Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Assassin's Creed Black Flag free until December 18th

After the giveaway of the strategic World in Conflict Complete Edition Ubisoft returns wishing us a Merry Christmas a little in advance with another unmissable offer, this time the protagonist is Assassin's Creed Black Flag.

The extraordinary offer starts today and is valid for all players on PC, who can log into their account Uplay, or possibly register, at the following address, and buy your own free copy, but you have to hurry because the free period expires December 18 at 12:00.

A whole new game

This is an excellent opportunity to recover the fourth installment of the Assassin's Creed saga, especially for those who have been intimidated by the many bugs present in the game upon release.

In fact, Black Flag, released in 2013, immediately had big optimization problems, especially on PC. However, in these 4 years the Ubisoft developers have brought the game to have excellent performance, implementing various Nvidia technologies such as the suggestive God Rays, which illuminate the landscape from above with beams of light, the HBAO+ and PCSS, which provide more detailed and realistic shadows around objects, anti-aliasing TXAA, which evens out the edges and makes them homogeneous and finally aoptimized for 4K resolution.

If you are interested in the Assassin's Creed series, check out this article on the photo contest organized by Ubisoft for the last chapter released, Assassin's Creed Origins.

 

Assassin's Creed 4 Jackdaw Edition: Official Cover

UbiSoft announced Assassin’s Creed 4 Jackdaw Edition for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4: this new edition of the game will be available in Europe starting from March 28, exclusively on the three platforms mentioned.

Above you can see the cover of the PlayStation 4 edition. To discover the contents of the Jackdaw Edition Read the next news.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Illustrious Pirates DLC now available

Here comes the first DLC for 2014's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Illustrious Pirates and introduces new elements for both single player and multiplayer. This is the complete list of additions.

Single player:

• Black Island
• The Black Ship
• Captain Morgan’s Outfit, Picture and Title
• Captain Morgan’s Silver Flintlock Pistols
• Mystery Island
• Digital Illustrated Fable
• Location of Bonnet's Ship
• Place Bonnet's Outfits
• Sacrifice Island

Multiplayer:

• Captain Drake’s Picture, Title and Relics
• Captain Drake’s Swords and Pistols
• Ivory Wheel
• Iron Wheel
• Discoverer Title and Picture – Multiplayer item
• Astrolab Relic
• Compass Relic
• Cartographer Picture and Titler
• German Rapier Swords
• Spyglass Relic
• Watch Title and Picture

The cost is 7 euros, unless you have purchased the Season Pass. In this case the download is free.

 

Assassin's Creed IV: Blackbeard's Wrath DLC now available

UbiSoft has announced the availability of the DLC Blackbeard's Wrath for Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag. The DLC is available on all platforms except the Wii U. The pack includes three new characters: Blackbeard: The Orchid and The Jaguar.

Season Pass owners can download the DLC for free, for others the price is set at 2,99 euros.

Assassin's Creed 4: a sensational bug discovered [VIDEO]

One player found a serious bug in Assassin's creed iv and decided to make it public, creating an ad hoc video, with an exceptional soundtrack. We do not reveal anything else and we leave you to watch the video that you find at the bottom of the page.

How about, that's a nice bug, isn't it?

 

Assassin's Creed 4 for PC, mandatory update on first connection

It hasn't even come out, and Assassin's Creed 4 PC version already has problems. According to some rumors circulating on the net, programmers have realized, perhaps with a little too much delay, that AC4 has some bug.

For this reason, those who buy it must be aware that, before they can start playing, they will have to download an update. In fact, we speak of one patch 1.1 which would eliminate bugs such as some blocks, improve graphics resolution and optimize dual GPU and dual monitor hardware. It would also immediately eliminate some problems encountered with multiplayer. Recall that the PC version of Assassin's Creed 4 will be released on November 22nd.

 

Spanish ranking: Assassin's Creed 4 dominates on consoles

Assassin's Creed 4 beats everyone and becomes the best-selling game in Spain on consoles, beating giants like FIFA 14, Battlefield 4 and GTA 5. On PC, the absolute winner is F. Below are the rankings for all platforms.

