Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Retains Pirates of the Caribbean Reference, "Kingsport: A Travel Guide" - The Most Interesting News for August 4

A brief digest of everything that happened in the entertainment industry worldwide over the last day.

• The Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake retained a reference to "Pirates of the Caribbean". This refers to the bodies of hanged pirates at the entrance to one of the coves
• Crowd Games will release the board game "Kingsport: A Travel Guide": a new city on the Lovecraftian route. Users will once again be able to immerse themselves in the Lovecraft universe
• 8K gaming via shadPS4: Driveclub now runs on PC even better than on PlayStation 4. The game was once a Sony console exclusive
• "We don't judge": thousands of gamers played Baldur's Gate 3 in "vertical" mode — developers revealed statistics. Larian Studios studied player achievements and preferences
• Gears of War: E-Day showed 40-60 fps in 4K on RTX 5080 in a closed beta test. For comparison, Halo: Campaign Evolved, also running on Unreal Engine 5, demonstrates about 51-55 FPS in native 4K with ultra settings on RTX 5080
• Players collected hundreds of thousands of signatures in support of discs for PlayStation. Sony ignores the demand. The gaming community continues to fight for the preservation of physical editions
• Valve founder explained piracy 16 years ago using Russia as an example — today his words are relevant again. Gabe Newell's 2009 interview is gaining popularity again
• "He's a real monster": Henry Cavill confirmed the lead role in the Warhammer 40,000 series. The first Warhammer 40,000 game adaptation from Amazon will be a series
• Nintendo will release two games that were canceled almost 30 years ago — Dragon Hopper and Zero Racers
• The creators of Escape from Tarkov held a giveaway in honor of the first season — new promo codes and Twitch Drops. The developers have prepared several surprises for players