Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Wii U News

Ever since the Assassin's Creed franchise added multiplayer, fans of the series have known what to expect. This year's Assassin's Creed 4 includes multiplayer, of course. However, it adds a new feature that promises to shake things up. Read more

Ubisoft has three Assassin's Creed games in the works right now, and Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says the rotating teams will help them keep each one "appealing and fresh." Read more

Assassin's Creed 3 ended Desmond's story, letting go of narrative baggage that was holding the franchise down. "It was a barrier to entry for people that want to pick it up," Darby McDevitt, lead writer of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, admitted. Read more

"We're not going to waste any time," the lead writer of Assassin's Creed 4 promised. "He's going to be a pirate when you press Start." Read more

Assassin's Creed 4 will launch with a free companion app for tablets, enabling "second screen gameplay" that's so trendy nowadays. Read more

A new trailer for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag details the character of Edward Kenway, who turned his back on the rich and ruling classes of his native land. Read more

A new Assassin's Creed 4 trailer schools viewers on the basics of the Golden Age of Piracy, before showcasing our new assassin hero fighting and plundering with the best of them. Read more

Assassin's Creed 4 lead writer Darby McDevitt talks about some of the unforeseen technical limitations he runs into when ironing out stories. Read more

Ubisoft Montreal head Yannis Mallat explains why the sales response to Assassin's Creed games hasn't slowed its annualization, and how a yearly game doesn't mean a yearly development cycle. Read more

Juggling two jobs can be difficult for anyone, but Captain Edward Kenway seems to take the responsibilities of both pirate and Assassin in his stride. Ubisoft today dropped the first "gameplay" trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, showing the kind of salty shenanigans players can expect from its latest open-world murder simulator. Read more