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Good question! The real, actual answer is that games take a long time to make and are very expensive. So while Ubisoft’s various teams work on new entries in the series, like Hexe, the publisher had Ubisoft Singapore (Skull and Bones) develop a remake of one of the most popular games in the series. It’s a safe bet in an industry currently paralyzed by risk. But Ubisoft also says that it wanted to remake Black Flag because it made sense in 2026. Here’s Paul Knight, the game’s director, explaining why the remake is happening via a recent interview with Kotaku: “If you just ignore the number—Assa

Yup! Ubisoft has added a lot of new content to Black Flag‘s upcoming remake. There are around six hours of new content, according to Ubisoft, including new missions, ship officers to recruit, new cutscenes, and an expanded endgame.

Black Flag Resynced is a full-blown remake of the classic Black Flag. It is built from the ground up using the same tech that powered 2025’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Ubisoft confirmed with Kotaku that this new remake contains zero code, assets, or files from the original Black Flag. It is a brand new game that is trying to be a faithful remake of the original, while adding some new content and making some big and small changes.

Ubisoft has confirmed that Black Flag Resynced will launch on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam, Epic Store, and Ubisoft’s own PC storefront.