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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag confirmed, getting exclusive PS3 content

Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag; PlayStation 3 version will get 60 minutes of exclusive content.

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Ubisoft has officially confirmed Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and has added that the PlayStation 3 version will contain exclusive content.

The Sony version will include 60 minutes of "exclusive" gameplay, though details about the content have yet to be revealed. Ubisoft had a similar partnership with Sony for last year's Assassin's Creed III, where PlayStation 3 owners were given four missions revolving around Benedict Arnold and the plot to overthrow West Point.

Ubisoft also released the game's box art for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC platforms, showing the game's new protagonist, rumored to be privateer Edward Kenway, grandfather of Assassin's Creed III star Connor.

Earlier this month Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will take place in a new setting and star a new protagonist.

GameSpot will reveal more information about the game on Monday at 17:00 GMT/09:00 PST.

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people want it, casuals love it, ubisoft has a lot of gaming studios developing games....

It would be a really bad bussiness move to not realease another AC game this year.

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@alenth

Hardly a game casuals play

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@foxrock66 Hello? Assassin's Creed is one of the most casual franchises in existence and has been for years.

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@johnrayjr Derp.

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@foxrock66 @alenth you can play the majority of games on autopilot mode, the combat is scripted as hell and is a game that tries to give an inmersion to the history and production values rather than gameplay.

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@alenth @foxrock66 Immersion is more important than gameplay. Also, most "casuals" don't even know what immersion is :X

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Somewhat anticlimactic being Haythams father so far as the story is concerned IMO.?.

I enjoy this series because of the intelligent way they go about weaving an entertaining tale through history. Ubi please do not loose sight of what made this franchise a memorable departure from the rest of the bland cookie cutter crud available by pumping out annual games with gimmicky sales offers just because you can.

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I can't wait! I hope it will feature co-op!

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Not really surprising. After seeing the ship combat sequences of AC III I kind of felt the devs would want to make better use of that engine.

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"Wait, a new Assassins Creed game is gonna be released a year after the last one? What a shock!" said no one ever.

In other breaking news: Activision will release another Call of Duty next November.

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@Russian_Wheels Don't you mean THIS November? Next November would imply November 2014, and we all know that CoD games have to come EVERY year!

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another one? I was done with the series after the 2nd one..

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This does not deserve a IV

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I hope Ubisoft would use some gameplay from Mass Effect where you can command your ship freely to various locations, collecting treasures, doing missions (or side missions), and trading while sinking pirates and government's ship (perhaps British EIC?) along the way. The naval battle mechanism on ACIII is awesome, hope they can keep that (and maybe improved it). Since PS3 will get exclusive content (again), this is will be my first Assassin's Creed on PS3.

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@kljhkll @sonicare It's extremely shameful too...the series is called Assassin's Creed. The developers seem to have forgotten what that means.

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why would they bother with PS3 exclusives with the PS4 coming out?

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@bmart970 Because... Assassin's Creed 4 might not be on PS4?

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Hells yeah. sucks about the ps3 extra content, though.... oh well

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AC 3 was just a total letdown for the series. I will wait and watch on this title. If they beat it with a stick again... I am done with the series.

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I really enjoyed the sea missions in III, so I think they could make a lot of this work. I'll be looking forward to it.

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@vicecitysaint hahaha i was thinking the same

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@alenth @vicecitysaint Stealing is a lot less frowned upon when it is anonymous isn't it? Why not just put a ski mask on and rob the game from walmart?

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@SythisTaru @Trev9421 @alenth @vicecitysaint The correct term is leechers, dickweed.

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@Trev9421 @alenth @vicecitysaint They are parasites. Don't worry about them.

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@vicecitysaint I'm "pirating" this game for PC, so she can improve this (grabs balls).

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I wonder why they went back to Connors' grandfather, Does that make this a sequel still? I mean its numbers as such but if we are going back in time from the last games events. And makes me wonder whats the connection of the current time/ Desmond story.

I guess I will have to wait and see but this seems interesting.

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oh hang on to i go and buy a PS3 just so i can play 60 minutes... A FULL HOUR of more content. bitch please

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AWESOME!

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Always thought that one AC title would just wrap up the 2012 stroyline then the series would live on and on. Turn out I am right. Enjoyed the Naval Warfare in AC3, looks like there would be more in Black Flag.

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I hope there'll be many QTEs, microtransactions, DLCs and social features, otherwise I'm not buying this game!

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Always wanted a decent pirate game. Hope this delivers.

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until there is a COD movie announced, Ubisoft will always be the king!


and who cares about square enix, theyre a bunch of has beens.

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Yeah Ubi, yet another AC game, thats great thanks, im sure it'll get lapped up.

Now, Wheres my feckin R6:Patriots!!?????

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Huh?! Chris Brown is going to star in the next Assassi.... *OH!...*

FLAG! It says "flag".

OK, Never mind.

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@BravoOneActual Oooooooooh, SNAP!

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I loved the first two games in this series, but i've felt it's gone downhill since then.

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@sonicare Fully agreed. AC1 and 2 were amazing. The rest were lacking in comparison.

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Agreed!

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*sigh*

I wonder if you'll actually get to play the whole game as the character on the box this time, and not his dad for half the game....:-[

Not sure what to make of the going back in time either. Suppose it had to happen eventually.

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@PlatinumPaladin playing as the dad was by far the best part of 3. Haytham Kenway was such an awesome character, i wish the whole story revolved around him

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@Fryboy101 Fair do's. I kinda agree. It simply strikes me as another fail on Ubisoft's part that they spent so much time on Kenway when it was Connor on the box. It was like Connor was there just to carry on the look of the Assassins.

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@Fryboy101 @PlatinumPaladin i agree. Kenway was a boss, not to mention he was the only character with any, well, character! He felt so badass and powerful, whereas conner was a child throughout almost the whole game..

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@kljhkll think*; Yeah AC1 was great, I enjoyed taking on a whole army :)

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Why is Ubisoft so quick to get rid of Ratonhnhaké:ton? I personally thought he was a way stronger character than Ezio and I liked him much more.

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Just as the CoD series became a joke, so will the AC series.

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Will? ;)

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@myungish At least Ubisoft is putting a little innovation into each installment, unlike Activision.

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@k16campbell @myungish They are?

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@AvatarMan96 @k16campbell @myungish Major emphasis on "a little".

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@myungish I think it already has.

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Theyve really gotten a taste of the naval warship thing have they not. Now they got a whole game revolving around it.

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@Raisiine The naval missions in AC 3 were actually the most fun parts of the game for me, It was really the only area where they did manage to pull something original in the game off.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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