General console ranking

1. Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag (PS3)
2. Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag (Xbox 360)
3. FIFA 14
4. GTA 5 (PS3)
5. Assassin’s Creed IV Skull Edition
6. Battlefield 4
7. pokemon y
8. Battlefield 4 Limited Edition
9. Assassin’s Creed 4 Skull Edition (Xbox 360)
10. GTA 5 (Xbox 360)

PC ranking

1. F
2. Battlefield 4 Limited edition
3. Battlefield 4
4. Battlefield 4 Deluxe Edition
5. FIFA 14
6. Batman Arkham Origins
7. The Sims 3 Refresh
8. Total War ROME 2
9. The Sims 3 Into the Future
10. X-Plane 8 Premium

Nintendo 3DS ranking

1. pokemon y
2. Pokemon x
3. Inazuma Eleven 3 Lightning Bolt
4. Inazuma Eleven 3 Bomb Blast
5. New Super Mario Bros 2
6. Animal Crossing New Leaf
7. Lego city undercover
8. FIFA 14
9. Luigi's Mansion 2
10. Mario barth 7

Nintendo DS ranking

1. I Puffi 2
2. Stars on Ice
3. Fashion Designer Style Icon
4. Pokemon White 2
5. Pokemon Nero 2
6. New Super Mario Bros
7. Learn with Pokemon
8. Cooking Mama World Hobbies
9. Lego batman 2
10. Cooking Mama World

PlayStation 2 ranking

1. FIFA 14
2. FIFA 13
3. GTA San Andreas
4. GTA Trilogy
5. The Godfather
6. Need for Speed ​​Most Wanted
7. Mercenaries 2
8. GTA Vice City Stories
9. Black
10. PES 2011

PS3 Standings

1. Assassin's Creed 4
2. FIFA 14
3. GTA 5
4. Assassin’s Creed 4 Skull Edition
5. Battlefield 4 Limited Edition
6. Battlefield 4
7. Battlefield 4 Deluxe Edition
8. Batman Arkham Origins
9. WWE 2K14
10. PES 2014

PSP Ranking

1. FIFA 14
2. Gran Turismo
3. Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines
4. Assassins Creed Bloodlines Essentials
5. GTA Vice City Stories
6. Liberty City Stories
7. Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai 2 Essentials
8. God of War Ghosts of Sparta
9. FIFA 13
10. FIFA 13 Platinum

PlayStation Vita ranking

1. Invizimals the Alliance
2. FIFA 14
3. Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate
4. Epic Mickey 2
5. Killzone Mercenary
6. Need for Speed
7. WRC 4
8. Dragon's Crown
9. Assassin's Creed III
10. ModNation Racers

Wii Leaderboard 

1. Just Dance 2014
2. Skylanders Swap Force
3. FIFA 14
4. Skylanders Giants
5. Disney Infinity
6. FIFA 13
7. Woo Sports
8. Wii Sports Resort
9. New Super Mario Bros
10. Just Dance 4

Wii U Ranking

1. New Super Mario Bros
2. Wii Party U
3. Just Dance 2014
4. Wii Party U + Remote Plus
5. New Super Luigi U
6. The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD
7. Skylanders Swap Force
8. Assassin's Creed 3
9. Sonic lost world
10. Rayman Legends

Xbox 360 Leaderboard

1. Assassin's Creed 4
2. Battlefield 4 Limited Edition
3. Assassin’s Creed 4 Skull Edition
4. GTA 5
5. FIFA 14
6. Battlefield 4 Deluxe Edition
7. Battlefield 4
8. Batman Arkham Origins
9. WWE 2K14
10. Call of Duty Black Ops 2

 

Assassin's Creed IV: online pass required to manage certain aspects of the single player campaign

In Assassin's Creed IV, the online pas is essential to manage some aspects of the single player, as witnessed by Eurogamer.net through a video. In single player, whenever Edward gets on a boat he can add new boats to his fleet.

However, this operation is only possible for those who have redeemed l’online pass included in the package, in other words those who bought the used title will not be able to add ships to the fleet. Many users are already complaining, we await UbiSoft's response.

 

Assassin's Creed 4: Aveline DLC free for PlayStation Plus users

With a message on Twitter, Sony and UbiSoft have announced that the DLC of Assassin's creed iv dedicated to Aveline will be available for free for two weeks for all PlayStation Plus subscribers.

