GENERAL INFO
Release Date: OCTOBER 30, 2012
Publisher: UBISOFT
Developer: UBISOFT MONTREAL
Engine: ANVIL NEXT
OFFICIAL SITE
Assassin's Creed 3
OFFERS
Preorders
Announcement Day
Amazon.com = Free Steelbook case while supplies last.
GameStop = Free Steelbook case while supplies last.
After Initial Preorder Deals
Best Buy = Free Steelbook case, exclusive bonus single player mission "Ghost of War", and access to unlock Pontiac's War Club.
GameStop = access to Lost Mayan Ruins (single player mission), and the Sawtooth Sword weapon unlock.
Amazon.com = access to two amazon-exclusive unlockable items: the Boarding Axe (a single player weapon), and the Captain of the Aquila (a single player character).
Walmart = $4.99 in VUDU movie credits, and an exclusive added in game mission: A Dangerous Secret.
Deals
GameStop= Assassin's Creed 3 Limited Edition
GAME (UK Store) = Exclusive bonus single player mission "A Dangerous Secret", and access to unlock the classic Flintlock Musket.
VIDEOS
Official Debut Trailer
IGN Interview with Alex Hutchinson (Creative Director of AC3)
UBISOFT Television Commercial for Assassin's Creed 3 (premiered September 5, 2012)
CAMPAIGN INFO
Setting
North America 1753-1783
North America 2012
Characters
Desmond Miles
Connor Kenway/Ratohnhaké:ton
Haytham Kenway
Achilles Davenport (NPC)
George Washington (NPC)
Samuel Adams (NPC)
Benjamin Franklin (NPC)
Paul Revere (NPC)
Charles Lee (NPC)
William Miles (NPC)
Shaun Hastings (NPC)
Rebecca Crane (NPC)
Warren Vidic (NPC)
Daniel Cross (NPC)
Juno (NPC)
MULTIPLAYER INFO
It is being developed by Ubisoft Annecy the same developer that worked on the multiplayer sections of the previous two Assassin's Creed titles.
Release Day Maps
1.) Boston Harbor
2.) Northwest Passage
3.) New York Brewery
4.) Fort Wolcott
5.) Virginia Plantation
6.) Boston North End
7.) Animus Core
Release Day Characters
1.) Lady Maverick
2.) Independent
3.) Preacher
4.) Silent Shadow
5.) Night Stalker
6.) Pioneer
7.) Mountebank
8.) Carpenter
9.) Commander
10.) Huntsman
11.) Robber
12.) Hessian
13.) Bear
14.) Strong Man
Modes
1.) Wanted
2.) Manhunt
3.) Deathmatch
4.) Artifact
5.) Domination
6.) Assassinate
7.) Wolfpack
DLC INFO
Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass
*The Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass will be available for purchase for 2400 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE. It was available for pre-order at GameStop and Best Buy.
1.) The Hidden Secrets Pack (Cost without Season Pass = 400 Microsoft points)
*3 Singleplayer missions - Lost Mayan Ruins, Ghost of War, and A Dangerous Secret.
*2 Singleplayer skins - Captain of the Aquila Uniform, and Colonial Assassin Outfit.
*2 Multiplayer characters - Fearsome Redcoat, and Deadly Sharpshooter.
*3 New Weapons - Sawtooth Sword, Pontiac's War Club, and the Flintlock Musket.
2.) The Battle Hardened Pack (Cost without Season Pass = 800 Microsoft points)
*3 New multiplayer characters - Governor, Highlander, and Coyote Man.
*3 New multiplayer maps - Charlestown, Fort St-Mathieu, and Saint Pierre.
*New customization items
3.) The Tyranny of King Washington
A.) The Infamy (part 1) set to be released on February 19, 2013.
ACHIEVEMENT INFO
Currently listed as 54 achievements worth 1100G.
Multiplayer = 9 worth 180G
Secret = 4 worth 80G
DLC = 4 worth 100G