Today marks the release of Assassin’s Creed Four: Black Flag. By “release,” we mean only for XBox, PS3, and the North American Wii U. Next gen gamers, members of the glorious PC master-race, and most gamers who live outside of North America will be getting it later. Check below for more information on the complexity of the AC4 release:

• October 29th: PS3 global, XBox 360 global, Wii U North America
• November 15th: PS4 North America
• November 19th: Microsoft Windows North America
• November 21st: Wii U Australia, PS4 Australia, Xbox one Australia Microsoft Windows Australia
• November 22nd: Wii U Europe, PS4 Europe, Xbox One Europe, and North America, Windows Europe
• November 28th: Wii U Japan

Allow me to pull the band-aid off right here, right now:  at /Skill our reviews are fully cooked for your benefit. You can expect a review for Assassin”s Creed Four: Black Flag as soon as we spend some much needed time with the game, as opposed to a too early review on release night.

However if you do want to get your fix for Assassin’s Creed, you’re in the right place. We are celebrating the Assassin’s Creed series by making November Assassin’s Creed month, partly because we consider ourselves loving fans of Assassin’s Creed and want to provide a retrospective on the series and partly because people will be google-ing ‘Assassin’s Creed’ quite a bit during this month. We’re pretty sure saying “Assassin’s Creed” as many times as we can will increase site traffic (that reminds me: Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed).

So what does ‘Assassin’s Creed Month’ mean? Basically every week /Skill will release a review for two Assassin’s Creed games until we have reviewed every game in the series and conclude with a review for Assassin’s Creed Four: Black Flag. We’re all looking forward to your participation and enjoyment, so welcome to Assassin’s Creed Month at /Skill -- we hope you have a good time.

Sincerely,

Hobbs