User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 10-07-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag pirate gameplay naval exploration/@comment-49.144.106.125-20130715124210/@comment-3046679-20130715125338

People will look for and expect PotC references in this game, and I for one, would be down with that. I mean, we already had Kevin McNally voicing Faulkner, if that wasn't a nod then I dunno what is. Not referencing one of the better known pirate franchises would be a missed opportunity.

Especially after we had Optimus Prime in AC1 and comments about Ezio being Batman in AC2.