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Historic epic makes history: Assassin’s Creed III hits 7M sold in a month

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Assassin’s Creed III, the ambitious stealth-killing game set in the American Revolution, sold more than 7 million copies in its first month, according to publisher Ubisoft. That adds up to about $420 million in retail sales. This makes it the fastest-selling game in Ubisoft’s history.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.