Starting today and for the next 15 days, owners of the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag will be able to free download this exclusive pack that includes over an hour of additional gameplay. If you are a PlayStation Plus user, run to download it before it becomes paid again.

 

Assassin's Creed 4 PlayStation-exclusive content won't go to Xbox

The yellow thickens around the exclusive contents of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. As we anticipated a few days ago, the trailer that showed the words "exclusive for 6 months" on about sixty minutes of additional content, including the use of aveline (the protagonist of the PSVita version), had made many suspicious.

It was in fact thought that the exclusive contents of PS3 e PS4 they would only be for 6 months and then, after this time period, they would be introduced via DLC on other consoles. Today comes a note from Sony categorically denies that this will happen. But it doesn't completely clarify the matter. In fact, the text reads, verbatim, "they are not provided on Xbox 360 and Xbox One". But we remember in fact that AC4 will also be released on PC e Wii U. Whether it's an oversight, or will the DLC with additional content arrive on these platforms anyway? We await the new Sony replica.

 

Assassin's Creed 4, the video comparison between old and next-gen

Among the main criticisms leveled at Assassin's Creed 4 is the fact that it is practically identical in the old-gen and next-gen versions. After all, those who have tried them on both have the impression that they are playing the same game, not without reason.

Today, to dispel any doubts, we publish a video that parallels the old-gen version (Xbox 360) and the next-gen one (PlayStation 4). If there are differences, you will find out by looking at it.

 

Assassin's Creed 4: video comparison between PS3 and PS4 versions

A video posted on the web compares the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 versions of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, out tomorrow, Tuesday November 29th, in version for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The PC, Wii U and next-gen versions will arrive on November 22nd. The differences between the two versions certainly exist but they are not all that substantial and indeed in some cases the PS3 version seems to offer slightly better graphics.

 

Will Call of Duty Ghosts and Assassin's Creed 4 support 3D on PS4?

Sony has little opened the digital pre-orders of some PlayStation 4 titles, but many have not noticed that Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag e Call of Duty Ghosts have been cataloged in the 3D section of the PlayStation Store.

These are the only PS4 games featured in this section, which could mean full support for 3D technology. However, we await official confirmation from the developers.

 

Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag for PC, system requirements

Ubisoft announced i system requirements for the PC version of Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag. In an interview released yesterday Luc Poirier explained some very important aspects with respect to this version. In particular, he anticipated that for those who own a very powerful computer, the quality of the game will be at the next-gen level; Those who own a "normal" mid-range PC will still be able to play this title easily, just disable some of the advanced features.

Meanwhile, these will be the minimum requirements to play Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag:

Operating system: Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32 / 64bit versions)
Processore: Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
RAM: 2GB for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Scheda Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX260 o AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM con Shader Model 4.0 o maggiore)
DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with updated drivers
Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse required, also compatible with gamepad controller.

Recommended requirements:

Operating system: Windows Vista SP2 on Windows 7 SP1 on Windows 8 (32 / 64bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or better / AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz
RAM: 4GB or more
Scheda Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX470 o AMD Radeon HD5850(1024MB VRAM con Shader Model 5.0) o migliore
DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with updated drivers

 

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag for PC, system requirements

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be released in Spain, in version PC, next November 22, which is 3 weeks later than the console versions. Today Ubisoft released i system requirements to be able to play without problems. Here's what they are:

Minimum requirements
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, AMD Athlon II X4 620
– Scheda video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, AMD Radeon HD 4870
- Memory: 2 GB of RAM
- 30 GB of free hard disk space
- Operating system: Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7, Windows 8

Recommended requirements
– Processore: Intel Core i5 2400S, AMD Phenom II X4 940
– Scheda video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470, AMD Radeon HD 5850
- Memory: 4 GB of RAM
- 30 GB of free hard disk space
- Operating system: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8

 

Assassin's Creed 4, the historical characters presented in a video

The assassins of the saga of Assassin's Creed they must have been lucky in their life. Ezio had as mentor-aide none other than Leonardo Da Vinci, Connor Kenway the main American patriots including George Washington, now it's up to Edward kenway who was a disciple of none other than Blackbeard, the greatest pirate of all time.

