- Murderer’s Creed: Black Flag is reportedly getting a remake, however it’s not been introduced but
- A brand new report suggests the sport will take away the unique’s modern-day plotlines
- The sport may launch in 2026
The Murderer’s Creed: Black Flag remake may very well be one of many worst-kept secrets and techniques in gaming (having initially leaked years in the past), and a brand new leak has made it sound extra divisive than we maybe anticipated – if it is true, in fact.
That’s as a result of rumors are swirling that the unique sport’s modern-day sections, which noticed gamers discover Abstergo Leisure’s places of work, shall be lower from the long-in-development remake.
The report comes from French web site Jeuxvideo, which suggests the sport (which is predicted to launch in 2026) will jettison these parts and focus solely on Edward Kenway’s story within the Golden Age of Piracy.
As a substitute of tooling across the in-universe sport dev studio, Ubisoft has reportedly added extra pirate-flavored content material, however followers aren’t solely optimistic on the change – as seen within the Reddit thread under.
New particulars on the Murderer’s Creed Black Flag remake from r/GamingLeaksAndRumours
Whereas some counsel that the modern-day continuity is askew now with the sheer quantity of layers added on within the years since, others are involved that the unique will lose a few of its id.
“I hope it isn’t true that they eliminated the modern-day sections,” one person commented.
“With out the modern-day storyline and historical aliens sci-fi stuff, trendy AC video games are simply Witcher 3 clones with stealth mechanics.”
One other bemoaned the reducing of the modern-day storylines, saying, “It is truthfully one in all my favourite components and that stems from the sooner video games,” whereas including their disappointment that it’s been pushed to the background in Valhalla and Shadows.
Personally, I’d say Black Flag was the final sport within the sequence the place I may hand-on-heart say I used to be following and engaged within the modern-day plot, so whereas I recognize the priority, I’m hardly devastated to see it go.
Nonetheless, after the (overblown) controversy round Murderer’s Creed Shadows (which was glorious, by the way in which), it’ll little doubt really feel like main adjustments to a beloved entry like this may even make it divisive.
Jeuxvideo has additionally prompt that the sport will characteristic techniques extra according to latest, RPG-flavored entries of the sequence, similar to loot with stats, and no loading screens when shifting between your ship and land. The sport can also be tipped for early 2026, so we’ll possible hear extra very quickly – if not from Ubisoft, then another person related with the mission.
Again in July, we reported that Matt Ryan, the actor who voices protagonist Edward Kenway, dropped a fairly main trace a few remake.
“Have you ever crushed the sport?” Ryan requested a fan, earlier than including, “Nicely, you might need to beat it once more.” When the fan requested about whether or not they need to replay the entire sequence, Ryan winked, saying, “Nicely, particularly this one. There is a motive I say that, however I am unable to say something.”
