From the latest trailer to the leaked screenshots from earlier this year, Assassin’s Creed III is shaping up to look like a really good game. So good, in fact, that I know plenty of Vita owners out there were getting a little jealous. Well, worry no more! Ubisoft has announced plans for Assassin’s Creed III Liberation, a Vita-exclusive title taking place in the same American Revolution time period as the original. Liberation will feature additional locations, a new storyline, and most excitingly (for me) a female protagonist. An article from the latest edition of Game Informer has more information.
The article on the game reveals some initial details, including an expected release date and some story elements. A NeoGaf user posted some key points from the Game Informer preview:
It’s out same day as AC3 (October 30)
Location is New Orleans
Female assassin named Aveline of mixed heritage
Looks like same time period as AC3
Ubisoft Sofia is developing
Takes place between 1765-1780 in the period between the end of the French and Indian war
One of the bullet points is that it’s “true AC gameplay”
Will not connect to Desmond
Will have “multiplayer specifically tailored to the Vita experience”
“The game has been released as a propaganda tool by Abstergo, who want players to experience a gray area of the Assassin/Templar conflict as an assassin rather than a Templar”
Aveline’s mentor is an escaped slave named Agate,leader of the assassins in New Orleans
Wildlife like alligators “wait on the banks of the swamp or hide beneath murky waters”
Liberation will also take players “across the Gulf into Mexico”
Connor and Aveline will meet in Liberation
Front and read touch controls are used to pickpocket
New weapons added, including sugarcane machete, pistols, muskets, and grenades
Ubisoft will almost certainly be revealing more about Assassin’s Creed III Liberation at E3, so keep an eye on our E3 coverage for more information. Until then, click the image below to view the full-sized version.
Breanna has been gaming since infancy, if gnawing on an unattended controller counts as playing a game. One of the younger members of the Gaming Trend family, she dabbled in PC games as a kid but wasn't fully consumed by the hobby until the sixth generation of consoles. Now an avid PC and console gamer, she looks forward to the day when she can scape together enough cash to join the next gen club.
In the last week of middle school, a math teacher taught her how to program a calculator; she was pretty much hooked then and there. Currently working towards a degree in Computer Science and Applied Math, Breanna hope to someday make games instead of just writing about them. Other hobbies include playing guitar, binge-watching Netflix, and cooking delicious food.
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