Advertised with the release of Assassin's Creed III was a very special DLC package that featured American President George Washington in a sinister fashion. Appropriately named "The Tyranny of King Washington," the content is to be centered around an alternate tale of the American Revolution featuring George Washington as a power hungry monarch. Part one of the three-part DLC is set to be released for the Xbox 360 and PC next week on February 19th, with the Playstation 3 version to be available the following day.
Ahead of the content release, a rather substantial patch was released for the game that fixes a number of bugs, including those found in the cooperative experience Wolfpack mode. In case you missed it, our review for Assassin;s Creed III can be found here, and the co-op FAQ can be found here.
For a complete list of changes in the patch, take a look below:
Single player sequence
Fixed a potential crash in mission "Bridewell Prison" when trying to skip cinematic with Mason.Bug fix
Fixed a bug preventing the creation of new Uplay accounts Removed the ability to hide pivots during pass-throughs and cinematicsDLC preparation
Added support for "Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy" Fixed potential game data corruption when a DLC download ends while the player is in-game.Multiplayer modes
In Wolfpack, a target doesn't remain stuck on the ground if the player hosting the game leaves while another player is joining at the same time. In Wolfpack, some targets that were not visible to players under certain conditions can now be seen correctly. In Wolfpack, the radar is not broken under certain conditions anymore. In Artifact Assault, Team members can now correctly score when the initial artifact carrier gets killed under certain conditions. In Deathmatch, players no longer have lookalikes NPCs unless they use abilities that create lookalikes. In Deathmatch, the game no longer crashes in the New York brewery map for a player who used a Decoy while hiding in a group. Some players are no longer stuck in rematch after completing a Simple Deathmatch session on the Saint Pierre map.Ladders
Some ladder issues when players left a session during the first minute have been corrected. Ladders now update properly upon a full group kick.Graphical glitches
The Independent's hair when she wears the Wild Cat costume now displays correctly. The Strong Man's white costume, alternative costume and warrior costume now display properly when hiding in a group.Platform specific
On Xbox 360, the Uplay icon and unlock conditions for unlockables redeemed via Uplay have been restored. Loyalty unlocks are now available on PC.Miscellaneous
Character customization is no longer reset under certain conditions. The Wipe ability now correctly works from a distance. The timer now properly starts and players can interact with each other prior to the host getting into the session. Sound will properly keep playing when trying to watch a video under certain conditions. An error message now displays when players attempt to watch DLC videos without having the DLC installed. Chasebreakers in the Animus Core map now correctly reopen for team mates. Players are no longer stuck on leaving game session screen under certain circumstances. When you create a group in a private game, that group now stays the same through different sessions.Ubisoft has seen success with their latest two monoliths, Assassin's Creed III and Far Cry 3. According to a Ubisoft earnings call, the shipment number for Assassin's Creed III is sitting at a hefty 12 million units. The sell-through rate for the game is about 70 percent, meaning that there have been an estimated 8.4 million units sold. Last December, Ubisoft declared Assassin's Creed III the fastest-selling game in company history when they reported that they had sold 7 million copies of the game. This was nearly a 70 percent increase over Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Meanwhile, Far Cry 3 has shipped 4.5 million units, 1 million of those being reported as PC titles. Thanks to Joystiq for the report.