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ekim · Feb 26, 2013

Update 4:
it official

We confirm that Ubisoft will announce all the details of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag on Monday March 4th at 6pm CET.

60 Minutes exclusive gameplay on PS3
Game also comes for WiiU

Update 3:

Update 2:

rouken said:
posted?

at the back of the poster is supposedly a map for the game

Update:

The main characters name is Edward Kenway, father of Haytham Kenway from Assassin's Creed 3. Edward is known as a Privateer, Assassin and occasional pirate. The games location is set in the Caribbean on multiple island including Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas.

The current game is running on the Xbox 360, but has plans for next generation console's as well.

http://www.examiner.com/article/first-screenshot-of-assassin-s-creed-black-flag-surfaces

Source:http://kotaku.com/5987035/assassins-creed-iv-is-all-about-pirates-according-to-this-poster
Jason Schreier

Is the next Assassin's Creed all about pirates? A tipster just sent over marketing materials for something called Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

Ubisoft hasn't announced anything about the next Assassin's Creed just yet, other than the fact that it will star a new character and a new setting, and it will be out next fiscal year.

According to our tipster, this poster will be on store walls on Monday, March 4.

The poster shows a white-hooded assassin—presumably the protagonist of Assassin's Creed IV—on a pirate ship, surrounded by gruff-looking buccaneers. There's a black pirate flag in the background.

Pirates!

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Old Rumors:

Reddit said:
I just posted this in r/gaming but was told of this subreddit. Anyway, I was on a flight where the lady in the row in front of me was working on a powerpoint presentation on marketing strategies of several gaming titles. And one that stood out the most was AC4: Black Flags, aimed for release 2013 Holiday season according to her slide. It already had a cool looking logo for it.

Unfortunately I didn't take any photo, just wanted to share it with all the AC fans, and give those who are trying to figure out the next story line a little hint.

EDIT: thanks everyone for the nice karma and comments! It feels good to be able to contribute a bit to one of my favourite game ( I still need to play AC3 though..)

http://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/181u16/assassins_creed_iv_black_flags/

kaysee said:
Yup. Dunno if its ac 4 but i heard the titles black flag and golden age. New lead character is rumored to be a father of a playable character and will have co op alongside a famous scottish pirate.

LiK · Feb 26, 2013

http://www.kotaku.com/5987035/assassins-creed-iv-is-all-about-pirates-according-to-this-poster

:O

RoKKeR · Feb 26, 2013

God damnit, is that Connor?

ShockingAlberto · Feb 26, 2013

Guess the rumors were true.

Hope this means expanded naval battles and more ship-to-ship raids.

Byronic Hero · Feb 26, 2013

Am I the only one who thinks they should take a break with the AC franchise?

Andrew. · Feb 26, 2013

This one is better.

haikira · Feb 26, 2013

Looks like promotional material for a comic.

indigo-cyclops · Feb 26, 2013

ShockingAlberto said:
Guess the rumors were true.

Hope this means expanded naval battles and more ship-to-ship raids.

What are the rumors?

Wuthering_Heights · Feb 26, 2013

RoKKeR said:
God damnit, is that Connor?

I hope so!

Perfect Blue · Feb 26, 2013

Wow they're actually calling it IV. Somewhat interested in seeing how it turns out but after III I'm VERY cautious towards this series.

Meelow · Feb 26, 2013

I guess they really liked that part in AC3.

SmithnCo · Feb 26, 2013

I'm down for pirates.

jbug617 · Feb 26, 2013

Surprise they went with 4.

Hystzen · Feb 26, 2013

Pretty sure that's Connor on that image so looks like rumour Connor been dropped is false

OldJadedGamer · Feb 26, 2013

No more AssCreed. I'm done.

Chuck · Feb 26, 2013

I'm calling fake.

BloodMoney · Feb 26, 2013

Milk'n the franchise. Why over exploit material and have 1 game a year when you can have 2!

ShockingAlberto · Feb 26, 2013

INDIGO_CYCLOPS said:
What are the rumors?

Nothing overly specific, just that it was more focused on piracy.

The Grim Heaper · Feb 26, 2013

YES! I so hope that the rumor is true.

grimshawish · Feb 26, 2013

Am not sure it'll be called IV personally.
Surely they will do a break from numbered?

Suppose it is a generational jump though.

Derrick01 · Feb 26, 2013

Byronic Hero said:
Am I the only one who thinks they should take a break with the AC franchise?

I would say it needs a 4 year break but they somehow shat out AC3 after 3 years of development, and it somehow had far worse gameplay than the yearly sequels and ran worse than them. That takes a special kind of failure.

