Ubisoft officially reveals Assassin's Creed 3 with Debut Trailer

Ubisoft has today official revealed Assassin's Creed 3, which will be released on 31st October for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Wii U. Assassin’s Creed III has been in development for three years by Ubisoft Montreal in collaboration with six other Ubisoft studios.

[realiks]

Awesome. Looked like Red Dead Redemption (although 150 years earlier).

This is the change that AC needed (or so it looked on this trailer).

[Mykky]

Agreed.
I hope this is about how the graphics will look like when playing the game. I really want to be in a giant battle to and not just something that happens in the background.
I hope a gameplay video is not far away.

[brodychet]

This really looks like it'll feel like a nice leap forward in terms of play, versus brotherhood and revelations.

Couldn't be more excited.

[lociefer]

i know this may sound stupid, but where the heck is the hidden blade :S :S :S :S, cant see it

[ironfist92]

I'm pretty sure all that actually was pre-rendered using the in game engine.

[Godchild1020]

How well will it work with the Wii U and does that release date shown indicate that the Wii U will be out around that time?

That trailer was awesome.

[brodychet]

They always make the best trailers.

Seriously.

[GroundsKeeperJimbo]

I'd venture to guess yes on Wii U version, seeing as its on par with current gen at the least. Although its hard to say if the system will be released by Nov. I'm really hoping so.

And in Dec. people were worried 2012 would be a crap year for gaming. :]

[lsujester]

It will be crap year for gaming when we all die on the 21st while playing our games.

[solidboss]

i dont understand how you got Red Dead Redemption out of that trailer. theres no resemblance other than the wide open forest area

[Blaze929]

a buddy of mine brought an interesting question: I wonder if there will be any slaves/mention of slavery in the game...

[AridSpider]

you know, that's actually a pretty damn good question. And I can't figure out if that would be a good or bad thing. It'd be good to kinda add to the setting's realistic setting and time period. But if they ignore it, it's like trying to erase the fact that slavery DID and still does exist...

The fact that this appears to be a Native American might be a bit interesting as well. Seeing as they..were bullied out of "America".

[dead_eye]

Slaves are mentioned in the trailer but it's to do with the america's fighting not to be slaves. So i'm guessing real slavery isn't going to be mentioned.

[YogiBear]

Was slavery mentioned in Assassin's Creed 1? There was certainly slavery in the crusade times.

There were slaves in Italy during the times of Assassin's Creed 2, but they weren't mentioned.

Revelations is set in the Ottoman Empire so there were definitely slaves but I do not recall them being mentioned.

[LolololRumz]

Now you've said that the slave trade could be an interesting 'faction' not necessary one you can use all the time but for certain missions

[irepbtown]

There were slaves in Italy during AC2 time as well as the Ottoman Empire. There has been slavery for thousands and thousands of years. The poor becoming slaves most of the time.

But I'm sure when people talk about slavery, the first thing that pops into their mind would be what happened to Black Africans.

I think they SHOULD include it within the game to make it more realistic. Maybe even be the Assassin we play supporting the abolition of slavery. Though the main story should still focus on Native Americans.

[YogiBear]

@irepbtown

I think it may be mentioned in passing but I don't see it being at the heart of the story they are going to tell. While slavery was legal in all 13 colonies at that time. The northern industries didn't rely on it to the extent that the southern ones did. Most of the big battles took place in the north until the British went to the Carolina's. If the plot extends to that, I think slavery could be shown.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

I thought about it but never mentioned it on this racist site. I just know let me see one Black slave and im dropping this game.

[dgonza40]

now that you mention it, im really disappointed slaves haven't been mentioned before.. would be nice for some to be assassins..

[gypsygib]

@ AridSpider

Native Americans weren't "bullied out of America", they were bullied into the ground dead or put on reservations. There wasn't an exodus.

[blackmamba707]

finally a proper sequel, they were milking Ezio to the point it got boring

[StraightPath]

wow now who is going to say this game is getting milked...yes AC BH and ACR were pretty much same offerings but they had offered more

then uncharted games in terms of new additions to gameplay. Uncharted 1-3 apart from 2 which added cinematic experiences are pretty much the same. same as golden abyss.

