Assassin's creed

Ownership and Franchise:

Assassin's creed is an open-world video game franchise published by the company Ubisoft, with the creators of the franchise being Patrice Désilets, Jade Raymond, and Corey May. The Assassin's Creed franchise portrays a fictional millennia-old struggle between assassins (who fight for peace and free will) and the Templars who desire peace through order and control. The series is inspired by historical events and science - like historical fiction, science fiction and characters are intertwined with real-world historical events and figures. for the majority of the time, players control an assassin in the past history, while also playing as Desmond miles or an assassin initiate in the present day, who hunt down their templar targets. This series was inspired by the novel Alamut by the Slovenian writer Vladimir Bartol whilst building upon the concept from the Prince of Persia series by Jordan Mechner. Main games of Assassin's Creed are set in an open world as well as being presented from the third-person perspective where the protagonists take down targets using their combat and stealth skills with the exploitation of the environment. In addition to this, players have the freedom to explore through the historical settings as they complete side quests and main quests. 

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Production/Distribution

Assassin's creed black flag was first released in numerous different formats suited for different mainstream gaming platforms such as the PlayStation 3, XBOX 360, Wii U back in October 2013- then later released for Play station 4, XBOX 1 and Microsoft Windows a month later. It was then released to become a part of the 'Assassin's Creed: The Rebel Collection' on the Nintendo Switch. Black Flag was released worldwide for Playstation 3, XBOX 1 and XBOX 360 players (with the xbox 1 having a different release date compared to the xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)  whereas on other platforms consoles such as the wii u, it was released in different countries throughout the year- with the release in Europe being delayed for quite some time. As well as this, the version being released on play station 4 differed between different countries with the black flag being released in North America and Europe on  November 15 and 29, 2013. these versions of the games were released in both physical and online forms to give the players' access to the game through multiple different platforms- suiting the players' needs. 

Marketing and Advertising :

The game black flag was advertised through numerous different methods such as trailers, posters etc.. with certain features of the game being focused on in adverts to intrigue the viewers/players' - with one prime example being the black flag posters which hint to the players' how the game would allow people to dip into the 'under-handed' world of piracy, but with an assassin's touch- creating a whole new plot twist, further attracting past assassin's creed gamers (as well as new gamers) to the plot, increasing profit and sales by a landslide. In addition to the posters, to feed the curious gamers more details about the game, Ubi soft released a black flag announcement video giving gamers an insight on what will be featured in this game- with the announcement video revolving around the backstory of the black flag game, sticking to the pirate theme by introducing the video with a pirate talking to their peers. As well as this, to keep fans intrigued- the other central focus of the announcement video was the assassin that gamers would be playing as. To entice gamers and fans, Ubi soft intentionally made the assassin the main focus of the video- creating a mysterious' and 'dark' atmosphere around him, wanting the fans to know more about this assassin- to further emphasise this, the trailer ended with the assassin murdering someone, leaving as the screen switches to the game title- leaving the fans with a cliff hanger, wanting more. 

Reception:

Assassin's creed black flag has collectively received 'generally favourable' reviews from worldwide fans and gamers- with critics praising how the game uses two different worlds and mergers them together well, praising the graphics, naval combat, side quests as well as the open-world gameplay. the assassins creed black flag was known by many gamers as the best game out of the whole franchise, with matt gilman calling it a 'return to form for the franchise' in addition to this, eurogamer's tom bramwell called the open-world gameplay a "surprising breath of fresh sea air" (linking back to how the game's plot revolves around pirates) additionally, along with the decent/good reuslys that the game has received, the sales also indicate how successful and popoylar the game turned out to be with an estimate of 8 million copies being sold when it first released- to a whopping 15 million copies being sold worldwide - with gamers praising how the game is accessible and playable on many different platforms (from consoles to pc)

Regulation:

The organisation responsible for regulating the content in assassin's creed black flag as well as giving the game an appropriate age rating is PEGI (Pan European Game Information) PEGI is a European video game content rating system founded to help European consumers make decisions based on correct information before buying the game- avoiding accidental purchases with unwanted inappropriate content unsuitable for the consumer. This is through the use of age recommendations (usually mentioned in online app descriptions/thumbnails or games' packaging) and descriptions of the content present in the game. This is to ensure the safety of many consumers and to make sure they aren't exposed to any unwanted inappropriate content. 

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