Later today, Ubisoft will be holding an online showcase for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, but we already have a couple of details about the game.
Amazon France jumped the gun early and posted the collector’s edition for pre-order. They have since removed the pre-order but left the listing online so we can see what will be in the pack.
There is a rather fine statue of Edward Kenway loafing on a throne, a very fancy faux-leather folio with what appear to be notes from expeditions, and a map. Also included is a page of sheet music, a steelbook for the game, what appears to be a skull badge, and cosmetic DLC.
According to billbil-kun from Dealabs the Collectors Edition is priced at $199.99 / €199.99€ / £174.99, while the standard edition of the game is a rather more wallet-friendly $59.99 / €59.99 / £49.99
An image of the Ubisoft launcher also states that the game will be coming on day one to Ubisoft+ Premium.
We also have the release date, which is July 9, 2026.
The showcase is dated for April 23rd at 4PM UTC / 6PM CEST / 9AM PDT. It is slightly odd for a remake of an old game to get an entire showcase to itself, but the rumours are that the game has changed quite a lot and now plays more like AC Valhalla. According to Tom Henderson over on Insider Gaming the presentation will be 30 minutes long.
Gameplay is said to be closer to the RPG style of the more recent games, with loot, stats for weapons, and a new inventory. The combat is is also said to lean more towards the style of the recent games. The map is the same size but will have more things to do, and modern systems mean there will be no loading screens when docking your ship and heading to land.
This is a pretty extensive project, in other words, with Ubisoft Singapore, Belgrade and Bordeaux reportedly working on it, and some assets from Skull and Bones possibly being reused to save costs. Fitting, of course, when Skull and Bones was spawned out of Black Flag in the first place.