[Solid_Snake37]

Was it necessary to bash a game that's not related to AC whatsoever?

[Nac]

I would say Uncharted 3 is more cinematic than 2. Among Thieves got the ball rolling but three really upped the ante.

[Rainstorm81]

How did you even go from AC to Uncharted when comparing what has been milked.

Brotherhood and revelation were milking the franchise and the Ezio storyline...this looks and feels like what a NEW AC should be like Ac 1 to 2

Besides this gen there are 6 AC games counting the PSP version and 4 UC games counting UC:GA so you are completely off base

[Mottsy]

LOL if you want to talk about games being Milked talk about Capcom games or Activision but to just go straight to uncharted.....lol nevermind your just this sea of right and we r these little boats of wrong in your vast open ocean. /SSSSSSSSSSSSS

[irepbtown]

Uncharted dont milk the story. They have genuine links and everything slots together perfectly. It reminds me of National treasure, though both films (one & two) are about treasure hunting, they are completely different in their own respective way.

Assassins creed links well, however they had Ezio for a tad bit too long. I really like Altair and his story, I didn't click too well with Ezio.
This is a great step though, I doubted it at first however the trailer looks promising. I mean, climbing trees... how cool is that?

[YogiBear]

Milking is when you are no longer bringing a coherent and original story or innovation to the franchise. In essence you are only bringing the "name" and face value to the product.

The video games in my opinion haven't been milked. If they were to bring out an Assassin's Creed 4 after ending this story, and it has no logical connection to previous games then yes, I would say it's being milked.

I don't feel that is the case with this game. I think it will conclude a story that started in AC1.

[Pl4sm4]

ripping on uncharted for being the same ? lol ...... cod doesnt come to mind ?

[Saladfax]

Yeah, Uncharted hasn't changed their formula a whole lot, but with a couple years between releases, it's not nearly as noticeable.

Aside from numerous releases in a short time as well as various DLC, Assassin's Creed has kind of worn out its welcome of late.

[Jaces]

It's about freaking time, tired of being jerked around with ACII spin offs.

[LolololRumz]

@Lociefer

Maybe it's hidden

[MsclMexican]

Im wondering... could this be in engine?

Usually the Ubisoft trailers have a huge gap in difference.

Look at the ACR e3 trailer and the final game... but this trailer looks a lot like the screens we have seen of this game.

If it is in engine... color me impressed and more excited than I was before

[WitWolfy]

I agree, I remember getting super hyped for Splinter Cell Conviction 's trailer to notice it was just a CG POS

[Tonester925]

Is it me or does he seem a little more "weighted down." Instead of just floating around. Maybe they will make him have more realistic movements with the new engine.

[metsgaming]

how you supposed to assassinate people wearing clothing that is nothing like the clothing worn during that period. Everyone would be looking at him. Hes supposed to blend in but does the exact opposite. Should be a nice change of pace though with the time period, but i fear it will just be different facade and everything feels the same.

[andreasx]

looks good, but didn't see the hidden blade! :(

[Ace_Man_6]

It's confirmed but it wasn't in the trailer

[Mykky]

The hidden blade is confirmed. It is just not in the trailer :)

edit: Damn, he beat me to it!

[EmperorDalek]

It wouldn't exactly be hidden if you could see it...

[Pl4sm4]

you cant see the hidden blade .... its hidden :p

[LarVanian]

Great trailer, this fall is going to be amazing for gaming.

[shammgod]

Yes it will...and my backlog of games will continue to grow

[blackmamba707]

I think The Last Of Us will escape to early 2013, but fall is looking strong nonetheless - RE6, AC3, Far Cry 3, I expect huge titles onslaught

[LarVanian]

Don't forget about Bioshock: Infinite and possibly GTAV if we're lucky!

