4 February 2026

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced’s Biggest Improvement is Already Clear

By newsgame

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is a special entry in the franchise for many reasons. Not only is it the first game without Desmond Miles, but it also dives headfirst into thrilling pirate life. To this day, Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is seen as one of the best pirate games around, but the long-rumored Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced could take its features to even greater heights. There’s no telling when Ubisoft plans to announce the remake, but the excitement has reached a fever pitch lately.

There were a lot of Black Flag Resynced rumors last year, but it has felt like Ubisoft could make any announcement any day. After Ubisoft canceled multiple games last month, however, it seems Black Flag Resynced has been delayed until later into the fiscal year (but still in development). Ubisoft hasn’t outright said that the remake has been pushed back, although the company hasn’t even officially confirmed it either. For whatever reason, the company is keeping incredibly tight-lipped about the remake at the moment. This leaves Black Flag Resynced as one of the industry’s biggest mysteries, but there’s one feature that seems destined to shine: naval combat.

Black Flag Resynced’s Naval Combat is Bound to Be the Biggest Improvement

A report from Jeux Vidéo Magazine claimed that Black Flag Resynced is being made by Ubisoft Singapore. It was the studio that brought Skull and Bones to life, and while it’s no secret that it was a notorious 2024 flop, the studio has an established history of excellent naval combat. After all, what Skull and Bones lacked in on-foot exploration and compelling story, it balanced out with strong naval combat.

Naval combat in 'Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'

Skull and Bones‘ development hell may have given Ubisoft Singapore a bad reputation within the gaming community, but the studio has proven several times that it has what it takes to craft compelling and action-packed ship combat.

Ubisoft Singapore’s History Speaks For Itself

Formed in 2008
Helped design and develop Assassin’s Creed 2‘s linear tasks
Developed Assassin’s Creed 3‘s naval combat sections
Continued to be Ubisoft’s go-to naval developer with Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

Beyond the history listed above, Ubisoft Singapore has played a part in the development of every Assassin’s Creed game since the second entry in one way or another. Skull and Bones may not have been the spectacular “AAAA” game that Ubisoft as a whole insisted it was, but it’s definitely not a game that should mark Ubisoft Singapore as the wrong developer for Black Flag Resynced. When it comes to ocean-based combat, it’s the only studio that’s truly fit for the job.

The remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was one of the games recently canceled by Ubisoft. The other games remain unnamed projects.

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Skull and Bones May Ultimately Be the Key to Black Flag Resynced’s Success

Skull and Bones disappointed a lot of gamers. There were hopes that the game would be the ultimate pirate simulation, but that just wasn’t the case. Even in a lot of negative reviews, the game’s ship combat is consistently praised, though. At its core, Skull and Bones‘ gameplay makes it a grind-focused naval sim above all else. If that had been made clearer in the game’s marketing, Skull and Bones may have been able to sidestep the bad reputation it has. At least, there’s one major silver lining to Skull and Bones‘ long development.

Instead of viewing Skull and Bones as a game that didn’t live up to its expectations, the perspective can be flipped into being seen as practice for Black Flag Resynced. Ubisoft Singapore worked on Skull and Bones for a whopping 11 years. In that time, the devs went through plenty of trial and error, and Skull and Bones has seen several post-launch updates that have improved the game. Black Flag Resynced‘s gameplay details are being kept under wraps, but Ubisoft Singapore’s complicated history with Skull and Bones may prove to be the ultimate practice trial to ensure that Black Flag Resynced has as strong a naval combat as possible.

Other rumors have claimed that Black Flag Resynced could be leaving out the modern-day scenes while adding in extra Mary Read content that was cut from the original game.

Will Black Flag Resynced Come Out in 2026?

This is the ultimate question on a lot of gamers’ minds right now. After so many cancellations this early in the year, Ubisoft isn’t offering any information about not only Black Flag Resynced, but the company’s plans in general. Reports that the Watchdogs franchise has been killed and Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still in the works paint a picture rife with both good and bad news.

As such, it’s worth noting that past rumors claimed that Black Flag Resynced would be launching in March. That obviously feels a lot less likely now. Ubisoft’s silence about the project has left many gamers frustrated, but there could still be good news in store for 2026. Even if the remake is pushed back, it’s still quite possible that Ubisoft will at least make an official announcement sometime this year. A trailer would still be better than nothing.

Reports have been claiming that Black Flag Resynced could possibly even be pushed back to early 2027 for this fiscal year period, but Ubisoft hasn’t confirmed this.

Right now, all Assassin’s Creed fans can do at the moment is exercise patience and play the waiting game. The seemingly constant Black Flag Resynced rumors have pumped up the excitement that much more, and 2026 hopefully delivers at least something for fans to look forward to. Either way, Ubisoft has a challenging year ahead of it. The company has to justify canceling a long list of projects while also assuring gamers that leadership is still solid. No matter what happens with Black Flag Resynced, it will be interesting to see how Ubisoft decides to move forward.