Assassin's Creed III is one of the most anticipated games of the year, and for good reason. It takes the series to an exciting new setting and revamps the core gameplay we all know and love. But how did it get to this point? What was the thinking behind the American Revolution setting? Behind the forest free running? Behind naval combat? The videos below are a must-see for any fans of the series and came about as a result of unprecedented access to the core development team at Ubisoft Montreal. Want to know about Assassin's Creed III? Then look no further.

Part One: Origins

In part one, the team takes us back to the very beginning of the project in January 2010, when a small group broke off at the start of the development of AC: Brotherhood to work on ACIII. The basic plan was to take the series somewhere truly fresh, and to make the gameplay and presentation a significant step forward. One of the coolest elements of this video is seeing the original target gameplay footage the team developed to show how the game would look and feel.

Part Two: Refining the Assassin

The second part focuses entirely on Connor, starting with a look into his background and who he is as a character - noble, fighting for justice and with a strong ideology. The team then discuss how that core character flows through into everything he does, from how he moves to how he fights.

Part Three: Into the Wild

One of the most refreshing aspects of Assassin's Creed III is definitely the fact that its frontier setting takes in both cities and the wilderness. Exploring the latter; hunting from the treetops, scaling mountains and dealing with the wildlife is a huge part of ACIII, and in this video we get an incredible insight into this aspect of the game and bringing it to life.

Part Four: The Revolution

The final part of our series delves into the meeting of real history with fiction, and how the team has anchored its story in as authentic a version of colonial America as possible, while also pursuing a compelling narrative and great gameplay. This video also goes into detail on creating the amazing naval battles.

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