Black Games Archive

Context, Culture, and Representation


Assassin’s Creed: Liberation

Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Year: 2012, 2014 (Remake), 2019 (Remaster)
Platform: PS3/PS4/PS Vita/Stadia(2021)/Switch/Win/Xbox 360/Xbox One
Genre: Adventure
Taxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; Black cultural traditions; Narrative themes; politics/ideology/history; voice acting/motion capture; mechanics; intersectionality

Set in 18th-century Colonial America, You play as Aveline, an Afro-French Assassin and the first female protagonist in the series. Aveline takes on 3 roles (lady, enslaved woman, and assassin) in order to navigate the world and complete tasks.

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