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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag revealed

Supposed marketing material for next entry in the series suggests it will be a high seas adventure with pirates.

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The next Assassin's Creed game may be a swashbuckling adventure with pirates. A tipster has sent Kotaku marketing material for a game called Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

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The poster shows a series-familiar hooded assassin wielding a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other. This character is standing on a ship--with a black flag in the background--and is surrounded by a host of pirates.

If Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is indeed real and takes place--at least in part--on the high seas, it will not be a first for the series. Last year's Assassin's Creed III featured various naval missions where players battled enemy ships.

Earlier this month, Ubisoft confirmed it was developing a new Assassin's Creed game for release during its fiscal 2014 (April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014). According to CEO Yves Guillemot, this game will take place in a new setting and star an all-new hero.

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Sounds like a interesting concept but UBI please put AC on the back burner and put something else out too much of the same franchise is always a bad thing no matter how good the quality of the game is...

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Do we need an AC every year? AC III was a crap fest. I found it extremely dull. I know, don't buy it. I won't! :)

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I might actually play this one, sounds interesting.

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Boo. I wanted to see a French revolution game. What happened to picking interesting time periods hmmm?

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@splinter10 There was Italian already well portrayed Doing French would seem cheap

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What?... Pirate's seem cheap.

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Not surprising considering everyone was raving about how the sea battles were awesome. :P

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@Joutja I'm very excite. Could be the best AC game if they did pirates well. I was just talking with some friends at the pub about how awesome it could be to have a pirate based game. But we were thinking a GTA style ocean faring, steal rape and pilage sort of affair. But assassin-pirates are cool too.

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After the Ending of 3.... I will need some very good explanations!!!

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i love assassin's creed but where is the new prince of persia ???

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@shansss123 Do you remember the cell-shaded PoP? I loved that game, where the hell did it go?

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Pirates are more open minded when it comes to things in my eyes. Samurai have the honor, respect, training. Samurai's are like Jedi knights, they respect and protect, they are stealthy, patient and tend to think before they act. Pirates tend to do the opposite i think. Don't get me wrong, Pirates are ok and it would be a change, but i just can't see a pirate assassin unless its an assassin fighting pirates. Samurai will be more of a challenge but again, it will just be swords again, but the style, the clothes, the theme. Samurai's are more ancient, although, the codes they have to follow can be slightly over the top lol

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oh no...not another AC

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''Assassin's Creed IV : Black Flag Revealed'' It was a rumored poster that has in no way been confirmed by Ubisoft. Way to reel in the page hits with a misleading title Eddie , just surprised we didn't see a Pachter article linked in there. Do you have ANY shame Eddie?

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@kljhkll @oleska_croft True. Out of the bunch, only Altair knew the meaning of being an Assassin was to be STEALTHY.

Not a fucking Renegade Berserker. AN ASSASSIN.

He also appears to be the only one to actually follow a Creed.

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* A few days ago*

"Ubisoft says they want to better relationship with PC"

*Today*

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag announced - A pirate themed game.


Funny, Ubisoft. Funny. -_-"

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@TohouAsura I don't see how one contradicts the other. ">.<

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@raikiry @TohouAsura Really? You don't?

Okay then.

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@TohouAsura Wasn't announced was hinted at from marketing material sent to what appears to be a store and here-say from a random bloke on a plane

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Naval battles were the best part of AC3. However after AC3 they need to stop and think about what there making cause it it wasn't that good. I agree that AC2 was proably the best overall, but the original setting in AC1 was my favorite. This yearly thing has been ruining the series since Brotherhood. If there making a pirate game i think they should make it a new franchise based on the AC3 boat engine. and they could do that in the off years for AC

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I wanna jump onto an enemy's ship, stab everyone onboard, loot the dang ship,stab some civilians, and loose synchronization with Desmond! I also wanna conquer enemy lands!

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you cant stab civilians man. you will loose synch and wake up in some sh**** alien vault with cables plugged to your skull man. Better leave civilians alone.

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Mixing Pirate Franchsie with Assassin franchise is as good as mixing beef meat with horse meat.

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@Karmazyn Dang, YOU ain't no vegetarian, brother!

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@kljhkll Actually, it's ubisoft's pirates and assassins killing each other fo' real!

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Let's act like we are jabbing knives in pirates for one moment and imagine your character in a hoodie with dual hidden gold blades (drooool!)!!!

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*le sigh* please stop, Ubisoft. AC every year is far too much for any company to handle well.

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Oh happy days :)

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@ads182 What happy days u talkin' about dawg?

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Pirates game with enchanced naval battles from Assassin III - Ohhh yesss count me in. Pirates game mixed with Assassin franchise - not so sure though.

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More AC's are a GOOD thing! At least you get a rich deep story in every AC. Yes Ubisoft, give us MORE!

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@WoZe Give us a TRUCKLOAD OF AC GAMEZ!

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Assassin's Greed IV :D

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@MatrixGamer78 No, assassin's creed 8!

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Four Assassin Creeds too many

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@jhcho2 Four Assassin's Creed too less!

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Too many games! Please just let this series die with some amount of respect and honor.

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I think it is time to move on. AC3 was alright but the series has gotten stale. AC2 and Brotherhood were great but the mechanics are tired now. I get why studios don't want to go through the trouble of inventing an entirely new brand. It's challenging and there is already guaranteed money here but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be attempted. Don't kill a franchise for the sake of profits...

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AC3 was rubbish. The boat was fun but any longer on it and it would have got boring... This idea is bad. Scrap the franchise and start on something new.

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So the new conversation starter will be so are you going to get "ASS CREED: Pirate Edition"?! hahaa..gahd please..from the Renaissance Period, To .. for some reason Native Americans.. To now THIS. Why not make a "samurai" period version of the game where you literally play a "NINJA".

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@sheikweight not sure if the ninja thing was a joke but i like it i could deal with that

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@sheikweight Because Tenchu.

Still, it might work, granted they take the correct time period. I wanna battle Samurais.

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@sheikweight i'd buy that for a dollar...


no seriously i'd buy that before a pirate game, there are too few ninja games and assas creed has a perfect engine.

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I like it!

i loved the pirate missions.

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har har har..bendovar..thar.

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I think a high seas adventure would be a fantastic idea for the series, if for no other reason than being able to use it as a means to travel between a variety of locations that previous entries couldn't really manage.

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I think It's going to be about Edward Kenway, Haytham's father... He was an Assassin and a Corsary

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Ill pass...the Sea battles were the most annoying part of AC3..

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@IanNottinghamX agreed, the best part was running around the forest killing foxes and rabbits for pelts that sold for money you never needed!

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@IanNottinghamX Lol, you' re kidding right?

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