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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag PC out November 19

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The PC version of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will launch on November 19, just under a month after the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U versions ship on October 29, Ubisoft announced today.

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Game director Ashraf Ismail revealed that the PC version of the game would not be available alongside Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U iterations in June.

"We're working hard on the PC version," Ismail said at the time. "It's one of the main platforms we work on in the office. For our PC fans, don't worry. The game on PC looks phenomenal."

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be available as day-one launch titles for the PlayStation 4 (November 15) and Xbox One (November 22).

The free-roaming action game set during the Golden Age of Pirates stars a young captain Edward Kenway, the grandfather of Assassin's Creed III's Connor and descendant of Desmond Miles. Players will meet up with legendary pirates including Blackbeard and Charles Vane as they journey through the West indies.

For more on Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, check out GameSpot's just-published hands-on preview of the game.

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Does anyone know if I buy the retail edition of this game will it link to my uplay account like a steam works game linking to a steam account or an EA game linking to an origin account?

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@toddx77 Usually it does. You can even download the game with your code on the DVD if you prefer so.

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Well,business as usual on PC with Ubisoft.

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@shreddyz @D1N02982 @STrugglingFool Honestly the only thing I really liked about Assassins Creed 3 was the combat I didn't like the setting, story and I hated the ending the way Desmond died was just stupid!

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same day as watch dogs .. this could hurt the sales

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@D1N02982 @STrugglingFool AC 3 runs perfectly on my rig and I didn't notice a single serious glitch during my playthrough. I bought the game in January 2013 .

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Damn! What to play first now? Watch Dogs or AC 4....

This is really hard, Ubi, why are you doing this to me? ..... :P

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@LordCrash88 I'm stuck at the same position as you, lol :P.

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Watch dogs first.AC4 is just reheated meal,you can wait to play it later.

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@frozenux @LordCrash88 Hm, I'm not so sure about that. The pirate scenario really appeals to me and I'm a great AC fan. Of course Watch Dogs is completely new and fresh...

Still hard choice for me. Maybe one day AC4 and the other day Watch Dogs, changing daily.... :P

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Assassins Creed 3 wasn't buggy at all when released. I would wait 1-2 months after it has been released for PC. By then you don't want the game anymore as bad and can wait for a steam sale.

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@STrugglingFool Are you kidding me! Assassins Creed 3 had a shit load of glitches especially graphical glitches.

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@D1N02982 @STrugglingFool yep I bought the game early and easliy the glitchiest of the series. also it felt like a bad port job.

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I hated the ship missions in Assassins Creed III so i'm defiantly not getting it anyway!

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@evil13killer Useless fanboy spotted.

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speaking of PC have you guys seen this?

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/xi3-piston-console-set-for-release-on-november-29/


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@bunchanumbers dam ! I knew I was missing a brick.

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@bunchanumbers Those are god awful specs for that price.. You're pretty much just paying $200 extra for the tiny case..

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@bunchanumbers I already have a better rig than that... :P

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@bunchanumbers Thought the price would be 500$ with these specs. I think you'll be disappointed if you buy this

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@bunchanumbers a lot of money.

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Ancestor of Desmond Miles. Not descendant of Desmond miles.

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Descendant. I don't think that word means what you think it means.

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@purgman lol

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That's no surprise. Hopefully the delay means we get a more polished version of the game.

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@namasaceva Sorry, but not gonna happen. Just look at AC3

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@Winchester01 @namasaceva AC3 is a good looking game. Take the hate elsewhere.

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@Winchester01 @focuspuller @namasaceva I wouldn't say many, and far from the amount Skyrim had. The look of the game however was not one of them.

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@focuspuller @Winchester01 @namasaceva I am not hating anything, delay doesn't mean anything. AC3 had many issues on PC.

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Aww =/ Oh well, gives me more time to enjoy Batman Origins.

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@Korvus85 or bf4 or cod ghosts or watchdogs :P

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@abdelwaheda1 Oh yeah, forgot Watch Dogs =D Not really interested in the others though ^_^

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