Assassin's Creed III doubles Ubisoft's pre-order record

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Franchise has sold more than 40 million copies since 2007

Ubisoft is very pleased with its weird little alternative-history open-world stealth series. Why? Because Assassin's Creed III has snagged more than twice the pre-orders of its previous record holder (which was Assassin's Creed Revelations) and the franchise has sold more than 40 million copies since it began in 2007.

The game's downloadable add-ons already look like a colonial smorgasbord, with Benedict Arnold free for PlayStation 3 owners, and several paid sets depicting The Tyranny of King Washington. The game's season pass costs $30, and besides presidents-gone-bad includes new content for Assassin's Creed III's multiplayer mode.

Feeling a bit lost in the endless depths of Assassin's Creed multi-faceted narrative? Check out our 21 must-know facts about the game's convoluted-but-compelling universe.

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Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.