 Originally under development by Darkworks from 2003 until 2008, Ubisoft Shanghai completed the title.It was released for Xbox 360 on March 7, 2012, for PlayStation 3 on April 3, 2012 in North America and April 4, 2012 in the PAL region and also for Microsoft Windows on September 6, 2012.The game takes place one year after America has gone through a massive disaster known simply as "The Event", which included earthquakes that destroyed most cities.