Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

The 2013 pirate game starring Edward Kenway in the Caribbean.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a 2013 action-adventure game by Ubisoft Montreal and the sixth major game in the series. It launched on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U in October 2013, and a month later on PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One.

The story is set in the West Indies during the Golden Age of Piracy, from 1715 to 1722.

Quick Facts

Developer

Ubisoft Montreal

Publisher

Ubisoft

Director

Jean Guesdon
Ashraf Ismail
Damien Kieken

Producer

Martin Schelling

Designer

Eric Baptizat, Jean-Sebastien Decant

Artist

Raphael Lacoste

Writer

Darby McDevitt

Composer

Brian Tyler

Facts from the source article.

Background

It follows the Welsh pirate Edward Kenway, grandfather of Connor and father of Haytham Kenway, as he hunts for fortune and for the Observatory, a mythical place both Assassins and Templars want. Part of the plot concerns the attempt to set up an independent pirate republic in the Caribbean.

Ship-based exploration of a seamless open world is central for the first time in the series. Edward captains the Jackdaw, a brig he captures from a Spanish fleet early on, and the main cities are Havana, Nassau and Kingston.

In the modern-day frame the player is an Abstergo Industries employee who is manipulated into uncovering secrets of the First Civilization.