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Assassin's Creed Unity Players Will Get Free DLC in Wake of Rocky Launch

Dead Kings expansion will be free for all players, while those who bought the game's DLC pass will get to pick a free game.

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In an effort to make it up to fans affected by Assassin's Creed Unity's troubled launch, Ubisoft will give away the game's Dead Kings expansion to all players, the publisher announced today. This content was previously going to be included with the game's DLC pass. For people who already bought the pass (or the Gold Edition, which includes the pass), Ubisoft will give you one free game from the list below.

The publisher is currently in the process of setting up a system to process this free game offer. Full details on how you can claim your free game will be published soon. The game's DLC pass has been removed from sale, though its other scheduled content--including the standalone game Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China--has not been scuttled, and will be delivered later.

As for the Dead Kings expansion, which is a story campaign set after the events of the main game, it is "coming soon," Ubisoft said.

"I want to sincerely apologize on behalf of Ubisoft and the entire Assassin's Creed team" -- Yannis Mallat

Ubisoft Montreal and Toronto CEO Yannis Mallat also apologized for Unity's rocky launch, saying he understands how disappointing and frustrating the matter is for those affected.

"Unfortunately, at launch, the overall quality of the game was diminished by bugs and unexpected technical issues," he said. "I want to sincerely apologize on behalf of Ubisoft and the entire Assassin's Creed team. These problems took away from your enjoyment of the game, and kept many of you from experiencing the game at its fullest potential."

Mallat stressed that Ubisoft has been working diligently to fix the game's issues by releasing a steady flow of patches. The game's third major patch is rolling out now, and it's a big one, featuring more than 300 fixes that aim to improve performance, matchmaking, connectivity, and more.

"In addition to the latest patch and this offer, we are committed to delivering further fixes for other issues you've raised," Mallat added. "In the meantime, please keep your feedback coming--it has been both humbling and incredibly helpful as we continue working hard to improve the overall quality of the game. We are hopeful that with these forthcoming updates, everyone will be able to truly enjoy their Assassin’s Creed Unity experience."

For more on Unity, check out GameSpot's review.

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That makes it all okay!

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I'm about to get Far Cry 4 for free... All is forgiven.

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sell out!!!

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Uh, sorry to disappoint you, but the performance for Far Cry 4 is just about as bad at launch. Pray that you don't actually have to drive the vehicles, or have SLI (monitor off, monitor on, it looks the same).

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Yes Far Cry 4 has crappy PC performance, I can run games that look 10x better maxed out at a framerate above 60 FPS, FC4 I get under 30 with it maxed, just over 30 with it maxed but no AA, still it is fun when you turn down the settings and just play.

I have heard from people with much more modest rigs than mine that it is running fine on, so I know it's not my PC, Ubi has really been dropping the ball in the area of PC optimization lately.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> When I do play on PC, and a game is not optimized like you explain, that is the worst feeling in the world... Its like the opposite of being a child on christmas morning.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> lol a neverending loop resulting in getting a free copy of every ubi game until AC:2015

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Reminds me of the EA SimCity release, then they gave me Dead Space 3 for free as an apology, but then that one didn't work right either. Perhaps Ubisoft and EA have switched places in the quality department, because now Dragon Age (which is working) is the game I'm playing until they get FC4 and/or AC:Unity working.

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Well, at the end of the day, this is just an admission that the game was a steaming pile of horse-sh1t.

I suppose this is kinda neat that you get to choose another game but don't let that smoke screen hide the fact that you guys were sucker punched into pre-ordering or picking up on day one an unfinished game.

It's happening way too much these days.

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Devs should start keeping extra DLC packs in their back pocket as restitution now that almost NO games work like their suppose to at launch. Especially now that almost all games require some form of online component whether you want it or not.

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Man... I wish this was a destiny article and Bungies decision to give away the DLCs.

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What is 343 going to give me?

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A free Ubisoft game? What a Treat!!!....ↁ_ↁ

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Ok, so if i pay 89bucks right now for ACU complete bundle premiere exclusive bla bla bla.... i get to download any of those Ubi games? - or it's for pre-order purchases only?

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I was fuming at myself for buying that season pass last week, blaming all the ills of the world on Jägermeister but now I realise that amazing German spirit is in fact a prophet of wisdom and knowledge. Kind of gutted I've already bought FC4 but I will definitely settle for The Crew, what a result!

I've even just thanked @ubisoft for this blinding gesture on twitter, credit where it's due n all that.

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Apologies don't mean a thing to me. You rushed a product out. Your QA process failed you (a process you repeatedly fail to update). 300+ bug fixes? Disgusting.


But that's better than FC4 is getting. Health meter bugs, inability to heal yourself, players seeing persons/models that the other co-op player doesn't see, co-op sessions that lose your ammo, money, grenades, etc. when you join. The list just goes on and on.

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This gets better and better.....still in the package under Rogue, which is under BL, which I'll get to after Tropico. I already bought that DLC, but FC is under Unity and I already played BF (great game)....so all the bugs will be out of the game by the time I get to it and I get one of the others.....looks like The Crew or Watch Dogs....which is the most RPGish?

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Time to buy Assassin's Creed Unity.

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Well, at least they are giving some compensation. Would have been nice if they just tested the game first. I'm thinking with all these disasters, devs and pubs are going to start having more beta tests. In house tests on private servers and lans is not how you test a game properly.

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What's the catch ?

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Dead Kings? They will be rotten and stenchy for sure! Bloody Ubisoft! Give me something fresh and clean, not some damn corpses! This shows how they don't give a crap about gamers!


But seriously, thanks. I will always find time for some tomb raiding.

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That's nice of them, good step to getting back on people's good side. I used to love Ubisoft, but they've made way too many mistakes and have engaged in EA/Activision level douchebagery the last couple years.

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Is this another tactic to make you buy it at launch. They might want to think. I might as well pre order it as I might a free dlc later when crappy launch lol.

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It is nice to see them not only admitting their mistakes, but also giving seriously good compensation for their fans as well.


But remember that the game still should not have launched as it did.

People won't forget, but at least they are doing their best to fix their game and reputation.

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If they repeat the same thing again, then that wasn't a sincere apology.
But yeah, people will forget.

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So you apologized.
Will you repeat the same mistake again?

If your apology was sincere, then it shouldn't happen again.

Riiiiight?

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I didn't have any trouble with the game. The only exception is that this invisible guy keep attacking me but that only happen once.

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