Ubisoft has remade the best-loved game in its biggest franchise. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced arrives 13 years after the original, and the BBC found it largely worth the wait.
The Caribbean looks spectacular now. New underwater sections and coral reefs show off what modern hardware can do with a setting that was always the game’s real star.
But the more revealing story is why it exists at all.
The year Ubisoft would rather forget
The publisher began 2026 by closing two studios, cancelling six games, and delaying seven others. Further rounds of closures and layoffs have followed since.
