Published May 5, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT The Black Flag remake puts the assassin back in Assassin's Creed New Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced footage makes it look even better than the first one Image: Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft Sign in to your Polygon.com account Video game remakes often beg a version of the same question: Did we really need this? In the case of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced , the answer is starting to look more and more like "yes" — at least according to a new crop of video clips Ubisoft shared Tuesday. Black Flag Resynced , a remake of 2013's Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag , circled the rumor mill for ages before Ubisoft officially announced it in March. In April, Ubisoft offered a more detailed look at Black Flag Resynced , showing that it'd be a fully rebuilt recreation of the classic Assassin's Creed game, which is largely set in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy (circa early 1700s).…