Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced official details confirm July 9 launch, 4K60 targets on RTX 4090
Ubisoft has officially revealed Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, a full remake of the 2013 game , launching on July 9 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Ubisoft Store, Steam, and Epic Games Store. Ubisoft says the remake was rebuilt on the latest version of its Anvil engine and will also be available on Steam Deck and cloud platforms including GeForce NOW.
Ubisoft says Black Flag Resynced adds ray-traced global illumination and reflections , rebuilt assets designed for micropolygon and physically based rendering pipelines, fully modernized water rendering, and dynamic weather powered by the Anvil Atmos system. Console versions will offer a 60 FPS mode, while the PS5 release also includes 30 FPS Fidelity and 40 FPS Balanced modes, with RTGI enabled across all graphics modes.
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Gameplay updates
Resynced adds new officers for the Jackdaw with their own abilities, reworked island encounters, extra missions and scenes with Matt Ryan and the original cast, more ship customization, ship pets, ten new shanties, and a reworked Kenway’s Fleet system that is now available from the Captain’s Cabin.
Gameplay changes are broader than the trailer first suggested. Ubisoft lists new parry mechanics, new takedowns, quick-fire rope dart and pistol moves, and a new Demolitionist enemy type. Stealth now includes Observe mode, crouch-anywhere, dive-anywhere, and light-based visibility, while parkour gets manual jump, side ejects, back ejects, and faster move chaining. Naval combat is also being updated with new secondary weapons, including shrapnel barrels and 8-pounders, plus revised enemy ship loadouts.
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What’s new in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced?
Resynced is the story you know and love from the original Black Flag, but the teams at Ubisoft have added brand-new content and enhancements across the experience.
Discover just some of the new additions and enhancements to Resynced:
- Graphical and technological enhancements
- Built from the ground-up on the latest evolution of Ubisoft’s proprietary Anvil engine, used in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Raytraced Lighting with Global Illumination (RTGI) and reflections.
- Optimized Performance with 60 FPS options on consoles.
- Graphics assets built from the ground up to support Micropolygon and Physically Based Rendering (PBR) pipelines.
- Fully modernized water rendering and simulation.
- New and enhanced features, quests, and stories
- Locate and assign new Officers to the Jackdaw, who each bring a special ability to naval combat.
- Playas have been reworked, offering new rewards and unique encounters on islands across the map.
- Additional missions and new scenes featuring Matt Ryan, Edward’s Original voice actor and the original cast.
- More customization options for the Jackdaw, including new skins and the all-new ship’s pets to bring along a cat or monkey companion while you sail.
- Reworked Kenway’s Fleet, which allows players to use captured ships to generate passive income through rare activities and trading, now available in the Captain’s Cabin and on all versions of AC Black Flag Resynced
- The old shanties are back, but are joined by a new set of 10 songs for your crew to bellow as you sail.
- Reworked action-adventure combat featuring:
- New visceral takedowns
- New parrying mechanics
- Quick-fire rope dart and pistol moves
- A new enemy archetype – the Demolitionist
- New and enhanced stealth gameplay
- Observe mode which extends Edward’s Eagle Vision.
- Crouch-anywhere lets Edward lower his profile anywhere on land.
- Dive-anywhere means Edward can stealthily approach seafront locations and ships.
- Shadows and low light will affect Edward’s visibility during stealth sequences.
- Reworked naval combat
- New secondary weapons have been added to try out in combat, including:
- Shrapnel barrels explode and damage enemy sails.
- 8-pounders open up more weakpoints in enemy ship hulls.
- Enemy ships and factions reworked to add different equipment depending on their alliances.
- New secondary weapons have been added to try out in combat, including:
- Enhanced parkour featuring moves like:
- Manual jump
- Side ejects
- Height-gaining back ejects
- Quicker interrupts between parkour moves
- Dynamic weather and objects
- With Anvil’s Atmos system, the weather of the Caribbean becomes a character in its own right and brings the seas to life.
- Destructible objects react to weather and combat: signs that move and shift with the wind, ships’ sails billow and blow, coconuts roll across the ground in a storm, and objects break when enemies are thrown against them.
- Reworked water physics really brings home the feeling of sailing the Caribbean.
Official PC specs
On PC, Ubisoft says the game supports upscaling and frame generation, and also includes software ray tracing for systems without hardware RT support. Minimum requirements for 1080p at 30 FPS call for a Core i7-8700K or Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 1660, Radeon RX 5500 XT, or Arc A580, 16GB of RAM, and a 65GB SSD. Ubisoft’s 1080p60 recommendation moves to RTX 3060, RX 6600 XT, or Arc B580, while the 4K60 Ultra target calls for an RTX 4090 or Radeon RX 7900 XTX paired with a Core i7-12700K or Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Windows 11 is listed across all tiers.
- Minimum, 1920×1080, 30 FPS , Low preset, RT Standard, upscaler Balanced: Core i7-8700K / Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 1660 6GB / RX 5500 XT 8GB / Arc A580 8GB, 16GB RAM, 65GB SSD, Windows 11.
- Recommended, 1920×1080, 60 FPS, Medium preset, RT Standard, upscaler Balanced: Core i5-10600K / Ryzen 5 3600, RTX 3060 12GB / RX 6600 XT 8GB / Arc B580 12GB, 16GB RAM, 65GB SSD, Windows 11.
- Recommended, 2560×1440, 60 FPS, High preset, RT Standard, upscaler Balanced: Core i5-11600K / Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6800 XT 16GB, 16GB RAM, 65GB SSD, Windows 11.
- Recommended, 3840×2160, 60 FPS , Ultra preset, RT Extended, upscaler Quality: Core i7-12700K / Ryzen 7 5700X3D, RTX 4090 24GB / RX 7900 XTX 24GB, 16GB RAM, 65GB SSD, Windows 11.
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