As is well known, Assassin's Creed is not exclusively set in history, but always uses the present as its starting point.
The central figure here is Abstergo, who created the Animus, a technology that filters memories of past ancestors and events from within our DNA, allowing us to relive them. This is also the case in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, for which the first screenshots were released today. popped up are those that show the present.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be released on October 31, 2013.
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