Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington | |
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Developer(s) | Ubisoft Montreal |
Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
Composer(s) | Lorne Balfe |
Series | Assassin's Creed |
Engine | AnvilNext |
Platform(s) | |
Release | The Infamy
The Betrayal
The Redemption
Remastered
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington is a downloadable content (DLC) expansion pack developed and published by Ubisoft for the 2012 action-adventure video game Assassin's Creed III. Set after the events of the base game, it follows its main playable character, Ratonhnhaké:ton / Connor, as he awakens in what appears to be an alternate reality where the game's events involving him have never happened. He is tasked to find and defeat a fictionalized version of George Washington, who is empowered but mentally corrupted by an otherworldly artifact. After crowning himself King of the newly-founded United States of America, Washington began to enslave the population of the American frontier and massacre those who resist his tyranny. Connor gains new mystical abilities over the course of the pack's narrative as he attempts to stop Washington and return to his original timeline.
The Tyranny of King Washington is the first major post-launch DLC pack for Assassin's Creed III. It consists of three episodes: The Infamy, The Betrayal and The Redemption, which were released periodically from February to April 2013 on various platforms. All three episodes are included as part of a 2019 compilation titled Assassin's Creed III Remastered, which collects remastered versions of Assassin's Creed III and all related content. Each of the DLC episodes were met with mixed reviews from video game publications.