If there are rumors about Ubisoft Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag If the remake were a real ghost ship, we would no longer be able to catch a glimpse of the ship through the unnaturally thick two-bell fog during the morning watch. We would be long past the point of noticing the ghostly Jolly Roger between the stormy ridges, his deathly head shrouded in St. Elmo's fire. The damned ghost ship now stands right in front of us, the sunken ghost of Edward Kenway hanging from the rigging.
People keep pointing and shouting at the ghost ship, but the Ubisoft captain keeps his gaze fixed on the horizon. “Steady as she goes, guys!” he shouts as hordes of translucent pirates pour over the railing. “Rest easy until some hypothetical future when we might be able to announce something!”
All this means is that the Black Flag remake has been the subject of so many insider reports that it probably has no choice but to be real. The project has more leaks than Cutty Sark after traveling across the legendary Sea of Cheese Graters. This was first teased back in July 2023 when Kotaku stated that that it was made with the help of Ubisoft Singapore.creators of Skull & Bones. Makes sense. Then the voice actor did a passing mention of it at the exhibitiononly for Ubisoft lawyers rap your knuckles.
This September the French edition stated that Ubisoft Bordeaux and Ubisoft Belgrade are also involved in the project. They claimed that the remake would be released next year and that it would dispense with the modern Abstergo segments of the original in favor of cut content featuring Mary Reed, while bringing the inventory and combat systems in line with Assassin's Creed Shadows and Valhalla. Again, makes sense.
Now we hear from Insider Games that the remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag will be released the week of March 23, 2026. They claim that the “unannounced” project mentioned in the Ubisoft report latest financial reports with a slight delay This is the second coming of Black Flag.
In the same earnings report, Ubisoft noted that the Assassin's Creed series “exceeded expectations.” Assassin's Creed Mirage reaching 10 million sales, although they did not reveal figures for the later Assassin's Creed Shadows. Publishers continue to place big bets on the series, having restructured around new Tencent-funded subsidiary dedicated to AC, Big difference and Rainbow Six. Assassin's Creed Shadows' second major expansion is coming soon; In addition, Ubisoft is working on another multiplayer Assassin's Creed and presumably Blair Witchy game, codenamed Hex Assassin's Creedduring development under the guidance Far Cry 2 Dude Clint Hawking.
I think ghost ships and witches complement each other well. All eyes are on the good captain, who is now whistling a merry shack while the Phantom of Kenway repeatedly stabs him in the leg with a ghostly cutlass.
