Black Flag Remake Rumors Swirl, But Did Ubisoft Just Tweak Some Settings... or Something More?
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
A Steam update for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag sparked remake speculation, but it seems to be just Ubisoft adding accessibility tags to their games, although there are still some curious differences between the other Assassin's Creed games.
Ahoy, gaming mates! The rumor mill's been churning faster than a kraken in a whirlpool lately, all thanks to a sneaky update on Steam for *Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag*. Naturally, this has everyone wondering if a shiny new remake is on the horizon. But hold your horses (or should I say, hold your mainsails?), because the truth is a bit...murkier than the Caribbean after a naval battle.
According to Rock Paper Shotgun, this whole kerfuffle started when the game's Steam backend got a little tweak. We're talking new store categories like "Adjustable Difficulty," "Custom Volume Controls," and the ability to manually save whenever you bloody well please. Features, as some pointed out, not originaly present. Sounds promising, right? Like Ubisoft's secretly prepping a revamped pirate adventure with all the bells and whistles? Maybe.
But here's the catch. As spotted by Assassin's Creed YouTuber The Hidden One, it turns out that a bunch of other Assassin's Creed games – basically everything released since 2014 – got similar updates. *Womp, womp*, as they say. So, is it a sign of a grand, swashbuckling remake? Or just Ubisoft tidying up their Steam pages like a responsible digital landlord? A question for the ages, innit?
Now, before you accuse me of dragging you through digital shark-infested waters for nothing, I did a little digging myself. Turns out, while some updates are carbon copies, there are a few oddities. *Assassin's Creed Unity* no longer supports "family sharing," *Odyssey* now has a "keyboard only option," and *Mirage* boasts "camera comfort." Camera comfort? What in Davy Jones' locker *is* camera comfort? Did Ubisoft hire a chiropractor for their virtual cameras? My brain hurts.
Rock Paper Shotgun even reached out to Ubisoft for comment, specifically about comfortable cameras and why Uncle Bert can't share *Unity* anymore. Alas, Ubisoft confirmed that these updates to Black Flag et al were just rejigging of Steam pages "to reflect each game's accessibility options" in line with the new accessibility tags Steam introduced in June. So, everyone can most definitely put their tricorns away. Boo. So, maybe the remake is still just a whisper on the wind, a ghost ship in the fog. But hey, a pirate can dream, right? And who knows, maybe Ubisoft's got a treasure chest full of surprises waiting to be unearthed. Until then, I'll be over here trying to figure out how to make my own camera more comfortable.
Tags: Assassin's Creed, Remake, Ubisoft, Steam, Gaming News
Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun