{"id":1806948,"date":"2026-03-04T20:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1806948"},"modified":"2026-03-04T20:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:17:20","slug":"ubisofts-worst-kept-secret-is-finally-official-as-assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-artwork-is-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1806948","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft&#8217;s worst-kept secret is finally official as Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced artwork is revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Ubisoft&#8217;s worst-kept secret is finally official as Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced artwork is revealed<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Plus 60fps Unity patch on the way.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/AC4-Black-Flag_Edward-Kenway_ship-background.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"AC4 Black Flag - Edward Kenway on ships background\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"AC4-Black-Flag_Edward-Kenway_ship-background.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Ubisoft<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-04T20:17:20+00:00\">March 4, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"7bfe1fe9-86cc-4aad-81c5-82a6f2cbce07\" data-name=\"Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced\" title=\"Follow Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced\"><br \/>\n  Follow Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>\nThree years after reports of an Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag remake first surfaced &#8211; and amid a mounting stack of evidence pointing to its imminent arrival &#8211; Ubisoft has finally made its worst-kept secret official.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nReports of a Black Flag remake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-is-reportedly-remaking-rollicking-pirate-adventure-assassins-creed-black-flag\">first emerged in 2023<\/a>, when it was claimed the celebrated 2013 open-world pirate game was getting the do-over treatment from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/skull-and-bones\">Skull and Bones<\/a> developer Ubisoft Singapore. At the time, the project was said to still be &#8220;at least a few years&#8221; away. Things went quiet for a while, but then last year saw actor Matt Ryan &#8211; who played Black Flag protagonist Edward Kenway &#8211; hint the remake was close to release, only for Ubisoft to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-actor-threatened-with-legal-action-following-remake-slip-up\">threaten him with legal action<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd with that, the floodgates seemed to open: in December, something called Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-spotted-again-ahead-of-the-game-awards\">briefly appeared on the PEGI website<\/a>, and January saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-statue-leaks\">leak of a suspiciously timed Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag collectible figurine<\/a> featuring Kenway sat on a treasure chest. We&#8217;ve also seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-music-upload\">Black Flag sea shanties pop up briefly on Ubisoft&#8217;s official YouTube<\/a>, we&#8217;ve had a sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-claims-assassins-creed-blag-flag-music-reuploads-were-due-to-technical-issues-and-nothing-more\">acknowledgment-adjacent meme post from Ubisoft&#8217;s social media team<\/a>, and even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/still-more-evidence-of-that-assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-surfaces\">Black Flag art book sighting<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut now the Black Flag remake is as official as it&#8217;s ever been. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubisoft.com\/en-us\/news\/ignt.58630\/assassin-s-creed-into-2026\">newly released blog post outlining the future of the series<\/a>, Ubisoft head of franchise Jean Guesdon wrote, &#8220;Speculation around Assassin&#8217;s Creed is not new, but it&#8217;s worth repeating: &#8216;Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.&#8217; Well, except in this case, some whispers have a little more wind in their sails. Keep your spyglass on the horizon.&#8221; And if that wasn&#8217;t enough, some artwork of Kenway posing mastward, accompanied by the Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced logo, followed. There&#8217;s still no word on when it might finally show up, but hopefully more will be revealed soon.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nAs for the remainder of Ubisoft&#8217;s update, the company confirmed last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-red\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a> is &#8220;moving into its final phase of support&#8221; and will begin winding down with &#8220;smaller, less frequent updates&#8230; but still a few surprises.&#8221; After that it&#8217;s eyes on the future, with talk of Ubisoft Montreal&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe &#8211; a &#8220;darker, narrative-driven&#8221; experience that appeared to be aiming for a 16th century European setting when it was announced back in 2022. It was originally believed to be targeting a 2026 release, but Guesdon says the company is now &#8220;taking the time to deliver on its ambitious vision, which means we&#8217;ll be quiet for a little longer.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe also had a brief word on Codename Invictus, a &#8220;PvP multiplayer Assassin&#8217;s Creed experience&#8221; that&#8217;s being led by a team of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/for-honor\">For Honor<\/a> veterans at Ubisoft Montreal. &#8220;We understand there&#8217;s a lot of curiosity around this project,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s a new approach to multiplayer in the franchise, but it isn&#8217;t quite what the rumours have suggested. With player feedback at the heart of our approach, we&#8217;re exploring ways to bring the community in earlier so we can shape the experience together.&#8221; And that&#8217;s your lot there.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMoving on, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/tencent\">Tencent<\/a> mobile collaboration Codename Jade also got a namecheck, alongside &#8220;several other projects currently in the works, all at different stages of development.