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Jean Guesdon, the creative director working on Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag creative, suggests that the launch of the PlayStation 4 from Sony and the unrevealed Xbox 720 from Microsoft might take place before November of this year.

The developer is quoted by NowGamer as saying that Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will be launched on October 31 and will be delivered on the same date on all its listed platforms.

Official information from Ubisoft says that the game is expected to arrive on the PC, the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii U and “next generation consoles.”

During its New York PlayStation 4 presentation, Sony only talked about a holiday launch date for the PlayStation 4.

Microsoft is expected to show off its new hardware during a late April event.