What happens in Mary Read's Cut content

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Resynchronized it's starting to feel a bit like last year Oblivion Remastered: a terribly guarded secret, the eventual revelation of which will prove the truth to thousands of rumor mongers and Internet denizens. Evidence for it Assassin's Creed: Black Flag the remaster features voiceovers from actor Edward Kenway Matt Ryan, Black flag– related media recently uploaded to the Ubisoft Music Channel and a PEGI rating for “Black flag re-synced”, revealed in December 2025. A poorly kept secret indeed.

Ubisoft has not specifically commented on them Black flag remake rumours, so as always take such claims with a grain of salt.

On the more speculative side of things, gaming insiders and retailers have commented on the specifics of this alleged Black flag retaliation. The most notable example of this was Jeux Video Magazine, a French gaming media company that made several claims in September 2025 about Black flag gameplay, structure, story and technical details of the remake, including the revelation that it was being developed in Ubisoft's new Anvil Pipeline engine, the same engine used for Assassin's Creed Shadows. Jeux Video Magazine also claimed that this new version AC black flag would skip the modern storyline and add back edited content for the sections in the Animus. One part of the alleged cut content is a storyline involving Mary Read, one of the Black flagthe best characters and players already know what it was supposed to contain.

What we know about Mary Read's Cut content in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

Mary Read was a famous female pirate during the golden age of piracy according to all available historical records and records. For most of her career, she dressed in men's clothing and adopted the moniker James Kidd, only revealing her gender at specific moments, such as during a fight to shock an attacker, and during conversations with fellow undercover Anne Bonny. This subterfuge, a fascinating connection to gender dynamics and sexual expression, was expressed in the main story Assassin's Creed: Black Flagwhich features Read as one of Kenway's main allies.

Even though her role in the game is essential, she will be even more in Black flag re-synced. According to comments from Black flag Narrative director Darby McDevitt, Ubisoft originally planned to set the showdown in Nassau between Chapters 10 and 11, adapting a true historical event where Read and Bonny protect their incapacitated male allies from an aggressive British naval force. It's unclear how Edward himself would factor into this event – whether he'd also be incapacitated, for example – but the realization of this epic historical moment would be great to see in Black flag regardless.

Why more Mary Read content benefits the Black Flag resync

Much Assassin's Creed games live and die on the backs of their supporting actors: historical figures or characters inspired by them are often far more interesting than the actual protagonist of a given entry. Mary Read is one such character, so she expands her role for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynchronized it doesn't seem to work. But increasing Read's involvement, as creatively viable as it may be, also has a practical side.

As already mentioned, and like many Assassin's Creed fans hotly debated it Black flag the remake will reportedly cut all missions and cutscenes outside of the Animus, AKA modern. Whether this is bad or good is a matter of opinion, but such a choice would certainly bring Black flag Synchronized again more in line with the newer ones AC items that relieve their modern segments. By enhancing the narrative space in the Animus, which includes 18th-century scenes, dialogue, missions, and supporting characters like Mary Read, Black flag the revival has a chance to be more cohesive and plentiful, with a richer story focused more on swashbuckling pirate antics and historical heroism and less on convoluted sci-fi aspects.