Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Out July 9; Here’s What We Know

One of Ubisoft’s worst-kept secrets is finally revealed in public: a remake of 2014’s Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag.

Titled Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, the enhanced remake will be out on July 9 for PC, Xbox Series, and PlayStation 5. There were quite a number of leaks concerning the remake, but Ubisoft has made it public during a special video announcement this morning, complete with gameplay.

Ubisoft Singapore will be spearheading the project with help from Ubisoft’s French and Canadian offices. Also, the game won’t be an RPG; it will be an action-adventure game from start to finish.

Check out the press release notes, features, and trailer below.

What’s New In AC Black Flag Resynced?

Resynced is the story you know and love from the original Black Flag, but the teams at Ubisoft have added brand-new content and enhancements across the experience.

Discover just some of the new additions and enhancements to Resynced:

• Graphical and Technological Enhancements
  • Built from the ground-up on the latest evolution of Ubisoft’s proprietary Anvil engine, used in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
  • Raytraced Lighting with Global Illumination (RTGI) and reflections.
  • Optimized Performance with 60 frames per second options on consoles.
  • Graphics assets built from the ground up to support Micropolygon and Physically Based Rendering (PBR) pipelines.
  • Fully modernized water rendering and simulation.
• New and Enhanced Features, Quests, and Stories
  • Locate and assign new Officers to the Jackdaw, who each bring a special ability to naval combat.
  • Playas have been reworked, offering new rewards and unique encounters on islands across the map.
  • Additional missions and new scenes featuring Matt Ryan, Edward’s Original voice actor and the original cast.
  • More customization options for the Jackdaw, including new skins and the all-new ship’s pets to bring along a cat or monkey companion while you sail.
  • Reworked Kenway’s Fleet, which allows players to use captured ships to generate passive income through rare activities and trading, now available in the Captain’s Cabin and on all versions of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
  • The old shanties are back, but are joined by a new set of 10 songs for your crew to bellow as you sail.
• Reworked Action Adventure Combat Featuring…
  • New visceral takedowns
  • New parrying mechanics
  • Quick-fire rope dart and pistol moves
  • A new enemy archetype—the Demolitionist
• New and Enhanced Stealth Gameplay
  • Observe mode which extends Edward’s Eagle Vision.
  • Crouch-anywhere lets Edward lower his profile anywhere on land.
  • Dive-anywhere means Edward can stealthily approach seafront locations and ships.
  • Shadows and low light will affect Edward’s visibility during stealth sequences.
• Reworked Naval Combat
  • New secondary weapons have been added to try out in combat, including:
  • Shrapnel barrels explode and damage enemy sails.
  • Eight-pounders open up more weakpoints in enemy ship hulls.
  • Enemy ships and factions reworked to add different equipment depending on their alliances.
• Enhanced Parkour Featuring Moves Like…
  • Manual jump
  • Side ejects
  • Height-gaining back ejects
  • Quicker interrupts between parkour moves
• Dynamic Weather and Objects
  • With Anvil’s Atmos system, the weather of the Caribbean becomes a character in its own right and brings the seas to life.
  • Destructible objects react to weather and combat: signs that move and shift with the wind, ships’ sails billow and blow, coconuts roll across the ground in a storm, and objects break when enemies are thrown against them.
  • Reworked water physics really brings home the feeling of sailing the Caribbean.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced adds three new characters in the remake:

-Lucy Baldwin
-The Padre
-Dead Man Smith

Doing their quests will unlock new ship upgrades & pirate bonuses. #assassinscreed #pirate #ubisoft pic.twitter.com/tqAPeo1xNk

— Kakuchopurei (@Kakuchopurei) April 23, 2026