Assassin's Creed IV's First DLC Has a Trailer

Fuck, that looks impressive and makes me excited for some more Assassin's Creed.

Ugh,why isn't this just the main game?This seems so much more interesting than the base game for IV and as for the concept of discussing the subject of slavery in a video game the trailer seems like it's fully ready to go into that territory,Whereas AC III sidestepped it with just a few lines of dialogue and Liberation just felt like it barely dipped it's toes into it.

While people continue to talk about nothing but the fact it's DLC and the amount of trailers for this game...

I'm actually more interested in this than the main game.

Should have been the entire game. Of course that won't happen, unless it's handheld.

@wilshere: I couldn't have said it better my self XD

@rodiard: Tell me about it :) omg this dlc loos figgingly awesome

@meatsim: I'll agree with that. He seems far more of an interesting character.

I kinda wish this guy was the main protagonist of AC4 and not Edward who seems like a pretty typical pirate dude.

Oh thank god, I was getting tired of playing Assassin's Creed IV anyway........

a trailer for DLC for a game that hasn't even come out yet? Is it possible to over-promote a game? I'm thinking it is.

Weight has nothing to do with it

AC4: Django Unchained

Probably the most intriguing premise for an Assassin's Creed game yet, and the least appropriate for pre-release DLC. Really impressive how Ubi manages to follow up a step forward with a backflip.

@ninja_welshman: Developers always tease/show DLC before a game's release because they want people to know there's more content on the way to prevent them from trading in the game.

The publishers figure that nobody is going to be looking at or for media of X game after it's released.

There's basically no good way to handle DLC because it's always going to be dependent on when a specific person (not the audience) is ready for DLC. You see Season Passes teased earlier and earlier now because it's easy way to get the most amount of money out of people up front before they get to the point where they've already moved onto whatever else.

You also have to contend with the fact that a game is generally at it's most popular the first two weeks of it's release and anything after that point is going to be a gamble in terms of getting people to care.

@rodiard said:

Yes, more AC IV trailers. MORE. I DEMAND THEM.

Ubisoft ran out of footage for their main game ads that they had to move onto making ads for DLC already.

So we are pre-ordering DLC before the game itself is out now? WTF...

Ubisoft could not have released any better material that proves exactly what is wrong and what is talked about on this week's Jimquisition...

So we should be more excited that the game has additional content? What about the actual core game?

yay dlc announcements pre-release -_-

on the other hand, this does seem kind of awesome, if a bit exploitative I guess.

You have not Disappointed me yet @alex I am looking forward to next weeks trailer.

@jz: working my way through the AC series right now, but I did get the Tyranny dlc for $14 on xlive recently, looking forward to playing that! This trailer looks cool, i hope AC 4 turns out alright.

I personally like how they are already hyping up the DLC before the actual game has even been released. How about you go hype up the main story? Oh wait...they already released a bunch of trailers for that. Nevermind.

THIS IS AMAZING

Year of Luigi XD

Trailer for DLC before the game has even shipped? Not say don't make it before release but at least wait for people to get in there hands before showing trailers for it.

I don't care that they put out so many trailers, I just find it awkward that they're openly marketing a DLC pack before the game even comes out. I realize that it's long since gone gold by now, so they couldn't put this onto the disc, but advertising it this early still feels like a money grab, regardless of quality.

I don't like how the last scene is a black guy, then huge text says "BLACK FLAG" pops in my face.

Makes me feel racist....

Games have to be finished long before they're released to the public. It's not unreasonable for developers to have started working on DLC for their games before they're out because they have a hard date they have to finish the core game by.

GOD DAMN IT, NOW I AM EXTRA TIRED OF AC4! thanks ubisoft!

Naaa.

The premise for this is more interesting to me then the core Assassin's Creed IV premise.

Runaway slave killing slavers? Sign me up

Bioshock Infinite's team did what you expect of DLC development, not starting any DLC until release, and the substantial content is still unreleased 7 months later, has no release date and isn't the last of the DLC - which I wouldn't call ideal either.

Expecting everything developed up until launch date (bearing in mind games go gold far sooner than that) to be put in the game seems unrealistic, and more about principal than practicality.

Down to kill some slave owners.

Not sure if I should do a shot for a AC4 DLC trailer, because that's kinda sorta something new...

Pretty much this.

Yes the whole pre release DLC thing is weird, but how the hell have they not made a slave based AC game before, it fits the series so well.

The amount of trailers for AC4 just makes me think Ubisoft know the series is becoming less popular with every iteration and are trying just a wee bit too hard to convince us that its still a legit franchise and theyre not just flogging a dead horse.

@bearklaw19: It's a live action trailer, not really game play. The game was probably shipped for final code weeks ago, but they had this lined up to make from there on. This is typically how all DLC works. Even the teased stuff in trailers usually contains a very small amount of actual game footage, mostly because it hasn't been finished yet.

@bearklaw19 said:

It's 2013. Why are you still asking this question?

DLC before the game is even out, why not just put this into the actual game?

Confused..... Offended..... Fully on board!!!! :)

I really like his quasi-assassin design. still keeps the hood without having the silly robe that made Connor stand out so much in 3.

To be fair, that was a pretty cool trailer. Much better than their other live action ones.

The game isn't even out yet and they want us to Pre-Order the DLC?

Yes, more AC IV trailers. MORE. I DEMAND THEM.