The Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake will release early 2026 and swaps modern-day sections for more piracy, claims report

Also rumoured: RPG-style mechanics akin to Valhalla and Shadows

Yaaarrr. There beryllium a caller study astir the long-rumoured Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake Ubisoft person inactive yet to publically acknowledge. It claims the steadfast are presently looking to merchandise the retooled piracy crippled successful aboriginal 2026, arsenic good arsenic providing much alleged details arsenic to however the remake'll disagree from the original.

This Black Flag remake's been reported to beryllium successful improvement respective times implicit the past mates of years, with the dependable histrion of archetypal protagonist Edward Kenway alleging that helium got successful occupation for being recorded teasing it astatine a normal earlier this year.

Enter this video study from French work Jeux Vidéo Magazine. They mention sources arsenic having told them that Ubisoft are presently aiming to merchandise the remake aboriginal adjacent year, with March being the period it's astir apt to marque port. That said, Jeux Vidéo Magazine besides mention immoderate sources arsenic having formed uncertainty implicit that and indicated it could beryllium pushed towards the extremity of 2026, owed to determination allegedly being a batch of enactment near to bash astatine this point.

The study besides details a fig of tweaks that developers Ubisoft Singapore, on with enactment studios Ubisoft Bordeaux and Ubisoft Belgrade are supposedly making to the original, mostly to bring Black Flag successful enactment with the series' much caller entries. Parts of the present-day sections that saw you coming retired of the Animus and wandering astir the bureau of Abstergo Entertainment are reportedly being swapped retired for much adventures acceptable successful the past, with chopped contented involving pirate Mary Read making up portion of that.

It wouldn't beryllium excessively large a surprise, fixed the bid has moved distant from hefty contiguous time elements of late, having adjusted to beingness without aboriginal protagonist Desmond Mason spearheading the non-past assassin/templar bickering. This year's Assassin's Creed Shadows features precise small to instrumentality you retired of murdering your mode done feudal Japan, unless you're prepared to muck astir successful the Animus Hub menus oregon walk excessively agelong staring astatine a informing astir fragmented memories.

Meanwhile, Jeux Vidéo Magazine study that the inventory and combat systems person been overhauled successful a much RPG-style manner that'll bring them person to the likes of Shadows and Valhalla. Tech-wise, we tin seemingly expect improvements similar load-screenless sailing, smaller islands being little barren, and the usage of Shadows' motor making things look a spot little dated.

We reached retired to Ubisoft for comment, and the publishers responded that they "haven’t got thing to share" close now.

My feelings are a spot mixed astatine the infinitesimal arsenic to whether this Black Flag remaster'll person overmuch to connection implicit conscionable firing up the archetypal again for immoderate precise bully piracy and assassining that's besides there. Then again, Oblivion Remastered, a revamp which near maine rather connected the obstruction astir its deliberately minimal tweakage extracurricular of the evident facelift, proved plentifulness fashionable earlier this year.