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Together with NVIDIA and Polish division of Ubisoft we would like to thank you for your participation in Cosplay Contest connected with Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag! We have received many entries from cosplayers, who heatedly prepared costumes inspired by outfit of Edward Kenway - main character of Black Flag game.

We would like to remind that costumes had to be self-made (only several elements were allowed to be bought separately) and had to be inspired by Edward Kenway's outfit. Both male and female costume versions were acceptable.

 

The costume had to have a cleverly placed symbol, known as NVIDIA Claw. Feel free to browse the pictures in order to check how our contestants handled this task!
In order to make a contest entry valid, participants had to provide at least five pictures of the costume in preparation and at least five pictures of readied costume. Optionally, a video material could also be submitted. Both photos and videos had to be placed in the comments section at the bottom of this page.

 

 

 

We have prepared a set of cash prizes for the winners. The main prize was 1000 EUR and additionally we were giving ten extra prizes 100 EUR each! What is more, all the winners received an invitation to a special, open-air photo session in Krakow! We have been waiting for entries until 1st of September 2013.

Winner of part I

The winner of contest for the best cosplay inspired with Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is Shinju! Our winner is from Romania and her costume, according to our jury, deserves the main prize, due to lots of self-made elements, including even the smallest details. Shinju delivered many Work In Progress pictures, documenting the process of making decorations, buttons, and even the guns! Particularly interesting is how Shinju placed the NVIDIA Claw – as you can see in the pictures, it is included in her sabre’s crossguard. Moreover, Shinju didn’t wait with costume preparation for the very last moment, and her pictures are thoroughly described. What is more, our winner additionally published a video materials, in which she discloses more details about her costume! We are really impressed with the costume and we hope that picture taken during session in Krakow will highlight solicitously prepared cosplay details. Congratulations on winning the contest!

Moreover, feel free to check out pictures of other awarded contestants and their costumes. Of all submitted entries, which comply with contest rules, the following contestants have been awarded:

BlackElf, envysoldier, g4gcosplay, kateee91, Megumii, miloucosplay, Popkensan, theVU, Torianna, watari_yumiko

Winner of part I

About Assassin's Creed IV

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is the latest installment of widely-known franchise developed and published by Ubisoft. Just like the previous games, Black Flag represents the action-adventure genre, where we observe the events from a third person perspective. Once again the gamer is being thrown into an ever-lasting fight between Assassins and the order of Templars. The game’s events are set in the Carribean during XVIII century. The main character is a pirate named Edward Kenway.

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The game once again features an interesting plot, combining fictional events and characters with historical ones. The pirate-assassin will meet, e.g. Edward Teach (The Blackbeard), Bejamin Hornigold or Calico Jack Rackham. The world in Black Flag is divided into 50 locations. We will visit here Kingston, Havana and Nassau. Additionally, we’ll be able to visit numerous fishing villages, sugar plantations and ancient ruins.

Because of obvious reasons, an important element of Black Flag is sailing. Edward Kenway has a ship, named Jackdaw, at his disposal. Jackdaw can be easily customized, as the game allows to add cannons, reinforce the hull or add a battering ram. Modifications were also introduced in naval battles, mostly to improve enemies’ AI.

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Contest terms

General terms

1. The Organizer of the contest is GRY-OnLine SA, with its seat at ul. Gabrieli Zapolskiej 16A, 30-126 Kraków, registered under the number of 0000294732. The contest is directed to citizens of Republic of Poland and citizens of member states of European Union.

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