Ubisoft has confirmed plans to carry New Game Plus to Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced as its remake crosses 3 million copies bought.
The replace places the gross sales up 1 million copies one week after saying it had managed to succeed in 2 million copies bought in simply 24 hours. It is one more signal that Ubisoft is pleased with its July 9 launch for PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X | S, even after shedding some members of the event workforce simply days later.
As talked about in IGN’s earlier protection, Ubisoft has usually solely shares participant numbers – not gross sales – when new Assassin’s Creed video games arrive. That is immediately modified for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, suggesting the writer is happy as punch by how issues have gone up to now. Whether or not it is going to proceed to be so forthcoming about these figures stays to be seen.
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In the meantime, Ubisoft celebrated the 3 million milestone by confirming a New Game Plus mode is on the way in which. It stated the workforce’s work on post-launch help, together with issues like quality-of-life updates and bug fixes, has helped it keep a “Very Optimistic” score from English evaluations on Steam (be aware: evaluations in all languages are at present “Largely Optimistic”). Particulars about New Game Plus weren’t shared, however the mode is promised to “additional improve replayability.”
Game director Richard Knight had additionally teased the mode was in growth throughout a dialog with YouTuber JorRaptor earlier this week (through GamesRadar). Though he was unable to share particularly how Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced New Game Plus would function, he defined that its existence in 2025’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows helped set the stage.
“Nicely, that is the one factor I can say: Sure, we’re engaged on that proper now,” Knight stated. “For certain. It is one of many first issues. Partly as a result of Shadows has already constructed their model, so it is thought-about a low-risk function for us. We’re nonetheless doing the work, so I am unable to promise precisely a day or something, however we’re positively engaged on this one. It is simply such a pure factor.”
Concerning a possible launch date, he stated, “I actually cannot promise something. It is on the high of the checklist of issues. There’s a whole lot of issues – some are tougher than others – however it’s one thing we positively wish to get accomplished.”
IGN gave Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced a 9/10. In our overview, we stated, “Greater than only a shinier model of the identical sport you keep in mind, Murderer’s Creed Black Flag Resynced brings what was already the most effective video games within the sequence as much as right this moment’s requirements.”
For extra, you’ll be able to learn in regards to the backlash to its microtransactions, which nonetheless reportedly earned $1 million on Steam after just a few days. You can even take a look at what Knight needed to say concerning the shortage of blade fight within the remake.
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