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Assassin’s Creed Games Revel In Meticulous Recreations Of Historical Eras.
Assassin’s Creed games revel in meticulous recreations of historical eras. So let’s see actual historians discuss the times two newer AC entries were set in. In this video, YouTube series History Respawned takes a look at Liberation and Freedom Cry as reflections of black life in the 18th Century slavery system.
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Soon You Can Play Assassin’s Creed IV’s Freedom Cry Without AC IV
Starting this month, PS3 and PS4 owners won’t need to own the full version of Assassin’s Creed IV to play its excellent Freedom Cry DLC. Ubisoft’s just announced that it’s releasing the Adéwalé-focused add-on as its own standalone release on February 18. Make fun of the Black History Month timing all you want, but this…
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Assassin’s Creed IV’s Freedom Cry Showed Me My Own Black History
The newest chapter of the Assassin’s Creed series gives me some of the things I’ve always wanted in a video game: a heroic fantasy that lets me control a warrior fighting against slavery. Part of it happens in Haiti, where my parents were born. Characters talk in Antillean Kreyol, the mosaic tongue made of French…
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You’re An Escaped Slave In Assassin’s Creed IV’s Freedom’s Cry DLC
A while back, Ubisoft said that Assassin’s Creed IV would have an add-on campaign focused on Adewale, the former slave who serves as first mate on Edward Kenway’s the Jackdaw. The trailer above offers the first glimpse at the Freedom’s Cry expansion and, as you can see, it’s going to be markedly different than the…