The 2013 remake of Assassin’s Creed has achieved strong sales thus far, and we now have official data to prove it. However, that hasn’t stopped the French publisher from laying off employees.

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, the remake of the popular 2013 game, is now available and has gotten off to a promising start. Pre-order data suggested higher sales than Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and the game has already exceeded those expectations. It peaked at nearly 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, far surpassing the 64,000 reached by Shadows. Furthermore, the game received an average critic score of 84 on Metacritic, higher than any recent Assassin’s Creed game since Black Flag, which scored 88.

Despite this success, Ubisoft recently laid off 51 employees at its Barcelona office, which had been working on Black Flag Resynced. The employees went on strike, but so far, that hasn’t helped. Unfortunately, this is already the seventh wave of layoffs at Ubisoft in 2026 alone. Here’s a brief summary: Red Storm eliminated 105 positions and transitioned into a support studio, Ubisoft Toronto lost 40 employees, Ubisoft Halifax was shut down, Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm eliminated 55 positions, Ubisoft Abu Dhabi lost 29 employees, and Ubisoft Winnipeg and Belgrade were also shut down. Thus, by 2026, approximately 731 jobs had been lost at the publisher. Microsoft easily “surpassed” Ubisoft in this unfortunate race with its 3,200-person layoff at Xbox, though only half of those layoffs have been carried out so far.

Dash my Buttons… Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has already passed 2 million copies sold! 🏴‍☠️

Whether you’re sailing with us again, or stepping aboard the Jackdaw for the first time: THANK YOU from the bottom of ARR hearts. pic.twitter.com/3badNwSqVp

– Assassin’s Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2026

Here’s the official sales figure: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, led by Ubisoft Québec, has already sold more than two million copies. The French company announced this on Twitter. Considering the remake was released on July 9 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC (but not yet for Nintendo Switch 2?), this is a good result.

Source: WCCFTech, Gematsu, Metacritic, GamesIndustry