Echoes of Revolution: NYC is a city-scale experience using the world of the video game Assassin's Creed® III. With 11 location-based memories across lower Manhattan the key moments of New York City's defining role in the American Revolution are brought to life around you.
LEARNING THROUGH PLAY
Each memory places you inside a pivotal moment of the Revolution. Not observing - experiencing. Feel the stakes of the defence of the Hudson, the British occupation, and the raising of a Liberty Pole at City Hall Park.
THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY, TOLD FOR THIS GENERATION
Echoes of Revolution: NYC marks 250 years since Americas independence. Designed for a teenager on a school visit, a lifelong New Yorker, a historian, and a tourist - equally. Lower Manhattan, at the heart of America's founding.
THE WORLD OF ASSASSIN'S CREED® III
Created in partnership with Ubisoft, the experience uses the worlds of Assassin's Creed III and Assassin's Creed Rogue - video games set in and around the American Revolution, featuring meticulously researched depictions of 18th-century New York. No prior knowledge of the games is needed.
The content was developed with Gotham Center for New York City History and is powered by the Niantic Spatial platform.
Echoes of Revolution: NYC is a collaboration between Gotham Center for New York City History, Ubisoft, and Sugar Creative.