Even more circumstantial evidence pointing to the possibility of Ubisoft remakingAssassin’s Creed 4: Black Flaghas surfaced online, this time via some publicly available repository data. Although multiple sources have so far pointed to the project’s existence, the timing of a potential reveal remains unclear as of today, four months ahead ofAssassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag’s 12th anniversary.
Widely regarded as one of thebestAssassin’s Creedgames evermade,Black Flagwas reportedly greenlit for a remake in the early 2020s. While the first report testifying to the project’s existence dates back to 2023, corroborating evidence only started piling up a year later.
Continuing this trend, theAssassin’s Creed 4: Black FlagSteam repositoryrecently saw some activity that could be taken as a sign of ongoing development work. As noted by Twitter userTheRealZephryss, Ubisoft updated the game’s page on Valve’s storefront with four new versions of a single gameplay “microtrailer” that plays by default when the listing is opened from a client, such as a browser or the Steam app. Repository updates of this nature are uncommon for 12-year-old games, implying the change may signal more than a routine update to outdated promotional materials. According to data scraped by SteamDB, Ubisoft also recently modified several of the game’s Steam content packages—on June 4 and 12—though the details of those changes remain undisclosed.
Recent Activity in Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag Steam Repo
This turn of events arrives just a few months after Canadian collectible manufacturerPureArts hinted at the existence of anAssassin’s Creed 4: Black Flagremake. “There’s going to be something going on with [theAC4protagonist] Edward,” a company representative said during a stream dedicated to newAssassin’s Creedfigures. For context, PureArts is a long-time Ubisoft partner that has created limited-edition collectibles based on a wide variety of its games, including every mainline entry in theAssassin’s Creedseries.
According to an October 2024 report by Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson, Ubisoft was initiallyplanning to release theAssassin’s Creed 4: Black Flagremake in late 2025, most likely in the November slot. However, the timeline was pushed back following the initial delay ofAssassin’s Creed Shadows. Given that all the postponements forShadowsamounted to only a few months in total, theBlack Flagremake could still reach the market in a similar window—possibly as early as the first half of 2026.
If that were the plan, the upcoming late August 2025 edition of Gamescom could serve as a well-timed opportunity to officially reveal the game. However, Ubisoft has traditionally preferred announcing newAssassin’s Creedentries at their own dedicated events. Given that track record, if theBlack Flagremake is set to appear at Gamescom 2025, it would likely be officially revealed ahead of the event.
