A new rumour surrounding Ubisoft’s remake of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag has become almost a monthly occurrence at this point, and this time around, there’s a new report that indicates that the remake involves quite a few changes being made to the original. According to a video by Jeux Vidéo Magazine (via WCCFTech), the remake of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag will apparently entirely remove the modern-day parts of its story. Rather, the entirety of the remake’s runtime will revolve around protagonist Edward Kenway and the pirate setting.
Along with this, the remake will also reportedly feature more content in the form of new quests and other activities. There will also be a few modernisation touches being made to the title, including the removal of loading screens when moving from your ship to land, as well as the addition of content that was originally removed from the game back when it first came out in 2013. The report also indicates that the remake is slated for release in the first half of 2026, with March being a prominent candidate.
As has often been the case with reports and rumours like this, it is worth taking them with a grain of salt, since Ubisoft is yet to even officially acknowledge that it is working on a remake of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. However, reports of a remake being in development have been flying around for quite some time now, going as far back as 2023. According to those reports, the remake is expected to be a ground-up remake being developed using a current version of Ubisoft’s in-house Anvil engine, rather than simply being a remaster.
More recent reports of the rumoured remake started coming around thanks to artists from officially-licensed merchandise maker Play Arts off-handedly mentioning that “something is going on with Edward” during a livestream.
“Assassin’s Creed fans out there, you should be aware that there is something going on with Edward [Keyway]”, said one host when asked about why they weren’t showcasing a figure based on Black Flag protagonist Edward Kenway. The artist was interrupted by another one saying “wait has that been announced?”
“I think so, I’m pretty sure I saw rumors about it. No, I definitely saw at article about it”, responded the first artist. Later on, the first artist also said, “So there’s going to be something going on with Edward, and our PVC 1/8th scale statue will reflect that accordingly.”
These rumours were further strengthened by a comment by Edward Kenway’s voice actor, Matt Ryan, who was caught on video mentioning to a fan that they might get the chance to re-experience Black Flag soon. While signing an autograph, Ryan had asked the fan if they had beaten Black Flag, to which the fan replied by saying “yeah, a while ago.” This prompted Ryan to respond by saying that they “may have to beat it again.”
Back in July, some changes to the Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag database entry on Steam were caught, courtesy of SteamDB, with new features seemingly added to the title.