He is just one of the many historical characters that will be featured in AC4 Black Flag, such as Charles Vane and others already mentioned also in AC3. Ubisoft has decided to present them all in a video, at the end of the article, which also serves to show the progress of the graphics and increase the level of expectation for the release of the game. We remember that Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag will arrive on October 31st on PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U, and at the end of November on PC and next-gen consoles.

 

Assassin's Creed IV, exclusive missions with Aveline on PS3 and PS4

In the past few hours UbiSoft has confirmed that the PS3 and PS4 versions of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag will contain a series of extra missions with the protagonist aveline, the charming assassin starring in Assassin's Creed III Liberation for PlayStation Vita.

These missions will form a real short-lived ministory (about 60 minutes), the storyline will not be linked to that of the PlayStation Vita game, allowing everyone to enjoy this additional content to the fullest. Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag will be available from 31 October on PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U, at launch on Xbox One and PS4.

Assassin's Creed 4, hidden link to another Ubisoft game

The game director of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, Ash Ismail, revealed that in the course of the adventure there is a narrative connection with another Ubisoft title through the usual well-packaged and hidden “Easter Egg”. No further details have been revealed, but it is certain that we will find the surprise hidden in the vast Carribean Sea, freely explorable with your own ship. A possible connection can however be hypothesized with Far Cry, since the last chapter is set in a tropical island and in turn presents an Easter Egg dedicated to Assassin's Creed. Even the hypothesis is not to be ruled out Watch Dogs given the importance of the new IP. With patience, we'll find out when Assassin's Creed 4 hits stores.

 

Assassin's Creed 4 - the why of whaling!

Among the various novelties ofAssassin's Creed 4 there will also be the opportunity to hunt whales. This did not go down well for PETA, the international organization for the ethical treatment of animals, which has harshly criticized Ubisoft for this choice.

The Ubisoft team, however, promptly responded to the criticisms, stating that: “Assassin's Creed is a franchise that refers to history. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, specifically, is a work of fiction based on the events that really happened during the golden age of the pirates. We are not in favor of whaling, just as we are not in favor of the pirate lifestyle, which involves poor sanitation, looting, hijacking of ships and excessive alcohol intake.. Just because something is represented in a media does not mean that it is in any way 'glorified'. ”Ok Ubisoft you are right but… poor whales !!!

 

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag - Spanish trailer and first details!

It is the year 1715. The Caribbean is under the control of pirates who have founded a real republic, but without any law. Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag introduces young Edward Kenway.

Pirate, captain and Assassin, Edward embarked on a struggle for glory that earned him the respect of true legends of the seas like the pirate Blackbeard, but also dragged him into the ancient conflict between Assassins and Templars - a war that could destroy everything that the pirates have obtained.

Discover the largest and richest world ever created in the Assassin's Creed universe. From Kingston to Nassau, explore 50 unique locations where you can become a true pirate. Take on the role of the most feared pirate in all of the Caribbean, make your way through legendary names as you found a lawless republic in the Bahamas and relive the most exciting events that marked the heyday of piracy.

 

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag - one hour of exclusive gameplay on PS3!

Confirmed a few hours ago, the new chapter of Assassin's Creed will be calledAssassin's Creed 4: Black Flag . Ubisoft has given us an appointment on March 4th for official details but has released the packshots that reveal a first important detail. What you see above is the cover image of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag in version for PlayStation 3 and so far… everything is regular. If you pay attention, however, you will find that the central plate on the left shows the words "60 minutes of exclusive gameplay".

It seems clear to us that PS3 owners will play more than others!

 

Assassin's Creed 4 in 2014. The first details!

That Ubisoft had not closed the accounts with Assassin's Creed was, by now, a sure thing. We all expected confirmation of the release of a new chapter - for convenience Assassin's Creed 4 - which will have nothing to do with the trilogy that has just ended.

The official confirmation of the above came during the Ubisoft financial results conference where, the president and CEO of the company, Yves Guillemot announced a new Assassin's Creed, revealing even the very first details.

In the new chapter of the saga we will finally say goodbye to Desmond and we will leave behind our adventures with Altair, Ezio and Connor to focus on the deeds of a new protagonist in a new historical period.

The release of the new Assassin's Creed is set for the end of fiscal 2014, so by March 2014. Will our new hero be able to debut on next gen consoles?