It appears the rumors could also be actual in any case: The Murderer’s Creed 4 remake will reportedly launch on July 9. Whereas details–like launch platforms–are unknown, we are able to experience the truth that one of the best entry in Ubisoft’s stab-and-dash franchise seems to be making a comeback, and it appears to be before all of us initially thought.
In accordance with Insider Gaming, the AC IV: Black Flag remake was scheduled to be revealed on April 16, however Ubisoft reportedly postponed the announcement till someday subsequent week. Nevertheless, content material creators and video games media already noticed about half-hour of it and, as Insider Gaming famous, it has been “fully reworked” with a bunch of latest content material and “appears superior.”
The sport is formally known as Murderer’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced. It is a foolish title–one that was unintentionally revealed on a PEGI rankings board in December 2025.
Foolish title or not, that is great information for followers of the swashbuckling journey. The sixth main entry that dropped in 2013, Black Flag is commonly thought to be among the finest Murderer’s Creed video games due to its story, characters, and, most particularly, its naval fight.
You play as Edward Kenway, the grandfather of Murderer’s Creed 3 protagonist, Ratonhnhaké:ton (or Connor Kenway), and the daddy of that sport’s antagonist, Haytham Kenway. Black Flag begins as a pirate simulator, as Edward pillages and plunders throughout the Seven Seas, earlier than changing into this high-stakes battle towards the Templar Order for final power–because every part’s at all times about “final energy,” is not it? From stabbing folks within the neck to swinging and taking pictures a number of swords and weapons to blasting cannons atop your upgradable naval vessel, Black Flag is de facto a kind of AC video games that everybody’s performed and cherished, or everybody’s heard of and needs to play.
It was so influential that it spawned the Rogue spin-off in 2014 that bridged the hole between the 2 entries. And the naval combat–which was birthed in ACIII however perfected in ACIV–brought us 2024’s Cranium and Bones, a much-maligned sport that did not do naval fight justice. At the very least, not in the way in which that Black Flag did.
When Black Flag does return as Resynced, it will not be the identical sport we bought in 2013. The truth is, the modern-day sections the place you are exploring the Abstergo Leisure places of work outdoors of the pod-like, VR-esque Animus system will reportedly be lower in favor of extra stabby-stabby-kill-kill moments. Whereas these exploration segments have been pivotal for the narrative, there will probably be an extra story for the English pirate and fellow murderer, Mary Learn, which by no means made it into the OG sport.
Murderer’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced is reportedly scheduled to launch on July 9, and forward of the sport’s official reveal and launch, it seems there’s already merch on the market.