More evidence of Ubisoft's worst kept secret emerges

Ubisoft has allegedly registered a domain for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake. Apart from adding to the growing pile of evidence proving the existence of the project, this development also confirms the previous leak about the name that Ubisoft allegedly attached to the project.

The first rumors about the possibility black flag The remake was dated back to the tail end of June 2023, when Kotaku's Ethan Gach broke the story on its existence. However, it took another year for more evidence to support the original report. As early as 2026, the remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Widely regarded among the fandom as Ubisoft's worst kept secret.

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Possible black flag remake domain registered, contains previously leaked name

Continuing the trend of unofficial breadcrumbs, a new domain that could be the game's official website has just been registered. Discovered by Twitter user TheHiddenOneAC, it was registered to Gandy SAS, a French company that provides various internet services from hosting to domain registry. The domain, AssassinsCreedBlackFlagResynced.com, still indicates nothing but the default domain-name-unavailable message. However, this is in line with an earlier leaked description black flag The remake, appearing in an initial PEGI listing of December 2025 to match its changed name, has since been pulled.

In addition to verifying TheHiddenOneAC's other claim, Game Rant was able to verify this information: Ubisoft regularly uses Gandi to register new domains. From the main ubisoft.com domain to all subsidiaries like many of those related Star Wars Outlaws Developer Massive Entertainment has passed the hurdle for the registration phase in the past. Recently, Gandhi also updated the ownership of PrinceOfPersiaThesandsOfTime.com, which was registered in early 2022 on behalf of someone. with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time The remake has been heavily rumored for a January 2026 release, based on the company's recent earnings forecast, the timing probably isn't a coincidence. Of course, there is no hard evidence that this domain or Black flag resynced One is actually owned by Ubisoft.

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Remastered is expected to be released after the Prince of Persia remake

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In a recent financial report, Ubisoft highlighted seven titles that were released or planned to debut during its current fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. Six of them were identified, with only one labeled as an undeclared title. Chronologically, investor presentations pinned their arrival towards the end of the current financial year, later Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time The remake, which itself is still missing a release date. This has prompted some speculation about Assassin's Creed: Black Flag resynced It is scheduled for launch at the end of March 2026.

Underwater diving in Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag

Between all these domain registration moves and hints offered through financial income, Ubisoft is keeping the original game's Steam repo going back to at least June 12, 2025, according to SteamDB data. From October, updates Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag The Steam Repository has become a monthly event. While all of them seem unrealistic in nature, such as featuring a differently formatted trailer, it's unusual to observe any such activity when it comes to a game over 12 years old, Ubisoft can expect an improvement in its page activity in the near future.

following the latter Assassin's Creed Shadows The delay, which was pushed from February to March 2025, was speculated about the move affecting the planned release window of all future entries in the franchise. Ubisoft de facto confirmed that a few months later; after the shadow Debuted to rave reviews and high engagement numbers — reportedly reaching 5 million players by early summer — Ubisoft announced that some of its “big products” have been delayed until 2026 in an effort to achieve the same level of polish.