
Black Flag Resynced Dev Promises Blood Won't Be DLC
When a developer has to publicly promise that blood in a pirate game won't be locked behind a paywall, something has gone deeply wrong with how players perceive your company.
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When a developer has to publicly promise that blood in a pirate game won't be locked behind a paywall, something has gone deeply wrong with how players perceive your company.

Alterra, Ubisoft Montreal's unannounced Animal Crossing and Minecraft-inspired life sim, has been cancelled after nearly three years of development. Staff were sent home and reassigned to other projects.

Ubisoft opened its teaser with "gaming's worst kept secret." Two days later, the trailer leaked anyway. At this point, the leaks are the marketing.

Ubisoft's teaser for the Black Flag remake describes it as 'the iconic solo pirate adventure,' all but confirming the original's multiplayer mode won't return. The full reveal airs April 23.

A leaked presentation reportedly confirms Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced won't be an RPG, ditching the level-gating and gear bloat that's defined the series since Origins.

A small studio just shipped the Black Flag spiritual successor that Skull & Bones was supposed to be, and it's a Steam hit weeks before Ubisoft's own remake arrives.

Less than three months away. That's the reported timeline for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, with a July 9 launch date surfacing after a private press event.

A new dev video breaks down how Shadows' weather actually runs in real time rather than faking shifts based on player location. It's a bigger deal than most players probably realise.

Rauora gets a meaningful zone control rework, Smoke picks up a Deployable Shield, and Clash gets her crowd control uptime bumped up in Siege's Y11S1.2 update.

Amazon Luna has quietly gutted its third-party store support today, giving customers until June 10 before their purchased libraries go dark on the platform.

Ubisoft has published its Year 2 retrospective for Skull and Bones, confirming land combat is officially dead and teasing a Year 3 reveal on May 6.

Rainbow Six Siege's Y11S1.1 patch is live today, bringing operator buffs across the board and a long list of bug fixes including some nasty Solid Snake exploits.

Red Storm Entertainment, the North Carolina studio that created Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, has been permanently reassigned to IT and engine support by Ubisoft. 105 developers have lost their jobs.

Netflix's Assassin's Creed adaptation has finally started filming, and it's not going anywhere near the Renaissance. The show is set in ancient Rome, 64 AD, right in the middle of Nero's reign.

For Honor's 2.66.1 patch is live, adding Seasonal Leaderboards and a smarter Spectator Camera Auto Mode to the mix.