[SuperLupe]

and RE6 for the win :)

[dgonza40]

@ LarVanian, im so excited for bioshock.. Levine is a genius :)
hopefully they announce a Collector's Edition. Would definitely snag it up in a heartbeat.

[Nozzle]

Hopefully we'll get a epic CGI trailer with an amazing song at E3.....you can't beat Revealtions one with Woodkids Iron song.

Anyway...so much for the Assassin being netural in the war

[sjaakiejj]

Looks Great! Wish I had the time to actually finish Brotherhood...

[yesmynameissumo]

LOVE the setting.

[Eamon]

Wow looks really great. Apparently this is all in-engine meaning the graphics have taken quite an upgrade from ACR.

[Rainstorm81]

This is very obviously a CG trailer

Edit @ below
When gameplay is shown at E3 prepare to be graphically disappointed.

Stuff like the eagle flying in at the beginning, the flag, the snow, connor's movement while fighting and running through the trees screams CG to me

But i do agree in comparison to Revelations trailer it does look like it could be In-engine.....Once gameplay is shown if its similar to this trailer i will be pleasantly surprised

[SnotyTheRocket]

watch the Revelations trailer, this aint' no CG

[Eamon]

IGN confirmed the trailer was in-engine.

[Biohazard8860]

looks awesome cant wait

[Kingdom Come]

The trailer itself wasn't to the quality or standard of the brilliant E3 2011 Trailer for "Assassins Creed: Revelations", however, the information of which has been released has more than rekindled my love for the "Assassins Creed" franchise. A new engine, a highly intriguing setting and a catalogue of other improvements results in a game, that unlike "Brotherhood" and "Revelations", deserves to be called a true successor to the fantastic "Assassins Creed II". Bring on October...

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

In terms of the actual video yeah. But if we're comparing graphics that's CG(AC:R) vs. In-game(AC3).

I'm sure come E3 or some other major event they'll have a proper trailer for the game.

[Deeloc]

idk.assassin creed is becoming like call of duty.ever year i'm getting tired of it.

[Wintersun616]

That is a bad comparison IMO. Each AC game has had it's own beautiful areas and more importantly good stories and interesting lore. The gameplay hasn't changed much, but we've seen improvements with each new AC game. And now they're going for a completely different style of setting and bringing a new engine with AC3. So tell me again, how is this anything like CoD?

[Deeloc]

@Wintersun616
every year theirs a call of duty.every year theirs ac u get it now stupid

[Deeloc]

ac 2 2009
ac brotherhood 2010
ac Revelations 2011
ac 3 2012......STARTING TO LOOK LIKE CALL OF DUTY........ let me guess 2013 ASSASSIN CREED INDEPENDENCE DAY

[Motorola]

Didn't answer his question. COD is the same every year with minor graphical enhancements according to the developer, nothing like AC. And THIS AC game has been in development since 09.

[Rainstorm81]

Brotherhood and especially Revelations was pure milking and probably couldve been DLC..... This shouldve been the next AC game after 2

[irepbtown]

COD- End of the world story.
Same graphics/engine from COD4.
Same weapons (apart from additional 2/3).
Maybe new kill streaks.
Minimal changes...

AC- Different story/characters.
Alot better graphics which has improved drastically from Assassins creed 1.
New skills the assassin can do (as time progresses, each assassins skills does??)
Developers willing to take risk, just look at the trailer...

Yes there is one every year, but Ubisoft seem to actually care about the quality. Activision cares more about the money than taking a risk and trying something new.

[theWB27]

Rainstorm I've never seen DLC that big, a whole new city with 15 hours of gameplay. Far from DLC.

[brettyd]

I got tired of AC because every game had basically the same setting (i know they were technically different places) this is so different. I can't wait to see the changes they made and explore the awesome new world.

[Biohazard8860]

Its been in the making for three years so dont compare assassins creed 3 to a yearly COD.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

AH! I have to beat II, Brotherhood, and Revelations now. Lol. I love the American Revolution! It's freaking awesome!

[Skateboard]

Ummmmmmm, Game Of The Year?

