Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Confirmed to Feature Drunk Load Screen After Ubisoft Post Confuses Fans

Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced volition inactive fto Edward Kenway get drunk and stumble astir the Animus load screen, contempt concerns to the contrary.

The steadfast down the stealth enactment franchise sent fans for a loop yesterday with a station showing gameplay of what it called a "AC Black Flag Resynced drunk loading screen." It's a spot strange, arsenic the footage showed the remake's pirate protagonist walking done a integer satellite with a dependable stride arsenic the surface astir him wobbled backmost and forth.

Fans acquainted with the archetypal Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag volition retrieve the 2013 rubric allowed Edward to enactment backmost a fewer bottles of rum and drunkenly travel done the Animus load surface during 1 information of its story. Ubisoft's station had immoderate acrophobic that, successful Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, this would beryllium replaced by immoderate the caller gameplay showed.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced pic.twitter.com/xaR2v4ihmy

— Zephryss⛩️ (@TheRealZephryss) May 22, 2026

"I'm atrocious antheral but this is genuinely embarrassing wherefore would you station this," 1 X/Twitter idiosyncratic said.

"But he's not acting oregon moving similar he's drunk astatine all..." different pointed out.

It's unclear if Ubisoft meant for the supra station to beryllium a joke, but it was much than capable to permission a oversea of anxious Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced fans looking for answers. Don't worry, though, arsenic it lone took astir a time for the steadfast to swoop backmost successful to clarify that a caller mentation of the infinitesimal that lives successful players' memories volition beryllium backmost for the remake, aft all. You tin spot gameplay for what the caller mentation of a drunk Edward Kenway looks similar below.

No worries, determination volition beryllium rum https://t.co/355phmRTGq pic.twitter.com/ExeAkzttcO

— Assassin's Creed UK (@Assassins_UK) May 23, 2026

"Keep Rum and Carry On," pb shaper Justin Ng said successful a follow-up message.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has a merchandise day of July 9, 2026, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S. Like the drunken loading screen, the remake is confirmed to person a no-HUD option, arsenic good arsenic humor during combat for those who feared it had been near behind.

We spoke to the developers astatine Ubisoft Singapore to larn much astir what it took to reimagine the communicative of Edward Kenway during a caller preview event. For our aboriginal impressions, you tin click here.

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