Edward Thatch

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Lead Writer <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Darby%20McDevitt%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Darby%20McDevitt%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDarby%20McDevitt%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3510-75896557751675d0a87172" href="/wiki/Darby_McDevitt" title="Darby McDevitt">Darby McDevitt</a> stated on his Twitter feed that the developers would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22Thatch%5C%22%5C%2F%3E%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3510-75896557751675d0a87172" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="ext" />
- However, this contradicts <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22a%20database%20entry%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Database%5C%2FLocations%20%28AC3%29%3ADead%20Chest%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDatabase%5C%2FLocations%20%28AC3%29%3ADead%20Chest%20Island%7Ca%20database%20entry%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3510-75896557751675d0a87172" href="/wiki/Database/Locations_(AC3):Dead_Chest_Island" title="Database/Locations (AC3):Dead Chest Island">a database entry</a> in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Assassin%27s%20Creed%20III%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Assassin%27s%20Creed%20III%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAssassin%27s%20Creed%20III%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3510-75896557751675d0a87172" href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_III" title="Assassin's Creed III">Assassin's Creed III</a>, which states his name as "Edward Teach."

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