Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag release date and next-gen versions spotted in Ubisoft leak

i would like maybe a bit more control over the combat. 

I'm starting to wonder if all those leaks are intentional. You can't be that clumsy.

Yay another new AC game.........Just hope its good and atleast let there be a new setting!!!!

I'd really appreciate it if they spent more time developing the next title (was not expecting or hoping for one!) And most importantly, Assassin's Creed 4 to have the same setting as 3? You're not Ubisoft, who are you!

Pirate Assassin's Creed?  NO Thank you!

I only liked Assassin's Creed 2. The Renaissance era made for the best game for sure!

I hope this doesnt suck like AC3 did. was so dissapointed with that game

Did anyone else notice that there was no new footage in this video.  It was all from AC III

i don't think this game gonna be good

haha ac 4 will be epic i love ac games and i love Ubisoft! I am sure theyw on't let us down and what i am saying to haters is to put my magic finger straight up their ass and if they don't want to buy it then probably they shouldn't have been here from the first place! Ps4 will do magic to the series i am sure. So, ahoy mates and bring it on!

Spoiler Alert re: Far Cry 3.....

Apologies if I'm stomping on previous posts noting this...but FC3's Lost Expeditions has an Abstergo link with the Japanese soldier's letters. My money is on Ubisoft hammering out a Japanese setting for AC5 - perhaps medieval Japan or WWII, and using the game engine from AC:USA to punch out a quick Eddie the Pirate game in the mean time. Both AC:USA and FC3 were Montreal produced I believe linking the development of future ACs?

PS: No ninjas for Japan setting!!! They are a 1960s creation, not historic fact.

i wonder if they'll be a noticeable gap between PS3 and PS4 versions.

AC3 was awesome and I hope this one will be better!!

I've loved AC since the first game but one game a year for the last few years is a bit much, especially since they always say they are going to give the series a break. Even so I love 'em.

I dont like playing dead people

Anyone else think it's a bit too soon since the last game?

Anyone notice his hood isn't even beaked? Wtf is up with that?

Hmmm. While playing one of the sailing sections in AC3, I turned to my wife and said they needed to make a pirate game using this game engine. Sounds like someone heard me! 

I just hope it lives up to the hype, and rectifies the problems AC3 had. If ever there was an example of a game that just tried to do too much that it didn't need to, it's AC3.

This is poop. They're breaking that cultural immersion the series has known for. All previous protagonists have had their name inspired by the word "eagle". Is Edward related to eagle? I mean, they have the syllable count and starting consonant, but that's it.

@BlueToofGangstaWhy, because I'm pointing out that an industry on which I've grown up on and loved is falling to the trap of consumerism? Publishers spend millions of dollars for a developer to program a game alone (even some of the worst made games cost millions), not even accounting for the additional marketing or manufacture costs. 

To cope with this, publishers (and developers) demand an extraordinary amount of money in order to ensure that they make a profit, and for most publishers that means they want to take as little risk as possible. The best way to ensure this is to use what is tried and true, which inevitably means milking a cow. Ubisoft found substantial success in the first two AC games, and because of that it was an obvious choice to sink sums of money into development and marketing costs for subsequent games in the series. However, because of the nature of the industry and the publisher's focus on profit, going in a new direction even with a well-recognized series means extreme risk. Thus the publisher will force the developer its backing to continue using the exact same techniques that made the first game popular. If a developer goes into a new direction, the publisher could lose huge sums of money if it's not a commercial success. So what does that lead to?

It leads to a lack of innovation. New Intellectual Properties (IPs) won't be backed and creativity is stifled because costs don't allow for creativity. I'm not bitching because I'm jumping on the bandwagon, I'm making a legitimate point about the direction of the industry. Gamers are no longer paying for the best games on the market, we're paying for the best marketed games. 

I swear the game hasnt even come out yet, and there are complaints! lmao Assassins Creed series has been amongst the best series ever! Besides GTA, Splinter Cell, and Metal Gear this series doesnt get old. All these complaints about this isnt different from any of the other games yet how different is any of the COD's? Not different at all. Same ol, shoot throw grenade rinse recycle repeat! lol So what. Its still fun and I bet half of the complainers will still pay to play!!! lol