Assassin's Creed 4

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Developer(s)	Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Director(s)	Ashraf Ismail Jean Guesdon
Producer(s)	Sylvain Trottier
Writer(s)	Darby McDevitt Corey May
Composer(s)	Brian Tyler Sarah Schachner Freedom Cry: Olivier Deriviere
Series	Assassin's Creed
Engine	AnvilNext
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Wii U Xbox 360 Xbox One
Release	October 29, 2013 PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 WW: October 29, 2013 Wii U NA: October 29, 2013 AU: November 21, 2013 EU: November 22, 2013 PlayStation 4 NA: November 15, 2013 AU: November 29, 2013 EU: November 22, 2013 Microsoft Windows NA: November 19, 2013 AU: November 21, 2013 EU: November 22, 2013 Xbox One WW: November 22, 2013
Genre(s)	Action-adventure, stealth
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(PS3) 88 (X360) 86% (WIIU) 87% (PS4) 85.31% (XONE) 81.00% (PC) 86.67%
Metacritic	(PS3) 88/100 (WIIU) 86/100 (X360) 86/100 (PS4) 84/100 (PC) 86/100
Review scores
Publication	Score
CVG	9/10
Edge	9/10
EGM	9.5/10
Eurogamer	9/10
Famitsu	37/40
Game Informer	8.25/10
GameSpot	9/10
Giant Bomb
IGN	8.5/10
Joystiq
OPM (UK)	8/10
OXM (US)	9.0/10
PC Gamer (UK)	90%
VideoGamer.com	7/10
The Escapist

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series. Its historical time frame precedes that of Assassin's Creed III (2012), though its modern-day sequences succeed III's own. Black Flag was first released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U in October 2013 and a month later for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows.

The plot is set in a fictional history of real world events and follows the centuries-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight for peace with free will, and the Templars, who desire peace through control. The framing story is set in the 21st century and describes the player as an Abstergo agent. The main story is set in the 18th century Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy, and follows notorious Welsh pirate Edward Kenway, grandfather and father of Assassin's Creed III protagonist and antagonist Ratonhnhaké:ton and Haytham Kenway respectively, who stumbles upon the Assassin/Templar conflict. The attempted establishment of a Republic of Pirates utopia (free from either British or Spanish rule) is a significant plot element.