Assassin's Creed 3 is the most pre-ordered game in Ubisoft's long history.

The studio announced as much this morning, bragging that pre-orders across the world have "more than doubled" those of Assassin's Creed Revelations, the last game in the series.

"Pre-orders for Assassin's Creed 3 at GameStop are 100% higher than last year, putting the game on track to be one of the top titles of 2012," GameStop's VP of international merchandising, marketing and digital Michael van den Berg said. "In addition, Ubisoft is offering a Season Pass and high quality DLC available at launch to bring even more excitement to this title."

We're not sure if day one DLC is quite the approach to take when trying to stoke the flame of excitement for your new title, but hey, whatever works right?

We'll find out just how big Assassin's Creed 3 really is when it launches in the US next week. Look out for a review of it and its pint-sized counterpart, Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation on the Vita, as well as guides and strategy for the former, very soon.