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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced devs aren't worried about pirate games like Sea of Thieves and Windrose, because Ubisoft offers a "unique mixture" others don't

Edward Kenway's adventure stands out

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced removed loading screens "between naval gameplay" thanks to "modern hardware," Ubisoft says

The Black Flag remake is also adding autopilot as a hands-off way to explore the open world

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Video games turn to classic films to woo middle-aged millenials

Millenial gamers who grew up on 80s and 90s blockbusters are today being courted by the industry, with the latest James Bond offering hard on the heels of an Indiana Jones adventure and soon to be followed by "Jurassic Park". Successes like "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle" or "Hogwarts…

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'ChatGPT kind of sucked' — Former Assassin's Creed director says he used AI to help him learn to code, but it was 'brutal'

Former Assassin's Creed Hexe director Clint Hocking has admitted to using AI in the past to help him learn to code, but found the process to be "brutal."

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Former Assassin's Creed Hexe director learned how to code by using AI and found out firsthand how "brutal" it was: "ChatGPT kind of sucked. It didn't really know how to code. Everything was broken"

Thankfully we haven't had to deal with a vibe-coded AC game yet

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's "open-world spirit of freedom" is defined by one mysterious church

Resynced offers "another reason to explore and find secrets within a world that you already love"

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Star Citizen reaches $1 billion in lifetime funding, 14 years after the project was first announced — game still in early access with no release window, including 'Squadron 42' campaign

Star Citizen, originally announced back in 2012, has just amassed $1 billion in crowdfunding despite the game still not having any release date. The game is currently expected sometime in 2027-2028, which means it might have to prepare a PS6/Xbox Helix version as well. A single game spanning across four…

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says his top three favorite elements of the remake are the fight system, the new missions, and the new end game chapters — 'We have received a lot of positive reactions to the story'

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director Paul Fu has shared his favorite new elements that Ubisoft has added to the upcoming remake.

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Ubisoft reportedly testing generative AI in Far Cry 7, insider says it 'looks like sh*t' — company recently posted a record €1.3 billion loss

Ubisoft is using an early build of its unannounced Far Cry 7 as a testbed for generative AI tools, according to Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming.

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ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from Google's Search overhaul to Sony's priciest wireless headphones ever

The week's top stories from Apple, Sony, Ubisoft, Nvidia and more for May 23, 2026.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director says Ubisoft is the size of "70 Warhorse sized studios" even "after layoffs," and it could make "10 KCD2 sized games, each developed for 7 years, released every year"

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 13 does have a nice ring to it

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'We know that fans will love them' — Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says Ubisoft changed the music's execution in the remake and added new scores for some 'emotional moments' of the game

The music in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been tweaked, and new scores have been added to complement some of the more significant story quests.

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Is this Black Flag or Monster Hunter? New video shows off hunting in AC 4 remake against gaming’s tankiest boar

And here I was thinking this'd be a great remake.

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"Old-school classic" or "the post-Shadows Assassin's Creed"? Black Flag Resynced devs explain where the remake sits in the series' history

Big Preview | Ubisoft's Paul Fu, Richard Knight, and Julian Koch talk balancing two distinct eras of the series within Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

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Ubisoft has staff for '70 Warhorse-sized studios' after cuts, says Kingdom Come director—'That could be 10 KCD2-sized games… released every year'

That might be too many KCD2-sized games, even for me.

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I played 3 hours of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced — and it’s better than I expected

We went hands-on with Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, and it's shaping up to be an excellent remake thanks to its enhanced graphics and gameplay.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says the team 'expanded' Edward Kenway's story and the theme of 'greed' in new content — 'I won't spoil too much of it for you, but we thought that that was a strong juxtaposition to who he is'

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director Paul Fu has confirmed that Ubisoft didn't alter Edward Kenway's original story in the upcoming remake, but did expand on the character with additional content.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced hands-on: "Wonderfully sailing on the edge of the series' best classic and modern entries, this feels like a statement of intent for its future"

Big Preview | Black Flag Resynced brings together two very different eras of Assassin's Creed

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says the modernized combat system has been upgraded to make varied tools flow better — 'We were inspired by early fan-made combo videos from the original'

Ubisoft was inspired by old fan-made Assassin's Creed Black Flag gameplay videos when it came to developing the modernized fighting system for Black Flag Resynced.

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Sorry, Black Flag fans: the new Assassin's Creed remake isn't adding any more legendary ship battles

The one thing I hoped to see more of.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a textbook remaster

The spitting image of the game I remember, despite how much it's actually changed.

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced perfectly captures the spirit of the original, but benefits from some much-needed upgrades

After three hours of sailing the high seas, firing cannons, stealthing through plantations, and giving it to baddies, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is on course to be a brilliantly done remake.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director reveals there is 'probably almost nothing' left of the original code in the remake — 'Almost everything had to be rebuilt'

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director Paul Fu has revealed that the remake of the 2013 game is built from the ground up and features very little of the original code.

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Ubisoft confirms new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon games are in the works and will launch by March 2029, alongside the 'first playable Generative AI experience'

Ubisoft has shared plans to release more Assassin's Creed games and new Far Cry and Ghost Recon titles by March 2029.

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Ubisoft Confirms New 'Assassin's Creed,' 'Far Cry,' and 'Ghost Recon' Games

Ubisoft has confirmed that new games are coming for its three major titles, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon.

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