Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

We sailed the Caribbean as pirate Edward Kenway in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag back in 2013, right when the PS4 was starting up. Ubisoft's naval-heavy sequel was the kind of ambitious open-world game that demanded screen time—sea shanties, ship upgrades, island hopping between assassination contracts. The house was young, momentum was building, and Black Flag was exactly the kind of blockbuster that fit the 24/7 schedule. The pirate fantasy worked. The ship combat worked. And for those early 2013 months, the house was happy to provide the background atmosphere for viewers discovering what this new console generation could handle.