Assassin’s Creed III bundles announced for Europe

Binh Nguyen 27 Mar, 2012 at 7:27pm ET Article published in Gaming

Assassin’s Creed III is shaping up to be one of the must-have games of 2012, and to prepare for the war against the Red Coats, Ubisoft has announced a couple of bundles for European gamers to drool over.

 

The Freedom Edition will be available for £79.99 for console and £59.99 for PC, and will contain a copy of the game along with:

• A 9-inch Connor figurine
• Steel book case art drawn by award-winning comic artist Alex Ross
• George Washington’s notebook revealing all the truth and secret about the Assassins and the Templars during the American Revolution
• Exclusive lithograph
• “Lost Mayan Ruins” single-player mission involving exploration of a Mayan pyramid and Captain Kidd’s cutlass
• “Ghost of War” single-player mission including Pontiac’s War Club weapon
• “Sharpshooter” multiplayer package including a new character, Sharpshooter weapon, one relic, one emblem, one special picture and “The Jester” title

The Join or Die Edition will be available for  £64.99 on consoles and £34.99 on PC and will have the following:

• George Washington’s notebook revealing all the truth and secret about the Assassins and the Templars during t he American Revolution
• “Ghost of War” single-player mission including Pontiac’s War Club weapon
• “Sharpshooter” multiplayer package including a new character, Sharpshooter weapon, one relic, one emblem, one special picture and “The Jester” title
• An Assassin’s medallion

The Special Edition will have an exclusive single-player mission called “A Dangerous Secret”. The mission is to fight against a secret that could jeopardize  the funding of the revolution and the opportunity to unlock the exclusive Flintlock Musket. Ubisoft has yet to announce a price for the Special Edition.

Comments

1. 
   27 Mar 2012 ~ 7:53pm Thrax I'm getting a weird post-colonialist vibe from selling our war against the redcoats back to the redcoats as a video game.
2. 
   27 Mar 2012 ~ 9:52pm Chooch Yeah, I had that same feeling when I was writing the article. I was like uhhhh mmmmm
3. 
   28 Mar 2012 ~ 12:23am CrazyJoe That Assassin statue looks sweet!!!
4. 
   28 Mar 2012 ~ 12:26pm Snarkasm I wonder who they think would buy that.
5. 
   28 Mar 2012 ~ 1:17pm kryyst It looks pretty cool, though the Assassin Creed suit looks out of place next to civil war soldiers. I skipped the last Assassins creed but this one's on the radar.
6. 
   28 Mar 2012 ~ 2:25pm Chooch Oddly enough. I like the AC suit. Makes me wanna cosplay it =x