[Kingdom Come]

Considering that no gameplay has been shown and that over tue last two years the franchise has started to become stale, your comment is a huge pre-judgment. The details of which have been released are enough to suggest the franchise shall redeem those such as myself who found the annual releases and lack of new mechanics tedious, HOWEVER, with such potentially incredible games such as:

- Bioshock Infinite
- Halo 4
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Far Cry 3
- The Last of Us
- Mass Effect 3

And many more releasing this year, to make a suggestion as to what could be game of the year 2012 in the first week of March would be unfair to it's opposition.

[Skateboard]

You are correct. That trailer got me sooo hyped.

[mynameisEvil]

@ j-blaze
For shit's sake, j-blaze, do you anything else to do with your life except bash TLoU? You haven't even seen gameplay and you're out bashing the game as if it tied you up and raped all of your family members as you watched. CHILL. I mean, seriously, you only have one bubble. Keep this up and you won't even be able to comment about TLoU anymore!

Logic. duz u sp33k et?

P.S. Capcom sucks, man. What're you going on about? Even RE6 doesn't look fantastic enough to beat out Naughty Dog. EVER.

[MsclMexican]

Lol @ J-blaze

who knows... maybe you have to buy half the game as DLC...

But, the last of us looks like a 2013 release.

Bioshock infinite is being released this year even though it was announced in 2010 and even though they have been making it for 4-5 years now.

I say let them take their time, and wow us with the final product.

But to J-blaze... it will always be crap because it was not made by the "superior" Japanese developers like capcom.

Note the quotations as a sign of the sheer idiocy he believes in as one country is the only one that makes good games.

Doubt he ever played an AC game too boot.

[The_Warrior]

Can't wait! Day 1 for me

[solidboss]

disappointing trailer...nothing more then some cgi footage mixed with some kills and our protagonist jumping across tress. BORING! show us some gameplay in game footage.

[Neo Nugget]

The game is 7+ months away. They can't run the hype dry already.

[solidboss]

its 7+ months away while being in development since AC2 and they couldnt show anything in-game? i guess im just disappointed that the setting that was shown(snowy forest area) is stuff we have already seen in pictures the kill moves are cool but this trailer doesnt show us anything we didnt already know.

[ardivt]

you're right but nearly no game get's gameplay footage the day it's being revealed. people need to get hyped by cgi and trailers beforehand

[Mykky]

CGI? No. This is made by the new engine wich can show about 600 people at once while the old one had about 100.
This means that this is something like how the graphics will look in-game. They are aiming for more like next gen graphics so I would not be surprised if this beats Uncharted in the graphics section.

I think it looks promesing nontheless. The night and day effect with old bodies you have killed lying around and the tree climbing!

[ardivt]

yeah it was inengine. But I hope you don't really believe that the game will look anything like this.

so the old games looked much worse and could only show about 100 people and the new game looks like this and can produce battlefields with 600 people?

prepare to be disappointed.

[Almir908]

This game will have incredible graphics but will not come close to Uncharted's graphics. Not one multiplatform game will look better than Uncharted.

[claw11]

@ardivt

The difference is that they revamped their engine for this game, thus it is capable of producing better quality pictures, and the revamped engine was propably optimized specifically to handle large crowds.

Other than that, I'm with you on not hyping this before seeing some proper gameplay first.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

The whole thing was in-game...

[girevik]

.... On the WiiU! :p

[MsclMexican]

I think what we saw was in-game. If you look at the trailer and then the screens released... they look almost identical.

Also, I read through the Gameinformer scans and noticed that some of the key gameplay points were shown off.

1 on 1 fights zoom in on the action for more visceral kills(ex. takes soldiers gun, places it on the ground, smashes soldiers head on bayonett, and then blows the mans head of... f*ing brutal)

Players need to use momentum in order to swing through the trees

Animals are present in the wilderness

Also Ubi saves those epic AC trailers for e3 and this trailer is kind of Ubisofts official announcement trailer.

