Ubisoft has announced three special editions for Assassin’s Creed III – “The Special Edition,” “The Freedom Edition,” and “The Join or Die Edition.” This is a really unique approach to special editions in that it doesn’t follow the Regular, Better, Best model that so many big releases get.

A breakdown of what’s included in each can be found below:

The Freedom Edition

• Assassin’s Creed III retail game
• A 24-cm high-quality figurine of Connor
• A steel book case art drawn by awards-winning comic artist Alex Ross
• George Washington’s notebook revealing all the truth & secrets about the Assassins and the Templars during the American Revolution
• One exclusive Lithograph
• Two in-game Single Player Missions:
  – Lost Mayan Ruins: Connor’s mission leads him in an old Mayan pyramid, full of mysteries and revelations. Players will be able to unlock Captain Kidd’s fabled cutlass, a deadly, brutal and beautiful piece of steel.
  – Ghost of War: The tide of the Revolution turns into the Templars favour. Defeat your enemies and unlock The Pontiac’s War Club, a powerful Native American weapon.
• One in-game Multiplayer Package:
  – The Sharpshooter package: Unleash the Sharpshooter fury in multiplayer with 1 new character, the Sharpshooter, 1 Relic, 1 Emblem, 1 special Picture and the Title of “The Jester”.

The Join or Die Edition

• Assassin’s Creed III retail game
• The medallion of the Assassins with its high-quality curd ladle
• George Washington’s notebook revealing all the truth & secrets about the Assassins and the Templars during the American Revolution
• One in-game Single Player Mission:
  – Ghost of War: The tide of the Revolution turns into the Templars favour. Defeat your enemies and unlock The Pontiac’s War Club, a powerful Native American weapon.
• One in-game Multiplayer Package:
  – The Sharpshooter package: Unleash the Sharpshooter fury in multiplayer with 1 new character, the Sharpshooter, 1 Relic, 1 Emblem, 1 special Picture and the Title of “The Jester”.

And last but not least…

The Special Edition

• Special packaging
• Assassin’s Creed III retail game
• One in-game Single Player Missions:
  – A Dangerous Secret: Fight against a secret that could jeopardise the funding of the revolution. In case of success, you’ll be rewarded with an exclusive weapon: a Flintlock Musket.

It’s interesting to note that you can’t get all of the special stuff in any one edition. It appears Ubisoft is actually trying to make you pick a side. Either that or they want you to spend some extra money if you’re one of the types that have to catch ‘em all. So if you don’t pick Freedom, are you ready to Join or Die?