Assassin's Creed IV - True Golden Age of Pirates

Ubisoft today released a few new Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag related assets included the trailer below that details the historical context of the pirate scene you'll experience in the game.

Ubisoft also issued some concept art and a new screenshot.

In a Q&A document released with the assets scrip writer Darby McDevitt had the following to say about how they came to focus on this particular era for a pirate themed Assassin's Creed:

"Choosing this era for AC4 came about through a nice series of coincidences... because AC3 was developing a fantastic Naval system for the American Revolution, ideas for expanding this feature were never far from our minds. At the same time, we had been tossing around ideas about doing a game about Haytham's father, with the idea that we would be telling the full story of the "Kenway family saga" ... charting the tale of how a Grandfather, and father, and a son each relate to the Creed in their own unique way.

When we eventually got around to combining the idea of Edward and boats, it turned out that the tail-end of the Golden age of Piracy was perfectly aligned with our tentative timelines. After that, everything fell into place... the only question we argued about for some time was when to start Edward's story... I think the earliest we were willing to go was 1698, with the rise and fall of William Kidd and the secret success of Henry Avery. But we eventually decided that this would stretch our story too thin, so we confined most of the action to the last decade of this golden age."

Furthermore Ubisoft confirmed that Black Beard will join Edward Kenway as a collectible figurine (available for pre-order here).