Look at their previous announcement trailers

ACII: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
ACR: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

And I am guessing you have already seen there E3 trailers and see the difference between them.

[DanSolo]

Looks good, and although I love the series I think it is a much needed change of setting and gameplay!

I thought the Assassin would be neutral in the conflict between America and Britain, and hopefully that will be the case, but that trailer did appear to show the assassin more sided with America. Which doesn't really make sense if the assassin is a native american.

It would be nice to see the history of the conflict shown in a more neutral light with neither side as "good guys vs bad guys", but the bad guys being Templar's infiltrated on both sides pulling strings to get what they want. As let's be honest, neither side in that conflict were "good guys", it was merely British colonists breaking away from the British Empire....

I am looking forward to a nice change of scenery and hopefully a much different approach to gameplay as that will liven the series back up.

@Omni - Good Point!
Plus as there is all the Free-Mason associations with the founding of America it does tie in with the idea that there would be Templar's on both sides working to instigate things and manipulating events to their benefit!

[omi25p]

If this game is going to be historically accurate then Americans must be Templars because if the assassins won this war then they would be very powerful and not just a rebel force as they have been shown in previous games.

Also the main character is half English half Native American.

[Nozzle]

Thank you....least some one can see this

Why is it when I bring this up I get disagreed to death.

I couldn't give a crap about British Soldiers being killed, that it offends me because I'm British aswell, I'm more concerned about the story....how it dosen't make sense for the British to be the bad guys or with more of them being the templars since the game has built up the idea that the templars are the most powerful in America.

It was a perfect opportunity to show the downfall of the Assassins and the rise of the Templars leading up to the Templars in the present being nearly in control of the world while theres only a group of Assassins left...with them being killed off by Abstergo Industries.

I think in my opinion it's so they don't p*ss Americans off. It's better to take a chance with a small country like the UK then all of America.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

It actually doesn't matter which side is which. Between the American Revolution and 2012 a lot of shit can happen.

[AusRogo]

Awesome setting.

[mook1022]

Man do I need to get caught up still only half way through Brotherhood and haven't even opened Revelations...too many games not enough time!!! That and modding Skyrim...seriously not enough time!!! :(

Looking forward to this...and all the changes they bring...looking epic from what I've heard and seen!!!

[Aerie]

I'm so excited for this. Wasn't into the idea of it taking place on American soil at first, but it's looking to be amazing.

Mass Effect 3
BioShock
GTAV

And this game will make this a really great gaming year! That, and the never ending supply of mods for Skyrim.. good year, indeedy.

Also, another link to toss on the alt sources since it's reached its 10 limit:
http://www.examiner.com/pc-...

[Hufandpuf]

I liked how the guy got stabbed in the face with a bayonet then got shot in the head. Then I realized, why didn't the guy shoot the assassin instead of charging him?

[taijutsu363]

U forget bayonets were wildly inaccurate back then for close range it was better to stab then shoot.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Horrendously inaccurate weapon that misfired/jammed often. Also if it's close vicinity why would you shoot potentially giving away your locations to others during war?

[Hufandpuf]

Um, if a guy with a tomahawk swooped down and killed my squad mates, I'd shoot at anything. Also the rifles did kill effectively at close range. How do you think the colonists defeated the native Americans in the first place?

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

When you got a row of people running at you, accuracy wouldn't exactly matter. Have you ever fired an AK47 before? That gun spread like no tomorrow, the guns used during AR were similar just required constant reloading. However, if you've got one target, you're not gonna fire at him when he's in the middle of your camp, you can hit one of your own guys. And again , load guns give away your location. It doesn't matter who you are, you're not gonna want to fire if it's avoidable.

[Relientk77]

Omg, please give me this game. It looks epic.

[Swiggins]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!

[Nac]

Is this in engine?

[nepdyse]

I don't see any hidden blades, this is a bitter-sweet moment. Mostly BITTER!!!!!!

[MrGunny94]

Assasins Creed mets Red Dead Sandbox elements...

Loving this so far...

