The variety of individuals enjoying Murderer’s Creed 4: Black Flag has risen 200% on Steam after the discharge of fellow Ubisoft pirate recreation Cranium and Bones.
As reported by PCGamesN, the participant numbers of 2013’s Black Flag have floated both aspect of 1,000 for years. Based on monitoring web site SteamDB, nonetheless, this quantity spiked on February 16: the day Cranium and Bones lastly launched after years of troubled growth.
Black Flag rose to 1,679 gamers upon launch, adopted by 2,600 on February 17, and three,226 on February 18. That progress has continued, not dipping under 2,401 since reaching a brand new peak of three,594 on February 25. Cranium and Bones has but to launch on Steam, with Ubisoft favouring a PC launch on the Epic Video games Retailer and its personal storefront, so participant numbers are unavailable.
Introduced in 2017, Cranium and Bones initially seemed set to offer gamers with extra of what made Black Flag so well-liked: intense and dramatic ocean adventuring and fight. Six delays seemingly brought about pleasure to dwindle, nonetheless, and Cranium and Bones has lastly arrived in 2024 to little fanfare. “Cranium and Bones is a maritime RPG with a robust basis, even when it appears like a live-service first draft,” IGN mentioned in our 7/10 overview.
Ubisoft’s advertising and marketing for the sport has seemingly impressed a number of thousand gamers to return as a substitute to Black Flag, even with an eight-hour free trial of Cranium and Bones out there.
In our 8/10 overview of the previous, IGN mentioned: “Murderer’s Creed 4: Black Flag is a beautiful, unbelievable sequel that offers you the liberty to make your personal enjoyable.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
