More evidence is emerging of Ubisoft's worst-kept secret

Ubisoft allegedly registered the domain for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake. In addition to adding to the growing pile of evidence indicating the existence of the project, this development also substantiates a previous leak about the name that Ubisoft allegedly attached to the project.

First rumors of potential Black flag the remake is dated to late June 2023, when Kotaku's Ethan Gach broke the story of its existence. However, it took another year for more evidence to emerge to support the original report. There will be a remake in early 2026 Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is widely regarded as one of Ubisoft's worst-kept secrets among fans.

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A possibly registered Black Flag Remake domain, containing a previously leaked title

Continuing the trend of unofficial tidbits, a new domain was recently registered for what may end up being the game's official website. It was discovered by Twitter user TheHiddenOneAC and was registered with Gandi SAS, a French company providing a variety of internet services, from hosting to domain registrars. The AssassinsCreedBlackFlagResynced.com domain is currently showing nothing but the default domain name unavailable message. However, this coincides with one previously leaked detail about Black flag a remake, matching its changed title, that was listed on PEGI in early December 2025, which has since been pulled.

Game Rant was able to verify this information, in addition to verifying TheHiddenOneAC's other claim: Ubisoft routinely uses Gandi to register new domains. Everything from the main domain ubisoft.com to many of those belonging to subsidiaries such as Star Wars Outlaws developer Massive Entertainment has gone through the Gandi registration process in the past. Recently, Gandi also updated the ownership of PrinceOfPersiaThesandsOfTime.com, first registered in early 2022, to someone's name. with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time The remake is heavily rumored for a January 2026 release based on the company's recent earnings forecasts, the timing is unlikely to be a coincidence. Of course, there is no clear evidence that this domain or domain Black flag re-synced one is actually owned by Ubisoft.

The release of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced is expected after the remake of Prince of Persia

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In a recent financial report, Ubisoft highlighted seven titles that were either released or planned to debut during the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2026. Six of them were identified, with only one labeled as an unannounced title. From a chronological point of view, the investor presentation pegged its arrival at the very end of the current fiscal year after Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, which itself still lacks a release date. This has caused some speculation Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynchronized launch is planned for late March 2026.

Diving underwater in Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag

Between all these domain registration moves and hints offered through financial earnings, Ubisoft has been quietly updating the original game's repo on Steam, which according to SteamDB goes back to at least June 12, 2025. From October, they will be updated Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Steam stores were a monthly occurrence. While they were all seemingly insignificant in nature, such as the introduction of a differently formatted trailer, it's unusual to see any such activity for a game that's more than 12 years old, suggesting that Ubisoft can expect an increase in activity on its site in the near future.

After the latest Assassin's Creed Shadows the delay, which was moved from February to March 2025, was speculated to affect the planned release windows of all future entries in the franchise. Ubisoft de facto confirmed this a few months later; after Shadows debuted to strong reviews and high engagement numbers – it reportedly reached 5 million players in early summer – Ubisoft has announced that some of its “biggest productions” have been pushed back to 2026 in an effort to achieve the same level of polish.