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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has already sold over 3.5 million copies, "exceeding annual expectations within its first 14 days"

Assassin's Creed Black Flag is going from strength-to-strength for Ubisoft. After netting 2m sales in its opening few days (and then ascending to 3m within a week), Ubisoft has just announced that the game has sold through an impressive 3.5m units - meaning the remake has "exceeded annual expectations within its first 14 days", per a new financial report from the publisher.

Eurogamer / Dom Peppiatt
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Ubisoft Highlights Black Flag Resynced, Downplays Physical Games During Earnings Call

Ubisoft said Assassin's Creed Black Flag exceeded its annual commercial expectations in 14 days, and would likely recoup its costs soon. The post Ubisoft Highlights Black Flag Resynced, Downplays Physical Games During Earnings Call

This Week in Video Games / Edmond Tran
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced modders make Blackbeard playable, but here's a syringe-shaped reason to avoid historically accurate pirate roleplay

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced's an idyllic pirate adventure, especially given it trains its eye firmly on Edward Kenway's quest for booty. Naturally, Kenway hangs out with a bunch of real pirates from history throughout his time on the high seas, including the most famous one, Blackbeard. There's now a mod that'll let you play as the bearded buccaneer in Black Flag Resynced. So, here I am to point out a grisly reason you might not fancy getting too into roleplaying as Mr Edward Teach (or

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Developers in Barcelona Are Being Laid Off as Ubisoft Celebrates Game's Success

Ubisoft Barcelona developers who contributed to Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced have spoken out about the company's plans to lay them off — just as their final project becomes a commercial success, selling 2 million copies in around 24 hours.

IGN / Tom Phillips
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An overly intense preview of the Assassin’s Creed Black Flag pirate remake

I closely compared maps, studied new islands, counted an extra sync point in Havana and got an answer about how in the world they’re going to end this game, given the thing they cut.

Game File / Stephen Totilo
Preview

'They're Not Just Filler': Edward Actor Hypes Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's New Story Scenes

"What a joy to come back". When it was revealed that Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced would sport brand new story content in the form of both character-driven outings and an expanded main plot, questions were raised amongst fans. There have been some slight concerns over the remake's reworked pacing, for example, but Matt Ryan, the actor behind protagonist Edward Kenway, is convinced that the new stuff is well worth having. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Ubisoft Confirms "Original" Assassin's Creed Black Flag Will Still Be Available

Resynced is a "2026 take on the original legend". Although Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is skipping the Switch 2 this July, we do have some good news about the original game that fans are sure to appreciate.

Nintendo Life
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Everything you need to know about the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake

Ubisoft has rebuilt Black Flag "from the ground up" with a combat overhaul and stealth improvements but the same classic story.

PC Gamer / Lauren Morton
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IGN Live 2026 Lineup to Include Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, The Legend of Vox Machina, and More

More partners revealed for the epic fan event, June 6-7 in LA and streaming globally.

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The Outer Worlds and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag share an unlikely lesson: we make our own pirates

“Let’s call this round a draw,” says Coach Stilley, his amiable New York drawl soothing what could have been a tense standoff. “You head back to your end of the field. I’ll regroup my team, and we’ll see where things take us in the second half. What do you say?” We’re several star systems away from New York, in the Halcyon colony set up by The Outer Worlds’ megacorps. And Coach Stilley’s team, the Firefly Freebooters, haven’t played tossball in a decade. Instead, they’re pirates-for-hire – carry

Rock Paper Shotgun / Jeremy Peel
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