A brand new report has claimed that the supposed Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag remake will launch earlier than March 31, 2026.
In response to an Insider Gaming story (corroborated by Eurogamer), the knowledge got here to gentle after Ubisoft’s earnings report was lastly launched. The report–which the corporate delayed on the final minute so it may “finalize the closing of the semester,” per CFO Frederick Duguet–mentioned that one “unannounced recreation” will come out earlier than the top of Ubisoft’s fiscal 12 months ending on March 31, 2026. Insider Gaming claims this blanked-out recreation within the report is the Black Flag remake and that it’s going to launch in the course of the week of March 23.
Ubisoft hasn’t commented on the report, nor has the corporate publicly introduced something but, however there was plenty of details about the sport circulating since its obvious early leaks in June 2023. A Pure Arts livestream from March 2025 could have confirmed its existence, Edward Kenway voice actor Matt Ryan hinted on the recreation in June 2025, and each time it does drop, it apparently will not function modern-day sections however will embody extra story content material. The rumor mill is a-turning, and if correct, it is solely a matter of time earlier than Ubisoft formally proclaims the sport.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is usually thought-about top-of-the-line entries within the long-running stab-and-dash sim. You play as Edward Kenway, the grandfather of Assassin’s Creed III protagonist Ratonhnhaké:ton (or Connor Kenway), who goes from a lifetime of pillaging and plundering as a pirate to thwarting the Templar Order by uncovering the situation of the Observatory. By means of naval fight and intense swashbuckling, Edward finally discovers all method of secrets and techniques that he as a pirate–and the Assassins’ lineage–struggled to study.
In different Assassin’s Creed information, Ubisoft stated the franchise’s newest entry, Shadows, continues to be going robust. Regardless of struggling a delay because of the backlash towards Black co-protagonist Yasuke, the sport continues to obtain new content material following its March 20 launch. September’s Claws of Awaji enlargement added new story content material and weapons for the 2 playable characters–Naoe and Yasuke–while a recent patch added an “superior parkour” choice for extra free-flowing exploration. For Ubisoft, all the Assassin’s Creed franchise at this level has “exceeded expectations.”