moves.

- They want you to constantly move in battle.

- There are lots of secondary attacks like the one shot pistol on the Y/triangle button.

- There's a new dynamic camera to track the action and make it look as cinematic as possible.

- There is a new sprinting system also, so you can hold the button to instantly turn around and start fleeing from combat. They also let you kill people while still moving so you can keep chasing a target. They kind of imply you can even leap off of them after you kill them, though I'm not sure if that makes you faster or just doesn't impede your movement.

- There are around 2.5 hours of character scenes in the game that are fully acted and recorded. They mean this in Naughty Dog style where they have the actors being mocaped while performing on a set that resembles the scene in the game.

- They're aiming for accuracy by having historical dialog consultants and actual Native American actors.

- This game has the longest development cycle since AC1, and has twice the production capacity (in terms of work hours) and budget of Revelations.

- They want the game to feel like AC3.5, and the game will have its first version complete in just a few more weeks, at which point they're going to spend the rest of their time refining it.

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Game Informer's 2012 Cover - Assassin's Creed III

Game of the year!

Edited by Wix, 10 May 2012 - 11:43 AM.

[PipoPito]

how do u spoiler tag?
like that <spoiler> hi </spoiler> ?
EDIT: well it isnt like that... maybe like that *spoiler* hello *spoiler*
EDIT II: Maybe like that (spoiler) hi (spoiler)
EDIT BROTHERHOOD: Well that didn't work... maybe like that {spoiler} heyall {spoiler}
EDIT REVELATIONS: Didn't work too.... MAYBE like that : [spoiler] ahoy [spoiler]
EDIT III: Ok none of those worked... help?

Edited by Great Mighty Poo, 05 March 2012 - 12:14 PM.

[Hoodbury]

I've never played an AC game before but they always intreagued me. And since I've always only had Nintendo consoles I've never had the chance so this will probably be a launch day purchase for me.

Since I've never played one before can someone answer this, is this an open ended game? Or is the single player a linear start and end type of game?

And also this question: there will be multiplayer correct?

[Robotic Sunshine Commander]

LAUNCH DAY game. It's bad enough i missed out on the past assasins creed games, i love the revolutionary war theme of this game.

[Caius Casshern Sins]

If the game comes out with the Wii U, I will get it with Darksiders 2.

[Lord Pickleton]

how do u spoiler tag?
like that <spoiler> hi </spoiler> ?
EDIT: well it isnt like that... maybe like that *spoiler* hello *spoiler*
EDIT II: Maybe like that (spoiler) hi (spoiler)
EDIT BROTHERHOOD: Well that didn't work... maybe like that {spoiler} heyall {spoiler}
EDIT REVELATIONS: Didn't work too.... MAYBE like that : [spoiler] ahoy [spoiler]
EDIT III: Ok none of those worked... help?

It should be [ spoiler ] [ /spoiler ] take out the spaces

How do you make the text bigger?

I just want to know from what is the Wii U version getting ported from 360/PS3/PC?

Edited by Cerberuz, 05 March 2012 - 01:33 PM.

[PipoPito]

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lol this is fun...

Anyways we already know that:

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• It is in the 18th century.
• Set in the American Revolution War.
• New Assassin.
• New Assassin's village was burned down.
• New Assassin has British blood.
• New Assassin wants to fight for his freedom and is WITH the Americans AGAINST the british.

[Wix]

^ The new Assassin's name is Connor, and is half British and half Native American. It's true that he fights with the Americans, but Ubisoft has put a lot of emphasis on making it clear that the British are not necessarily the bad guys.

And also this question: there will be multiplayer correct?

Ubi hasn't showed anything, but it was mentioned in the newest GI issue.

[Nollog]

This forum does "OT" 's?
Why can't we just discuss games like on normal forums and not bring over this ... stuff from there?


I've been wanting to play assassin's creed, but I know it's not my type of game.
Oh peer pressure you nasty :-

[Wix]

This forum does "OT" 's?
Why can't we just discuss games like on normal forums and not bring over this ... stuff from there?


I've been wanting to play assassin's creed, but I know it's not my type of game.
Oh peer pressure you nasty :-

Come on, I like making these ;_;

Oh and look, co-op confirmed, sort of http://ps3.ign.com/a.../1220079p1.html

[Zok]

Interesting. I keep thinking I'm going to get this, but I know I've got to get Metal Gear: Rising first.

Interesting. I keep thinking I'm going to get this, but I know I've got to get Metal Gear: Rising first.

[Terrabyte20xx]

Interesting. I keep thinking I'm going to get this, but I know I've got to get Metal Gear: Rising first.

Tell me you know that's it's probably going to be a so bad it's good game.

[Wix]

http://www.egmnow.co...ng-at-pax-east/

[Chinomanila]

Dang, this game sounds amazing.

Edited by Chinomanila, 23 March 2012 - 04:18 PM.

[Wix]

http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/unite

do it people!

Edited by Wix, 07 May 2012 - 09:13 AM.

[Keviin]

I hope the Wii U version has updated graphics and more content. I might just buy it, if there's a lack of first party games and RESIDENT EVIL 6.. D:

[Caius Casshern Sins]

The gameplay Trailer has been unlocked

[neverwinteru]

The gameplay Trailer has been unlocked

It has been unlocked and its Glorious! Though I admit I skipped over brotherhood and revelations. Still I'm eagerly anticipating this one.

[TriForce_3]

I've never played an AC game before but they always intreagued me. And since I've always only had Nintendo consoles I've never had the chance so this will probably be a launch day purchase for me.

Since I've never played one before can someone answer this, is this an open ended game? Or is the single player a linear start and end type of game?

And also this question: there will be multiplayer correct?

This is a Franchise I had missed also. I'm playing it now in preparation for 3 If I like the others it will be a Launch Day purchase along with 3-4 others.

Nice game so far and even the first one has amazing Graphics. Can't wait to see Assassin's Creed 3 with the new engine and new combat.

It has been unlocked and its Glorious! Though I admit I skipped over brotherhood and revelations. Still I'm eagerly anticipating this one.

As I said above I'm playing the Franchise now. It's been on my backlog forever and I finally decided I was going to play it in anticipation of 3. I have some other Franchises/Games I'm wanting to catch up on also so I may do the same and just play AC I and II and then if I have time before AC3 I'll come back and play the others.

Edited by TriForce_3, 10 May 2012 - 09:51 AM.

[Chinomanila]

The gameplay Trailer has been unlocked

Looks nice, I love the house jumping part.