Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake will reportedly lean into being an RPG experience

It was 2023 when we first heard of Ubisoft being involved in a remake project for the massively popular Assassin's Creed entry: Black Flag. The fourth mainline entry in the stealth action franchise was first released in 2013 and became a fan favorite for its open-world gameplay involving ship combat and piracy-related ocean activities. Now, a new report has surfaced that claims to have information on the unannounced project.

Anonymous sources speaking to Jeux Vidéo Magazine, which has dropped accurate Ubisoft pieces before, say the Black Flag remake is taking elements from the publisher's recent stream of RPG entries. If it's correct, this will mean skill trees, inventory systems, levels for enemies, and stats for any loot players earn.

At the same time, the pirate gameplay has supposedly been expanded with hours of new content by re-adding cut sections from the original release, but at the cost of the modern-day gameplay. This means the title might not have any link to the plot that happens outside of the Animus, where players take the role of a developer uncovering a Templar plot at the heart of Abstergo Entertainment.

Moreover, loading screens are reportedly being scrapped too, letting players go from islands to their ships and begin sailing anywhere as a single sequence thanks to the upgrade to the Anvil Engine, which powers games like Assassin's Creed Shadows, while also offering new gameplay content inside smaller islands that can be found in the world.

The report ends saying that Ubisoft is currently targeting a March 2026 launch window for the Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake, but there may be internal delays that push this back to later in the year.

As always, take unconfirmed reports with a grain of salt until something official materializes out of Ubisoft.

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Posted Thursday 18 September 2025 at 5:18 pm AEST (my time).

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