Black Flag Remake leaks can only be called that if they come from the Montreuil suburb of Paris—otherwise they're just sparkling Assassin's Creed gossip. But good news: the games industry's most open of open secrets (but that Ubi is still willing to threaten to sue its star over) has let a little more info slip ahead of its proper reveal, thanks to anonymous sources who spoke with France's Jeux Vidéo Magazine.
The leaks, all communicated inexplicably in French, suggest that, well, this is very much an AC game, folks. But not an AC game in the old style—as the original Black Flag was—rather, Ubi is crowbarring its new, Witcher-3-by-another-name RPG style onto the classic pirate sim. Anticipate loot and an inventory, and combat that hews closer to a (much easier) soulslike than the choreographed combat of yore.
Now, I'm a-okay with piratical adventures and Mary Read, but AC4 had the rare honour of being one of the only times I cared in the slightest about the series' modern-day plot. It was clever: you played a dev at not-Ubisoft working on not-AC, gradually uncovering the whole thing as a sinister Templar plot as you went.
It was honestly pretty great, and I'm hoping Ubisoft hasn't carved out too much of it in favour of more nautical fun.
Anyway, JVM's sources suggest tentatively that they're aiming for a March 2026 release, which means there's still a few months for a big, splashy reveal. There's also enough time to threaten to sue another actor or two for chatting about something everyone knows is coming.
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