Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Won't Have Modern-Day Sections - Report

"According to Jeuxvideo, as spotted by IGN, the modern-day sections in Black Flag--you know, the ones where you get out of your pod-like Animus to roam the Abstergo Entertainment offices to make sense of protagonist Edward Kenway's connection to the game's overarching narrative--have been gutted from the remake rumored to drop sometime in 2026. These sections were pivotal to Black Flag's story structure."

"Following the events of Assassin's Creed III, Abstergo found new ways to tap into a host's genetic memories and wanted to use you--the unnamed character during these modern-day segments--as a means of gaining intel on Kenway, the late Desmond Miles, and the power the two were after. You and a host of resistors thwart Abstergo's plans for ultimate power by, well, getting out of and hacking multiple Animuses (Animi?) while also shooting and swashbuckling as the pirate-turned-assassin Kenway."

"To make up for the reportedly cut content, however, Jeuxvideo claimed developer Ubisoft is adding more stuff to the Black Flag remake, including an additional story for the English pirate and fellow assassin Mary Read. Apparently, this is content that never made it into the base game, but it's unclear if this additional story stuff will fill out the game's roughly 24-hour runtime."

Modern-day first-person non-Animus sections in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remake are reportedly removed, including sequences where players exit the Animus and explore Abstergo Entertainment offices to link Edward Kenway to the larger narrative. Those modern segments originally framed events following Assassin's Creed III and involved using an unnamed contemporary character to access Kenway's and Desmond Miles's genetic memories while resisting Abstergo. Ubisoft is reportedly adding previously omitted content such as an expanded Mary Read story and overhauling combat and gear to align the remake with modern Assassin's Creed titles like Valhalla and Shadows. Ubisoft also released the Claws of Awaji expansion for Assassin's Creed Shadows.

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