Lime · Feb 26, 2013

I hope the pirate captain on the left is the main playable character, and not the assassin.

ultron87 · Feb 26, 2013

Calling this AC 4 makes no sense.

OldJadedGamer · Feb 26, 2013

You got beat by one minute.

giancarlo123x · Feb 26, 2013

We are jumping to 4 already? Seems kinda weird.

Father_Brain · Feb 26, 2013

Not impossible that this is a fan-created fake. Art appears to be hand-drawn and stylized in a comic book manner (note the face of the pirate in black on the left), which I would not expect to see in official promo art for the franchise.

BlueBit · Feb 26, 2013

Henry Rollins as the main character, and I am in.

faridmon · Feb 26, 2013

VI already? With the same theme as III?

RIP AC

Tucah · Feb 26, 2013

I'm really glad they're going with the pirate direction because I want more ship combat. I'm pretty surprised they're going with IV right off the bat but I assume that's because (hopefully) there's a new protagonist.

Osiris · Feb 26, 2013

I hoped for an awesome Assassin Creed / Henry Rollins crossover there, I shall now leave the thread disappointed

Seventy_X_Seven · Feb 26, 2013

Meelow said:
I guess they really liked that part in AC3.

Wouldn't be surprised if they just threw that part in there to see if they could do it with the idea already planned for the sequel. Many developers do stuff like this.

lmpaler · Feb 26, 2013

Byronic Hero said:
Am I the only one who thinks they should take a break with the AC franchise?

I'm with you. I haven't played any past 2

ViewtifulJC · Feb 26, 2013

Lime said:
I hope the pirate captain on the left is the main playable character, and not the assassin.

That's actually the first four hours of the game, spoilers

JoshHood · Feb 26, 2013

Chuck said:
I'm calling fake.

Me too. Art doesn't match usual AC (especially AC3) style, there's no info at the bottom (even copyright), and the logo is very plain for AC.

FloatOn · Feb 26, 2013

black flag you say?

stuminus3 · Feb 26, 2013

I guess this will be a console exclusive, Ubisoft always say they have huge problems with piracy on PC.

Izick · Feb 26, 2013

This is for sure fake.

hunnies28 · Feb 26, 2013

The best part about III is the naval aspect.

Yaaargh

Edit: After looking at that map, could it be an open world (sea?) where you actually have to sail from place to place?

Dreaver · Feb 26, 2013

Meh, haven't played III yet but I'd rather have a medieval Assassins Creed in England/France.

Carbonox · Feb 26, 2013

Oh snap.

I did love the sea-based stuff in AC3 though. That and the frontier are the best contributions to the series in quite some time.

Man-is-Obsolete · Feb 26, 2013

Wow the guy claiming to have details about this game also said Rainbow Six and Rayman Legends were coming to the Vita. Interesting.

Geek · Feb 26, 2013

JoshHood said:
Me too. Art doesn't match usual AC (especially AC3) style, there's no info at the bottom (even copyright), and the logo is very plain for AC.

It's a Todd McFarlane piece for a promotional poster. His company makes the Assassin's Creed toys. Makes sense.

RPGamer92 · Feb 26, 2013

I'd rather Ubi had waited until next year for the next AC considering the have Rayman and maybe Watch Dogs coming this holiday as well. It'd also give them more experience with next gen tech making it a probably better game as well.

Sentenza · Feb 26, 2013

Great choice for a setting.
I would be tempted to be excited about this.
Too bad it's Assassin's Creed we are talking about.

The Omega Man · Feb 26, 2013

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ShockingAlberto · Feb 26, 2013

Hystzen said:
Pretty sure that's Connor on that image so looks like rumour Connor been dropped is false

The rumor...said by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot?

Following the huge success of Assassins Creed III, the new game will be made by an all new team. Fans will be able to experience a previously-unexplored time period with a new hero. Ubisoft believes it will be another major leap forward for the franchise.

During Ubisofts latest financial call, CEO Yves Guillemot teased that there will be More details to come very soon.

Just because it looks like Connor does not necessarily mean it is or that he is the main character. He was in Liberation, as well.

Struct09 · Feb 26, 2013

Strange that they would go to IV already, but I'm ready for a pirates Assassin's game.

Hoo-doo · Feb 26, 2013

OldJadedGamer said:
No more AssCreed. I'm done.

This. The series needs to switch it up big time for me to even care.

aegies · Feb 26, 2013

Gloam · Feb 26, 2013

Surprised they're going to a numbered sequel so quickly, III seemed to get some bad word-of-mouth but I didn't think it as bad as that.

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