&#8221; There was talk of &#8220;bringing co\u2011op back to Assassin&#8217;s Creed&#8221;, and a vague nod to a cancelled game. &#8220;While we recently chose to pivot away from an early project,&#8221; Guesdon wrote, &#8220;the lessons from that work are already helping shape our approach going forward.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd wrapping things up, more news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-years-later-its-finally-go-time-for-netflixs-live-action-assassins-creed-series\">Netflix&#8217;s live-action Assassin&#8217;s Creed series<\/a> is &#8220;coming very soon&#8221;, and there&#8217;s a bit of a treat for Assassin&#8217;s Creed unity fans too. The French Revolution-era outing is getting a free Xbox Series X\/S and PS5 patch &#8211; adding 60fps support &#8211; tomorrow 5th March. Which, if nothing else, should tide people over (no pun intended) until that Black Flag remake&#8217;s arrival, now we know the thing is actually, definitely, officially real.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>\nThree years after reports of an Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag remake first surfaced &#8211; and amid a mounting stack of evidence pointing to its imminent arrival &#8211; Ubisoft has finally made its worst-kept secret official.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nReports of a Black Flag remake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-is-reportedly-remaking-rollicking-pirate-adventure-assassins-creed-black-flag\">first emerged in 2023<\/a>, when it was claimed the celebrated 2013 open-world pirate game was getting the do-over treatment from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/skull-and-bones\">Skull and Bones<\/a> developer Ubisoft Singapore. At the time, the project was said to still be &#8220;at least a few years&#8221; away. Things went quiet for a while, but then last year saw actor Matt Ryan &#8211; who played Black Flag protagonist Edward Kenway &#8211; hint the remake was close to release, only for Ubisoft to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-actor-threatened-with-legal-action-following-remake-slip-up\">threaten him with legal action<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd with that, the floodgates seemed to open: in December, something called Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-spotted-again-ahead-of-the-game-awards\">briefly appeared on the PEGI website<\/a>, and January saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-statue-leaks\">leak of a suspiciously timed Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag collectible figurine<\/a> featuring Kenway sat on a treasure chest. We&#8217;ve also seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-music-upload\">Black Flag sea shanties pop up briefly on Ubisoft&#8217;s official YouTube<\/a>, we&#8217;ve had a sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-claims-assassins-creed-blag-flag-music-reuploads-were-due-to-technical-issues-and-nothing-more\">acknowledgment-adjacent meme post from Ubisoft&#8217;s social media team<\/a>, and even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/still-more-evidence-of-that-assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-surfaces\">Black Flag art book sighting<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut now the Black Flag remake is as official as it&#8217;s ever been. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubisoft.com\/en-us\/news\/ignt.58630\/assassin-s-creed-into-2026\">newly released blog post outlining the future of the series<\/a>, Ubisoft head of franchise Jean Guesdon wrote, &#8220;Speculation around Assassin&#8217;s Creed is not new, but it&#8217;s worth repeating: &#8216;Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.&#8217; Well, except in this case, some whispers have a little more wind in their sails. Keep your spyglass on the horizon.&#8221; And if that wasn&#8217;t enough, some artwork of Kenway posing mastward, accompanied by the Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced logo, followed. There&#8217;s still no word on when it might finally show up, but hopefully more will be revealed soon.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nAs for the remainder of Ubisoft&#8217;s update, the company confirmed last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-red\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a> is &#8220;moving into its final phase of support&#8221; and will begin winding down with &#8220;smaller, less frequent updates&#8230; but still a few surprises.&#8221; After that it&#8217;s eyes on the future, with talk of Ubisoft Montreal&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe &#8211; a &#8220;darker, narrative-driven&#8221; experience that appeared to be aiming for a 16th century European setting when it was announced back in 2022. It was originally believed to be targeting a 2026 release, but Guesdon says the company is now &#8220;taking the time to deliver on its ambitious vision, which means we&#8217;ll be quiet for a little longer.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe also had a brief word on Codename Invictus, a &#8220;PvP multiplayer Assassin&#8217;s Creed experience&#8221; that&#8217;s being led by a team of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/for-honor\">For Honor<\/a> veterans at Ubisoft Montreal. &#8220;We understand there&#8217;s a lot of curiosity around this project,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s a new approach to multiplayer in the franchise, but it isn&#8217;t quite what the rumours have suggested. With player feedback at the heart of our approach, we&#8217;re exploring ways to bring the community in earlier so we can shape the experience together.&#8221; And that&#8217;s your lot there.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMoving on, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/tencent\">Tencent<\/a> mobile collaboration Codename Jade also got a namecheck, alongside &#8220;several other projects currently in the works, all at different stages of development.&#8221; There was talk of &#8220;bringing co\u2011op back to Assassin&#8217;s Creed&#8221;, and a vague nod to a cancelled game. &#8220;While we recently chose to pivot away from an early project,&#8221; Guesdon wrote, &#8220;the lessons from that work are already helping shape our approach going forward.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd wrapping things up, more news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-years-later-its-finally-go-time-for-netflixs-live-action-assassins-creed-series\">Netflix&#8217;s live-action Assassin&#8217;s Creed series<\/a> is &#8220;coming very soon&#8221;, and there&#8217;s a bit of a treat for Assassin&#8217;s Creed unity fans too. 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