Tag Archives: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

With Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, the AC series brought its trademark blend of historical realism, anachronistic parkour and balls-out-insane sci-fi conspiracy nonsense to bear on one of history’s most romanticized, fictionalized and misunderstood eras: the so-called “Golden Age of Piracy.” With the stated goal of showing who these people …

‘Inspired by historical events and characters, this work of fiction was designed, developed, and produced by a multicultural team of various beliefs, sexual orientations and gender identities’. This message, which runs at the start of every Assassin’s Creed (opens in new tab), started out as a convenient disclaimer for the …

My worst fears about Assassin’s Creed have come to pass: ever since killing off Desmond in Assassin’s Creed 3, the modern day narrative that connects each game in the series has been spinning its wheels, all while the Ubisoft machine continues to churn out new adventures in the ages-long conflict …

Ubisoft is done with online passes. The publisher announced in a post on the UbiBlog today that Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will be the last game to implement the publisher’s system of discouraging and monetizing used game sales, Uplay Passport. Furthermore, all Black Flag owners–whether they purchased new or …

A representative for Ubisoft has told VentureBeat that the company has no plans to offer post-release Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag DLC on Wii U. While some DLC for the game is included in the AC4 Buccaneer Edition (opens in new tab) for Wii U, Nintendo console owners look set …

Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection for release exclusively in Europe, Middle East and Africa territories on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. A compilation of the first five games in the series, Heritage Collection will be available on November 7 in Europe and the following day in the UK, …

Ubisoft has released a new Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag trailer focused on the title’s multiplayer component, which shows a number of ways players can attempt to blend in with the game world as NPCs while stalking targets. The series’ unique form of cat-and-mouse multiplayer has been expanded with the …

The latest Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag developer diary focuses on Ubisoft Montreal’s bid to create a diverse open world in the upcoming land and seafaring adventure. Environments showcased in the video include cities, jungles and the open sea. Art director Raphael Lacoste says: “What I like in the game …

Ubisoft keeps talking a big open-world game for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, but the publisher has finally put its money where its marketing is with this extended gameplay video. Game director Ahsraf Ismail narrates thirteen minutes in which Captain Edward Kenway takes on a contract killing, chases down a …

After a barrage of CG trailers for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, we finally saw some gameplay in action during Sony’s E3 2013 press event. The demo opened with Edward Kenway hanging out on what appeared to be a pirate stronghold in the West Indies. His target: some pirate dude(?). …