Edward James Kenway is a fictional character in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed video game franchise. He was introduced as a supporting character in Assassin's Creed: Forsaken, a companion novel to the 2012 video game Assassin's Creed III. From Wikipedia
Ubisoft’s strategy to modernize classic Assassin’s Creed titles has reportedly pushed the Black Flag project into 2026 to avoid overlapping with AC Shadows.