Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag 1080p, up from 900

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag 1080p version confirmed, thanks to a patch which will hit PS4 “shortly after” console’s release, bringing the resolution to 1080p up from 900, as confirmed by Ubisoft.

The game shipped at 900p to ensure framerates to don’t go below 30fps, but now the development team is working to make 1080p the native resolution on the PS4 using the time between the ship date and the release :

“Finishing the game at 900p gave the development team the extra room in terms of the GPU and CPU usage to ensure the framerate never dips below 30 frames per second.  The team then used the time between the ship date and the release to focus on a title update that could deliver native 1080p resolution on the PS4. The most important part of this title update is not necessarily 1080p native resolution. It’s the fact that even when we were done with the project, even when we were finished with the certification and everything else, even when most of the engineers had started to work on other projects – like we always do at Ubisoft – some of my engineers continued to work on Black Flag and they even developed a brand-new anti-aliasing technique. Pay special attention to finer details like the ropes on the ships, and then have another look once the update is installed as an example of the change to resolution”.