Assassin?s Creed III – The Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy DLC goes live on February 19th

George Washington is a very bad man… at least in the alternate Assassin’s Creed III universe that will be presented in the upcoming set of Assassin’s Creed III – The Tyranny of King Washington expansion.

Ubisoft revealed that “The Infamy”, the first episode of the 3 part add-on, will be available on February 19th for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The full set of the Tyranny of King Washington content is included in the Assassin?s Creed III Season Pass, or can be picked up, a la carte, for $9.99/800 MSP per episode. Obviously the season pass is your best deal.

Read on for more details.

The time draws closer to fight for justice against a revolutionary tyrant in Assassin?s Creed III newest adventure, the Tyranny of King Washington. The Infamy, the first episode of a three-part tale, will be available on Microsoft?s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC on February 19.

In the first episode of the Tyranny of King Washington series, our hero, Ratonhnhak?:ton, awakens from an unsettling dream to find that, despite his efforts to deliver justice in the newly-founded United States of America, a new king has been crowned ? George Washington. The Infamy will take gamers through the beginning of the journey to dethrone this new king.

The three upcoming episodes of the Tyranny of King Washington are available through the Assassin?s Creed III Season Pass, which is available for purchase for 2400 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE or $29.99 on the PlayStation Network and Windows PC. The first episode, The Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy, can be purchased as a single DLC pack for 800 Microsoft points or $9.99. It can also be purchased at GameStop and Best Buy.

Following The Infamy, The Tyranny of King Washington will continue in two additional content packs that explore this alternate history of the events following the American Revolution.

All Assassin?s Creed III downloadable content packs will also be available on the Wii U.