Ubisoft have today revealed that the PC version of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is all set for November 22nd after officially going gold.
There will be three versions of the game that fans can pre-order which include:
- The Standard Edition, available at retail and on digital formats.
- The Digital Deluxe Edition, a premium edition including the game, as well as bonus in-game content featuring new locations to discover and explore, additional customization items and a new adventure starring Aveline as the main character.
- The Uplay Digital Deluxe Edition, a digital package exclusively distributed on Uplay shop including all the contents from the Deluxe Edition, plus an additional in-game pack, Pride of the West Indies. This bonus content is exclusive to the Uplay Deluxe edition, available for pre-order here
The UK will also host the PC Collector’s Editions which is as follows:
The Buccaneer Edition
This premium edition offers a selection of essential physical and digital items for real adventurers:
- Premium Quality Edward of Kenway Figurine on the Jackdaw’s Crow’s Nest
- High Quality Artbook
- The Official Soundtrack
- 2 Lithographs in their protective envelope
- Collector’s Box
- Additional Unlockable In-game Content
The Skull Edition
This edition includes physical and digital content for the Assassin’s Creed enthusiast:
- Collector Jumbo Steel Case
- High Quality Artbook
- The Official Soundtrack
- 2 Lithographs in their protective envelope
- Unlockable In-game Content
There is also a special edition which is priced the same as the normal game but includes unlockable in-game content only available at game launch. Both the Standard and Digital Deluxe Edition are both available in a digital PC download format. Players who pre-order the PC download version of these editions will get additional in-game bonus content. The Uplay Digital Deluxe Edition is only available in digital format and exclusively distributed on Uplay Shop.
Players can also purchase themselves a Season Pass which allows players to purchase several packages of downloadable content, to be released between now and March 2014, at a 20 percent discount off the total regular unit price. You can pre-order that here. Those who pre-order the Uplay Digital Deluxe Edition will also get 25% off the season pass.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag PC has been developed so that it comes featuring a fully optimized version of the game that runs on GeForce GTX graphics cards. NVIDIA have made sure that those with a NVIDIA graphics card will get an Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag experience that features a wealth of NVIDIA’s advanced gaming technologies such as TXAA and more. The extra performance means more immersive gaming including life-like environments, realistic combat and spectacular, cinematic visuals.
It will feature several NVIDIA technologies in the game including:
- God Rays which allowed Ubisoft Montreal to paint beams of light that illuminate a scene from above,
- Horizon-based ambient occlusion + (HBAO+) for more detailed and realistic shadows around objects that obstruct rays of light,
- Percentage-closer soft shadows (PCSS) for more lifelike contact hardening shadows,
- Temporal anti-aliasing (TXAA) for smoother edges. With the addition of enhanced 4K textures, there’s never been a better time to take to the high seas.
Tony Tamasi, senior vice president of Content and Technology at NVIDIA stated:
NVIDIA engineers work with their Ubisoft counterparts across the globe to ensure that PC games are the best they can be – and ‘Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’ is a great example of that, We’ve integrated advanced, PC-specific technologies into the game to give mood and depth to scenes and bring buildings and landscapes to life. The end result is an unparalleled visual treat, and set to be an absolute PC blockbuster.
Those who purchase NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN, 780 Ti, 780, 770, 760, 660, 670, 680, and 690 from participating retailers and e-tailers will receive a complimentary copy of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag in addition to Ubisoft’s other blockbuster title, Splinter Cell Blacklist. This is for a limited time only and details can be found here.
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