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The Ubisoft studio that spent 10 years making Black Flag spinoff Skull and Bones comes full circle by remaking Black…

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(Image credit: Ubisoft) After a year of leaks and horsing around that Ubisoft probably didn't find nearly as funny as I did, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was finally given the official curtain-lifting today. The reveal of "gaming's worst-kept secret" was pretty much what we expected—it's a remake of Black Flag—but hidden in Ubisoft's big announcement roundup is a fun little bit of trivia: Development is being led by Ubisoft Singapore. Ubisoft Singapore is one of the many studios Ubisoft has around the world, but it's notable in this particular context because Singapore is also the developer of Skull and Bones , Ubi's other big pirate fantasy adventure—the game whose well-documented difficulties enabled me to do this: (Image credit: Future) Skull and Bones was the victim of its own Ubisoft curse, you see. Where Black Flag Resync was destined to leak, Skull and Bones was doomed to delays , at least one of which happened less than two months ahead of its planned release in 2022.…

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