[spirited]

Not in game Engine and hidden blade surely be there it is iconic to the series.

[Ness-Psi]

I was really looking forward to the 3rd game as assassins creed is one of my favorite games, but that left me a little cold (no pun intended lol) it looks more the same which i dont know if im happy about. also i dont know where the hell people are getting these red dead comparisons from?
cant say i'm too keen on the setting either.

i need to see some gameplay maybe that will change my mind.

[Half-Mafia]

So this has also been announced for the WiiU. But there is also a Vita AC game coming, so does that mean the Vita game is something completely different?

[DeletedAcc]

Ingame graphics?? I cant believe it if its really ingame :D

[Braid]

It's CGI, unfortunately. The smoothness of the animations give it away. It's not like the Square Enix type obvious CGI trailers though, the models at the end are low-poly, though the amount of AA is extreme. It's a strange mix of CGI and in-game type graphics, they're trying to confuse us I guess. :P

[perfectCarbonara]

The FIFA of assassin games.

[TheDivine]

HELL YES!!! Im glad i skipped brotherhood and revelations so it wil be a big leap like from 1 to 2 for me. Brotherhood and revelations seem like good games but its really the same game in a new area this is a whole new ballgame. Hopefully it does what mgs3 did for that series and what uncharted 2 did for that series (although ac2 was a big leap this looks far bigger imo). I want outdoor stealth, tunning on tree branches, waiting on a limb to drop down and slit a dudes throat, sneaking into enemy camps and sabatoging their gunpowder supply, and i want to witness the biggest battles from the revelutionary war. Might be my first wii-u game.

[auen1]

unfortunately for me, mgs4 kind of took a step in the wrong direction by becoming so "westernized". i preferred the gameplay of mgs3 and i wish kojima would have either kept it that way, or made that control scheme/layout an option.

[Zephol]

awesome!!

[xtreampro]

The part where his jumping form tress is gameplay. This has to be without a doubt the best looking third person adventure/action multi-platform game I've seen so far.

[xtreampro]

I meant to say "He's jumping from trees."

[auen1]

wyckyd awesome.

some people get turned off by the fact that there are ac games coming out every year, but i prefer that to the mgs alternative, i.e. 1 every 4-5 years.

[alkolkaytimak]

One thing came in my mind watching this,Rolan Emmerich movie "the patriot"

[Xof]

I'd always been impressed that the AC team at least TRIED to attain a modicum of historical accuracy.

But that trailer... it makes me think these people know absolutely nothing about the American War of Independence.

[bessy67]

So did Ubisoft at least get Mel Gibson to reprise his role in The Patriot: The Videogame?

[OMEGAZONE]

One of their worst trailers. Sets the scene though and the new engine looks good.

[iamnsuperman]

This trailer looks all right. It is missing that wow factor for me. ACR trailer was incredible with the perfect mixing of music and motion.

[josephayal]

new engine? new graphics?

[tubers]

Wish it was set in Japan and he would be an elite ninja.

[theWB27]

Maybe someone has already said this but perhaps this looks so good because it's running on the Wii U.. it is releasing on it afterall

[BinCs]

Or maybe because it's just a CGI trailer. Derp.

[theWB27]

Did that make you feel better? That reply was pretty useless. You don't know that it's not running on the Wii U. Derp

[Mikeyy]

This reminded me of the patriot! is that mel gibson under the hood??

[Ezio2048]

GOTY 2012!!

[-Ghost]

Looks great

[BinCs]

The trailer is okay, but this new protagonis looks like another "Mary Sue" to me.

[saimcheeda]

Not epic, the graphics are awesome though!

[Elvis]

Can't wait to play this. :)

[-Gespenst-]

Not a great trailer if you ask me, but the game still sounds absolutely amazing. Also the part where he's leaping through trees is cool. I'm guessing that's how the tree jumping stuff is gonna look in the actual game, and it looks much more awesome than I thought it would.

Also, where's his hidden blade? He IS supposed to have one, but he seems pretty tomahawk-happy in all the stuff released so far.