Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's Freedom Cry DLC trailer promotes liberty and violence

There's something eerily fitting about the first few moments of this AC4 DLC trailer, as ex-slave Adewale talks about freedom while a YouTube annotation informs you of the "#AC4blackflag" Twitter hashtag. It speaks to the dichotomy at the heart of the series, in which well-researched recreations of history clash against past-future wizards, technomagic video games, and Nolan North. Oh, and there's stabbing too.

Assassin's Creed 4: Everything's Coming Up Pirates! - Freedom Cry is ~~out today~~ for Windows enabled Personal Computers. It adds nine new story missions, as the Jackdaw's former first mate takes to freeing slaves, standing dramatically on rooftops and slicing limbs.

[Update] Freedom Cry will be released for PC "in the coming days." Here's the official statement from Ubisoft: "The PC version of the Freedom Cry DLC for Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag will release in the coming days. We are taking the extra time to apply a final layer of polish to ensure that it meets the expectations of our fans."

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