And Ubisoft showcased some of the upcoming Black Flag shots, including parkour. Crazy enough, the videos that contain no harsh details, are still asking for age verification, so I dropped you the most important one...

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They do what?! 🤔

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I can't explain you this story since it feels like April Fools, but:

Ubisoft and Unsolved Hunts are making a separate "game" to support Black Flag Resynced. Participants can win by finding a $500K priced skull, hidden in the Caribbean. They have to complete a 10-hour-long prologue and solve 15 puzzles which will take... about five years.

You just need to buy a 35 (digital) or up to 200 Euro (physical premium box) pass to participate in the hunt. Different editions are packed with extra board games.

So, a $500K crystal skull which is not gonna be easily sellable and you may get it if you build a team to solve all puzzles in about five years. And in the meantime you have riddles and board games for up to 4 players?

There's apparently a whole market for such games but it looks like an overcomplicated lottery.

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Oh no...

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The original discussions that AC Black Flag remake has no drunk animations are fake and were already disproven (by devs who were extremely confused — like why the hell is this even such a drama?)

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According to Insider-Gaming (Tom Henderson), after the annual loss of over a billion euros Ubisoft is shutting down several offices around the world and shrinking down many teams, including the one that works on Rainbow Six Siege... in total, about 380 people lost their jobs during these "structural changes".

Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake is still set to be released in time and the company has a lot of hopes for it. The preorders are record-breaking.

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SPOILER: Well, AC Shadows did this in the final update! He has been found by templars and is canonically gone now.

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Yep, as expected

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Claude Guillemot, one of five brothers founded Ubisoft, died in a small aircraft (Cessna 421) crash.

He once saved the family business in early days, helping with diversification from agriculture into music CDs and other media distribution.

That supported the family financially and built its initial network to distribute games in France, which then became Ubisoft. He was later responsible for their expansion in Asia and some R&D stuff, and general operations. And was not a part of scandals, so, sad loss no doubt.

He was also the owner of gaming peripherals brands Trustmaster and Hercules.

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