Ubisoft has simply launched the first piece of idea artwork for Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced, lastly confirming its long-awaited remake that has been rumored for years.
The corporate included the picture in a blog post that provides extra element on the blockbuster franchise’s future — together with phrase that post-launch help for Assassin’s Creed Shadows was being wound down.
Ubisoft’s focus is now firmly on the future, although the collection’ subsequent all-new entry Assassin’s Creed: Codename Hexe sounds prefer it’s nonetheless a way off. In the meantime, then, Ubisoft has finally begun acknowledging its upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag remake, which is predicted to reach in some unspecified time in the future later this yr.
“Hypothesis round Assassin’s Creed shouldn’t be new, nevertheless it’s price repeating: ‘Nothing is true. The whole lot is permitted,'” Ubisoft wrote. “Effectively, besides on this case, some whispers have a little bit extra wind of their sails. Hold your spyglass on the horizon. 🦜”
The undertaking’s official title, Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced, was first noticed final December, when it popped up through a European scores board itemizing. That sighting adopted years of inside leaks that pointed to the undertaking’s existence, a boatload of fan hypothesis and even hints from the authentic recreation’s lead actor.
Earlier reviews have urged that Black Flag Resynced can be a considerable remake of the collection’ beloved piratical entry, with visible and gameplay upgrades that see the recreation nearer in high quality to final yr’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
New story content material will reportedly be added to flesh out extra of hero Edward Kenway’s life, although the recreation’s modern-day gameplay sections have apparently been excised — one thing that many followers aren’t completely satisfied about. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how Ubisoft handles the recreation’s new ending — which beforehand tied collectively story components from its historic and modern-day narratives — in gentle of that change.
Formally, Ubisoft has solely beforehand referred to Black Flag Resynced’s upcoming arrival by acknowledging that there had been an unannounced recreation because of arrive earlier than the finish of its present monetary yr (on March 31). In January, nonetheless this recreation was then delayed into the coming monetary yr (ending March 31, 2027) because of the firm’s main current reshuffle of groups, tasks and studios.
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