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  • ‘Assassin’s Creed Pirates’ Released For Mobile Platforms

    After months of teasing, Ubisoft has finally released Assassin’s Creed Pirates. The title is a mobile game that simulates the ship battles and sailing seen in the main-series title Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. It is available today for $5 for smartphones and tablets via the Apple App Store, the Google Play Store, and the Amazon Appstore.

    Pirates is set during the “Golden Age” of piracy – the same time period as Black Flag. Players will play as rookie pirate Captain Alonzo Batilla as he searches for something called La Buse’s treasure. Starting out with a simple ship and crew, players will engage other ships in real-time combat to gain the materials necessary to upgrade their fleet. Some of the famous pirates of the period, such as Blackbeard, will also make an appearance in the game.

    Along with the launch Ubisoft today released a launch trailer for the game. It shows what appears to be a fairly robust ship battle game for mobile platforms. Ubisoft has been touting the new mobile engine it created for Pirates, and the effort has at least produced some nice visuals for a mobile game:

  • ‘Assassin’s Creed: Pirates’ Coming December 5

    ‘Assassin’s Creed: Pirates’ Coming December 5

    Back in September Ubisoft announced Assassin’s Creed: Pirates, a mobile game based around the setting of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Today the publisher has announced that the game will hit both iOS and Android platforms on December 5. The game will be sold in Apple’s App Store, the Google Play store, and the Amazon Appstore for $5.

    Assassin’s Creed: Pirates will focus on the naval combat that is a major part of Black Flag. Players will take on the role of Alonzo Batilla, a Caribbean pirate during the early 18th century. Gameplay will consist of recruiting and managing a crew, upgrading ships, and engaging in real-time naval battles.

    While collecting treasure, players will also come across a variety of characters featured in the full Assassin’s Creed IV game. Pirates such as Blackbeard will be part of the mobile game, as will both assassins and Templars.

    For those skeptical of a mobile Assassin’s Creed game (and who wouldn’t be), Ubisoft is claiming that it created a new mobile engine for Pirates. The publisher is touting the graphics of the mobile game, which can be seen in a new teaser trailer released today:

  • ‘Assassin’s Creed: Pirates’ Mobile Game Announced

    Ubisoft has certainly been pushing pirates lately. Catching on the buccaneer theme of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, the publisher even brought a real pirate ship and pirates cosplayers to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

    Among the different previews for Black Flag one element has stood out as being included in nearly every trailer: sea battles. A large part of the next Assassin’s Creed game will be battling the British and other forces on the high seas to upgrade the protagonist’s ship, the Jackdaw. Ubisoft is so enamored of the sea battles it has created for Black Flag that it is now bringing that ship-to-ship combat to mobile platforms.

    Ubisoft today at its Digital Days event announced Assassin’s Creed: Pirates, an Assassin’s Creed game for smartphones and tablets. The game will put players in the shoes of Alonzo Batilla, allowing them to sail the caribbean and engage in ship battles. Winning nets players “legendary treasure” and allows them to level up their ships with better parts, new crew members, and heavier weapons (cannons, mortars, and swivel guns were mentioned in the announcement).

    Characters from Black Flag will be making cameos in Pirates, and Ubisoft even teased that the long battle between Templars and Assassins will be at play in the title. A firm release date for Assassin’s Creed: Pirates has not been announced, though Ubisoft expects to release the game on mobile platforms sometime this fall.