Microsoft and Ubisoft Launch Assassin's Creed Pirates for the Web

Microsoft has joined hands with Ubisoft and has released a demo version of Assassin's Creed Pirates game for the Web.

Available for free in in five languages, Assassin's Creed Pirates for the Web is based on its Android and iOS counterparts, and lets users race with captain Alonzo Batilla's ship in the Caribbean seas, whilst tackling different obstacles.

The Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag spin-off also offers nine weather settings and three difficulty settings in the game. Players have the facility to invite other players via Facebook and compete on the social leaderboards.

Assassin's Creed Pirates for the Web is said to work at its best when accessed with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 11 web browser. It also runs on Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.

"With even better 3D performance, enhanced touch capabilities, and recent improvements to WebGL, the recent updates to IE11 make it a great browser to try ACP on the web," states the Windows Blog post.

It is worth noting that the game adapts to the Windows device type being utilised by the user, and delivers an input type to best fit the device's resolution.

Assassin's Creed Pirates for the Web makes use of Babylon.JS, an open-source 3D engine that is built on WebGL, Javascript, and Typescript. The Microsoft connection here is that the firm has announced a new developer challenge in which the users would have to make their own shader with Babylon.js - the winning entry will get an Assassin's Creed Collector's Black Chest Edition and an Xbox One console.

"When Assassin's Creed Pirates was released on mobile, it received high praise for its groundbreaking visuals. We wanted to see if a game like this could be possible on the Web. It's difficult to really know where web-gaming is headed, but we can be sure that Babylon.JS and Internet Explorer today, in terms of gaming, are great platforms to demonstrate its potential," added Francois Bodson, Studio Manager.