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Ubisoft announces Assassin's Creed Unity DLC season pass

by Mark Tyson on 23 September 2014, 10:45

Tags: Ubisoft (LON:UBI), PC

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Ubisoft has announced that it is releasing a season pass for Assassin's Creed Unity and published a video trailer to whet your appetite. The season pass doesn't just contain the usual DLC collection, it includes an unexpected standalone 2.5D game called Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, reports Eurogamer. Further content, including three extra missions for the main game, over 30 new weapons and items, and access to additional story campaign centred on Arno's journey which takes place after the events of the main story, will be bundled in for season pass purchasers.

The extra game chapter is called Dead Kings, and is set in the city of Saint Denis, where French kings are laid to rest. Interestingly, this add-on is described by creative director Alex Amancio as the "the darkest story we've ever told in the franchise."

The included standalone game 'Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China' is described as a 2.5D side-scroller title set in 16th century China. Players will be out in the shoes of Chinese assassin Chao Jun with a mission to avenge her fallen brotherhood as she returns to Beijing. The female character's first appearance was in Assassin's Creed Embers, as a student of Assassin Creed 2's Ezio Auditore.

"Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China is an entirely new entry in the Assassin’s Creed Universe. True to the Assassin’s Creed experience, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles is a 2.5D reimagining of the celebrated franchise," says Ubisoft's press release. The publisher also stated that the new game will feature famous Chinese landmarks such as the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. It is however, unknown whether Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China will be available outside of Unity's season pass.

All of the above season pass content will be available by early 2015, and Assassin's Creed Unity will be coming to Windows PCs, PS4 and Xbox One on 11th Nov in North America and 13th Nov in Europe.



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I lose track of these now. Which one comes after the one that's in the USA?
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I lose track of these now. Which one comes after the one that's in the USA?
Ubisoft do the Assassin's Creed stories based on what they had in their video library.
1. Arabian Nights
2. The Borgias (was going to say daVinci's Demons - but that came out after AC2)
3. The Borgias (again)
4. Bond double header: The World Is Not Enough/From Russia With Love
5. The Patriot (Mel Gibson)
6. Pirates of the Caribbean
7. Les Miserables
8. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (or Mulan if you prefer)?

I used to be a big fan of AC, but #5 (the US one) really soured me on the franchise. So much so that I've not even played AC6 that I got for Christmas last year yet. AC2 (the one in Florence) was the high point of the series for me, with AC3 a close second.

Then again, I've not even put in my annual CoD pre-order - thinking that I'm going to give that (turkey?) a miss until it's in someone's sale.
Same for me re burnout with the one called AC3 that you call AC5, but there's a lot of fun to be had with pirates, honest! I'm giving the two new ones a miss though. When they do a proper oriental AC (moving in the right direction at least from the looks of it) then I'll take another look.
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Same for me re burnout with the one called AC3 that you call AC5, but there's a lot of fun to be had with pirates, honest! I'm giving the two new ones a miss though. When they do a proper oriental AC (moving in the right direction at least from the looks of it) then I'll take another look.
I thought that last years one was the big pirates one - are you saying that the US one also had ‘em?

Maybe it was something hinkey in my install but the US AC was glitchy as heck on my setup which, along with the pretty bland characters, didn’t endear it to me
Nah, I meant Black Flag. Sorry I wasn't clear there. Apparently AC3 (USA) had ships, but I lost interest before getting that far. Black Flag was a lot of fun though.

I think part of what I didn't like about AC3 was the bland, grey setting. Previous games had been in exotic (and historically-interesting) settings. Like you say, they had better characters too. AC3 almost felt like somebody had desaturated the textures. Black Flag is a thing of beauty though - very attractive indeed.

I don't recall any bugs in AC3 (or any other AC for that matter) but possibly these are bugs that appeared later in the game.