Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Boxart

[TonyBest]

News has been circulating around the web that Ubisoft plan to release a new Assassin's Creed game this year. Well now I can confirm those rumors by showing you the boxart of the game, which you can see below.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2013/02/ac4bfps3uk2d-1362054374.jpg

The new hero of the game appears to be a pirate. Other confirmed details reveal that the game itself will be out on PS3, 360, Wii U and PC and that the PS3 version, like all past AC Games, come with an additional hour of gameplay content.

[Jurv]

i definitely think they're carrying this on a bit too much now. as much as it is a good game the storylines are a bit tedious imo..

[Chris]

Apparently you will play as Edward Kenway, Haythams Father and Conors Grandfather. I'm not sure about the pirate approach to it but I'll reserve judgement until we hear more about it. Big reveal on the 4th.

[dbgtz]

Worst name ever.

[samsaBEAR]

They need to slow down developing these, while I understand that they have two teams working on the franchise, AC3 wasn't on par with previous games. They need to come together and take some time to develop AC4, it made far more sense to end Desmond's story on this gen, and then start the new storyline on next-gen.

[TonyBest]

About the next gen, this new game has been confirmed to be released on the next gen consoles too, so far a release date of October 29th is mentioned. There is even a countdown page hinting to a reveal of sorts on Monday: http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/announce/

[TonyBest]

The trailer has been leaked online, watch it below before it ends up getting removed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kaUj2uBQFLg

[Chris]

Cheers for posting, reminds me a lot of pirates of the caribbean haha.

[TonyBest]

And unfortunately the video is removed now, if you managed to watch it good :P

[Chris]

I've got it downloaded haha, if anyone wants it let me know

[Southe,]

I only ever played 2 and Brotherhood i bought the anthology so currently playing through AC1 so by the time i finish it hopefully that will be close to release. + for it being about pirates.

[TonyBest]

New screenshots have appeared online, which you can see below:
http://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/4NEr1pe-Imgur.jpg

http://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8yXXdIr-Imgur.jpg

http://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cZ8NBQX-Imgur.png

http://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cOvobAg-Imgur.jpg

http://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DfySYTq-Imgur.jpg

http://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kcc3ayN-Imgur.jpg

[samsaBEAR]

Everything I read about this game makes me more and more excited about it. Apparently it has more assassinations than AC1, and will feature less 'hand holding' like AC3 did, you get a target and then decide how to go about killing them, as opposed to the game telling you how to do it. If this makes the new Xbox I will use it as an excuse to buy it.

[TonyBest]

From more information that I've found on serveral sites, it appears that this game is set before Assassin's Creed 3, as you will be playing Edward Kenway, Hathan's father.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-8OO0erjMc
Heres a video of edward in action

[Bradley.]

i wasn't too sure when i saw the leaked images and details but after the trailer i think it could be good