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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is a remake done right — and the best pirate game I’ve ever played

Black Flag Resynced gives the fan-favorite 2013 Assassin’s Creed game a complete overhaul. From the incredible visuals to some essential gameplay upgrades, stepping into the shoes of Edward Kenway has never looked or played this good.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review: prettier, smoother, but still feels like it's 2013 at heart

A remake that brings back the swashbuckling charm, but is it the reset the series needs?

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced feels like the definitive, modern way to play one of the best games in the series

Retracing Edward Kenway’s steps in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is an absolute joy, and the modernizations and advancements mean it's a wonderful remake of a classic.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review: "Far from smooth sailing, even though I love the original"

Strong pirate adventure foundations and roguish charm keep this remake afloat

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Get ready to set sail with these 6 games to play before Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

Weigh anchor and find your sea legs with these play before Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is hiding "a lot of new shipwrecks" and secrets to explore using the newly added "dive anywhere" feature, teases tech lead

Ubisoft's left plenty of trinkets for us to collect

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July is a little light on the big new game releases, but your co-op horror Discord gang will be feastin'

If you've ever wanted to run a haunted business into the ground with your friends, I have good news.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has "modernized the combat" of the original but is more "action-oriented" than Shadows

Ubisoft isn't turning Black Flag into a completely modern Assassin's Creed

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All new features in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

Lots of gameplay and visual changes.

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is getting a proper PS5 Pro upgrade — and every graphics mode benefits

Ubisoft has unveiled the PlayStation features for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, which is set to have three graphics modes across PS5andPS5 Pro.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is both "faithful" to the original and "like a new product", says Ubisoft tech director

Interview | From a seamless open world to reworked combat, here's how Resynced's Anvil engine helped modernize an action-adventure classic.

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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 creative lead says "the world of the Caribbean is a little bit more dense" compared to Shadows' take on Japan

All those ships have a hearty crew

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

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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 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 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 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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Edward Kenway's actor reflects on recording performance capture for Assassin's Creed Black Flag compared to his new Resynced scenes — 'I didn't have as big a ****ing headache as I did the first time'

Assassin's Creed Black Flag actor Matt Ryan has said that returning to record new performance capture for the game's upcoming remake, Resynced, has "reinvigorated" his love for the medium.

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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag star Matt Ryan says the term 'voice actor' is outdated: 'You see the performances in the eyes, it blows me away'

"We need to rejig the vernacular."

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'There's a part of us wanting to kind of better ourselves, to elevate ourselves, to grow, to discover lands beyond us' — Edward Kenway's actor reflects on the journey of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, says 'There's a part of Kenway in all of us'

Almost 14 years after first recording the role, actor Matt Ryan has said he carries the journey of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's Edward Kenway with him everywhere he goes.

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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag star thought he was auditioning for a "pirate TV show," not Ubisoft's action gem

"They asked me for a callback, and then they leveled with me. They were like, listen: this is a videogame."

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