For many Assassin's Creed fans (though I don't include myself in this number), the series peaked with the arrival of the piratical Edward Kenway in seafaring adventure Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

The game took the franchise in a totally different direction after the divisive Assassin's Creed III, bringing in naval battles and a looser association with the eternal war between Templars and Assassins.

It basically nailed almost every element of what it was trying to do, and it's still well worth revisiting and playing again in 2025, even in its original form.

That said, a remake has long been rumoured, with relatively new information claiming that it will actually release in the first quarter of 2026, giving us just a few months to wait.

Adding to that speculation is a new Assassin's

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