#Assassin's Creed
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Éric Baptizat Returns to Ubisoft to Lead Assassin's Creed
Three years after leaving Ubisoft to oversee the Dead Space remake at Electronic Arts, Éric Baptizat is back at the company where he directed AC Valhalla. This time, he's taking the helm of the entire Assassin's Creed franchise as brand Game Director. His return speaks volumes about Ubisoft's current state and the ambitions—or anxieties—surrounding the license.
Ubisoft Connect Outage Locks Players Out of Black Flag Resynced
This past weekend, an Ubisoft Connect outage prevented thousands of PC players from launching Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced — a game they had purchased and downloaded. The incident is technically routine, but politically revealing: when a mandatory launcher goes down, the player owns nothing. It's exactly the scenario physical media advocates have been warning about for years. This time it happened to a freshly released Ubisoft title at the worst possible moment.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: What Actually Changes
Thirteen years after the original release, Ubisoft is reviving Black Flag with a Resynced version that promises far more than a fresh coat of paint. Overhauled graphics, refined mechanics, new content: the question isn't whether the game still holds up—it does—but whether this re-release justifies revisiting a title an entire generation of players already knows inside and out. The answers are mixed.