Is Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Getting A Remake?

General news News 07/01/2023

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When no new ideas exist in the gaming industry, publishers remake the older ones, and it looks like Ubisoft will join this list.

The French publisher is going all-in on the Assassin’s Creed franchise. One only has to think of Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, the two projects currently codenamed Red and Hexe, Infinity, designed for a large live service model, and possibly Nexus VR. These will all be new projects, but a revival of an older concept seems not out of Yves Guillemot’s plans.

Kotaku has reported that Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, one of the opening titles of the previous console generation (but as a cross-gen game, it had a PlayStation 3, an Xbox 360, and even a Nintendo Wii U port), could get a revamp. Will it be a remake or a remaster with better graphics but the same gameplay? Will the content remain the same, or will Ubisoft make some form of expansion? These are unanswered questions at the moment, but the publication speculates that Ubisoft Singapore is also involved in the development.

They have previously been in the news for the sexual harassment case. At the same time, they are known for Skull & Bones, which was announced several years ago and has not been released since, has been through several postponements and at least one reboot, and has similar themes, as it will be a pirate game (similar to Microsoft and Rare’s Sea of Thieves), so the Far East team has a significant presence in development. The original developers, the Ubisoft Montréal people, might be involved, but as they work on almost all crucial games, they might be left out. According to Kotaku, Skull & Bones has Ubisoft Singapore heavily tied its pants ahead of the closed beta. Developers work in the office instead of at home and are encouraged to work overtime with free meals and other bonuses.

All of it is not yet official, but the site rarely reports on highly unbelievable rumors. Still, it’s fair to ask: if the studio is unsuccessful in developing a new game (and IP), why do they think they will do better with a remake/remaster?

Source: WCCFTech

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