It appears that Ubisoft will indeed be announcing Assassin’s Creed III relatively soon. The company has hyped a major announcement to come early next week, but the thunder may have been stolen from the developer by a series of leaks. First, Kotaku received new artwork from a tipster at Best Buy (shown below). The image features a protagonist decked out in a combination of Revolutionary War garb and some traditional Native American accessories. Most importantly, the unnamed figure is dual-wielding a tomahawk (forged in the Assassin’s Creed “A”) and a small pistol.
While this image alone may have been enough to spoil the big surprise, GameInformer inadvertently confirmed the news by revealing their big new cover story a bit too early. Toastervision has a screengrab of the website prior to the new Assassin’s Creed III banner being taken down (a portion of which is shown above), and in it, our mysterious protagonist can be seen riding with George Washington across the Delaware in the famous painting by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. This image all but confirms the setting and time period of the game, though it’s unclear if Assassin’s Creed III will actually happen during the American Revolution or slightly after the fact. Game Informer has since confirmed that Assassin's Creed III will be their April issue cover story, noting that the game will feature an all-new protagonist.
Additionally, Ubisoft has released the game's official box art, shown below Kotaku's image. While the publisher hasn't put forth any details, the art lends even more fuel to the American Revolution fire.
SOURCE: Is this the star of Assassin’s Creed III? [Kotaku]
volcane2004
March 02, 2012 at 1:19am
They should do one in Mexico. Just from watching one of the Zorro movies, it seems like that time period is a shoe-in for an Assassin's Creed game.
xenophi13
March 01, 2012 at 12:24pm
I personally am exited by the prospects of this. Not only is it a potentially very interesting setting and time in history, but it is also one that is largely untapped by the gaming genre in general. There are numerous places this franchise can go that would be interesting but I think this is a good choice. Only question I have is how will the setting impact the parkour gameplay? I don't think colonial America is set up as well as the European and Middle Eastern cities from past AC games (America was not generally as dense, to the best of my knowledge) for the intense verticality of the free running gameplay, but I'll take a leap of faith that they'll be able to handle it, especially since thay have supposedly been working on parts of this title for years whilst working on the other AC titles.
Corey OXM
March 01, 2012 at 7:17pm
Kudos for working Leap of Faith into your comment, but not drawing attention to it in any way. Love it.
Savage13
March 01, 2012 at 10:05am
I wonder how well it will go over in the UK and in Canada? Might be tough to whack a red-coat with a tomohawk if your great great great grandpa was fighting for the crown.
