Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

[Kaori]

Pirate-themed Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag has been officially confirmed by publisher Ubisoft, and will have 60 minutes of exclusive gameplay on PlayStation 3.

Packshot artwork shows that the game will at least be released for PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360.

The imagery confirms its rumoured pirate setting, while a sticker on the PS3 version reveals the exclusive hour of gameplay - the same deal offered with Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Yesterday, numerous leaks hinted at the game's existence and offered up a few extra details - that the game is set in 1715 and stars a pirate assassin named Edward Kenway, father of Haytham and grandfather of Connor from AC3.

Eurogamer will be able to reveal full details of the game on Monday at 5pm UK time.

[Pepsi]

Oh man, Pirates <3
Me and my friend are definitely looking forward to playing this!

PS: MY BODY IS SO READY FOR THIS!

[shugo_lover]

I don't know how I feel about this.

[TheSorrow]

It's way too soon for a new Assassin's Creed, isn't it D: I haven't even started with Assassin's Creed 3!! And i think it took even longer between the releases of Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood!!! D8

Anyways, my hopes for Assassin's Creed have decreased tremendously since i learned about AC3's story and how it pretty much ruined everything for the sake of extending the story, adding more "cool-looking" stuff so that people can go all "OMFG YAY COOL CHARACTERS AND EPIC ATTACKS AND ASSASSINS KILLING BAD DUDES AND YAAAY" even if it doesn't make any more sense or it contradicts the rest of the story (the whole YAY AMERICA thing HEAVILY contradicts what has been said in past games about Lincoln and stuff .-.), and from the looks of it, this game will be just the same..."YAAAY PIRATES" that kill people in cool ways but that don't make any more sense with the rest of the story, don't do anything about really explaining about the main story, and it's just meant to keep selling games that everyone will keep buying because it's still Assassin's Creed and they're still very entertaining games D: Oh well.

[(Phantom) Thief]

Whose controlling the Animus? Then again does it matter...

It's way too soon for a new Assassin's Creed, isn't it D: I haven't even started with Assassin's Creed 3!! And i think it took even longer between the releases of Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood!!! D8

Anyways, my hopes for Assassin's Creed have decreased tremendously since i learned about AC3's story and how it pretty much ruined everything for the sake of extending the story, adding more "cool-looking" stuff so that people can go all "OMFG YAY COOL CHARACTERS AND EPIC ATTACKS AND ASSASSINS KILLING BAD DUDES AND YAAAY" even if it doesn't make any more sense or it contradicts the rest of the story (the whole YAY AMERICA thing HEAVILY contradicts what has been said in past games about Lincoln and stuff .-.), and from the looks of it, this game will be just the same..."YAAAY PIRATES" that kill people in cool ways but that don't make any more sense with the rest of the story, don't do anything about really explaining about the main story, and it's just meant to keep selling games that everyone will keep buying because it's still Assassin's Creed and they're still very entertaining games D: Oh well.

Understandable. And well without spoiling too much. Where can the story even continue after three? I know of the series' overall plot but haven't had a chance at joining the games.

[shugo_lover]

It's way too soon for a new Assassin's Creed, isn't it D: I haven't even started with Assassin's Creed 3!! And i think it took even longer between the releases of Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood!!! D8.

I know right! Assassins Creed came out what three months ago and they're already advertising for another game? Seriously, I just the advertisement for it on adult swim.

[TheSorrow]

Whose controlling the Animus? Then again does it matter...

ABSTERGO 8DDD No, srsly. And possibly Erudito. This goes back to Project Legacy, which was pretty cool and interesting for the little time it lasted.
I feared they might've still continued with Desmond, EVEN AFTER what happens in the ending of AC3, but it seems that what happened for him stays for real. And that's fine, it was a nice moment to entirely end the arc involving Altair/Ezio/Desmond (screw Connor), even though the ending itself sucks. lol

Understandable. And well without spoiling too much. Where can the story even continue after three? I know of the series' overall plot but haven't had a chance at joining the games.

I've just finished AC3, and from what i can tell, it'll continue with a 3-sided war between Assassins, Templars and the First Civilization (or some of them anyways), perhaps with Assassins and Templars finally joining sides, if only to fight against a common enemy too dangerous for either of them.
But in reality, i don't think they really care about continuing with the main plot of the series. With the ending of AC3 they abruptly finished all of the plots that could've closed the series, and so they can go ANYWHERE and do ANYTHING right now, even if it means ignoring the main plot until AC7 or so (there's no rush to do anything, unlike the 2012 stuff). With this, i'm not really saying that the story since AC4 will suck, in fact they might be pretty cool (and i already love the fact it'll deal with Abstergo), but there's nothing to look forward to anymore, and instead of adding another ending plot they'll just leave vague clues and hints about what might happen next, just so you know there's STILL something going on, but nothing will really happen until they get tired of milking the series.
So i guess that all that remains to look forward to in AC4 is a cool-looking game with awesome naval battles, entertaining missions that can keep you playing for a long time, and maybe some interesting background story if you're into pirates. Personally, apart from a good game (hopefully ANYTHING better than AC3 D8), all i really look forward to is what they might reveal about Abstergo and the 2013/2014 Templars. It might not contribute to the plot at all, but at least it'll increase my knowledge and satisfy my curiosity regarding my favorite side in this endless war. AC3 also did a decent job about that at least. lol