It’s time to sharpen the old hidden blades again. Ubisoft has confirmed that The Infamy, the first in a planned trilogy of downloadable single-player expansions for Assassin’s Creed III, is being made available today for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC versions of the game, with the Wii U to follow shortly thereafter.
As the intro to the series collectively known as The Tyranny of King Washington, the DLC takes place in an alternate history where George Washington, upon helping America win the Revolutionary War, goes made with power and establishes a monarchy for himself. It’s up to Ratonhnhaké:ton, who apparently won’t earn the name Connor this time, to put a stop to Washington’s plans.
The expansion will be available individually for 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox Marketplace, and $9.99 on other systems. There’s also a Season Pass bundle for 2400 Microsoft points or $29.99, which will contain the following episodes of the trilogy, The Betrayal and The Redemption, when they are respectively released on March 19 and April 23. The Season Pass also includes the previously released Hidden Secrets and Battle Hardened DLC.
More details can be found in the following press release, as well as promotional screenshots and a trailer from Ubisoft:
MONTRÉAL — February 19, 2013 — Today, Ubisoft® announced the launch of The Infamy, the first episode in the three-part Assassin’s Creed® III The Tyranny of King Washington downloadable content series for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows® PC.
In the first episode of The Tyranny of King Washington, our hero, Ratonhnhaké:ton, awakens from an unsettling dream to find, despite his efforts to deliver justice in the newly founded United States of America, that a new king has been crowned: George Washington. The Infamy takes gamers through the beginning of the journey to dethrone this new king.
Assassin’s Creed III The Tyranny of King Washington continues in two more episodes: The Betrayal and The Redemption, releasing March 19 and April 23, respectively.
Each episode of The Tyranny of King Washington can be purchased individually for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE or $9.99.
The three episodes of The Tyranny of King Washington are available through the Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass, which is available for purchase for 2400 Microsoft Points via the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network for Xbox 360, or $29.99 on PlayStation®Network and Windows PC. The Season Pass will include the Tyranny of King Washington campaign and the previously released Hidden Secrets and Battled Hardened packs.
All Assassin’s Creed III downloadable content packs will also be available through the Nintendo eShop on the Wii UTM system from Nintendo.
Assassin’s Creed III is now available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii U. For Windows PC gamers, the Assassin’s Creed III Deluxe Edition is available as a digital download and includes all future downloadable content.
